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What used to be an exciting land of new technology and fun sites is now a corporate hellscape filled with ads, AI, ecological disaster, genocide, war, and greed. Billionaires, oligarchs, and evil tech corporations, all fueled by the pursuit of money and power within capitalism, have dictated that the internet shall transform from a nonprofit, creative-lead space into their fiefs where they can arm governments, hang with Epstein, strip privacy, and get rich while doing it. If you're tired of it too, explore this zine and the site to learn how you can take back control while distancing yourself from our corporate overlords.
It may seem impossible to retain your humanity when it is required to engage with companies like Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon, and Apple, but it isn't as challenging as you may think. Whether it's Google Search, Outlook, ChatGPT, Google Docs, or Apple Maps, you don't need to be a "techy" person to be able to use the alternative tools. Along the way you'll create a better space for you to exist online in by blocking ads and finding cool tools. But first, why is this important?
"They're going to hold us increasingly accountable... we all need to respond to that."
"I hear your protest, thank you."
Google and Amazon have a deal with The Israeli government called Project Nimbus in which they provide cloud computing services, including AI and machine learning, to assist the Zionist regime in its genocide. Microsoft provides their cloud computing platform Azure to the IDF. Palestinians are rejected access to Paypal, even when their Israeli neighbors can use the service. Meta has complied with 94% of Israel's requests to take down pro-Palestinian content.
We're killing the wrong Amazon. Industries like big tech have a unending desire to destroy our planet and everything on it with their inaction on the climate. Big tech specifically accounts for 2 to 3 percent of the world's emissions, and it's getting exponentially worse. Amazon emits more than BlackRock, Coca-Cola, and SHEIN - combined - multiplied by three. Despite already lying about their impacts on the environment, companies like Google and Microsoft continue to soar past their goals.
Google, Palantir, Amazon, Microsoft, and (formerly) Anthropic work with the US Department of Defense/War under Project Maven, in which they provide artificial intelligence and machine learning to them. Google has repeatedly partnered with the US government, including the military and ICE, in order to "get their work done". Even streaming services like Spotify participate in the military-industrial complex by showing ICE recruitment ads to their users.
"I think AI will probably... lead to the end of the world, but, in the meantime there will be great companies created with serious machine learning."
Big tech has shown that they'll advance AI regardless of any possible ecological or societal issues it triggers. OpenAI employees knew about a school shooting risk over 8 months before the shooting took place. OpenAI had a whistleblower that committed suicide after he testified against the company in an interview, but before he could do so formally.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Learn more about big tech and how to ditch them on the site.
https://machinesagainsttherage.org/
