This comes after $8.03 billion from a one-time tax benefit tied to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which promised to “create jobs”
Stop using Big Tech’s products. Support smaller businesses
As always, you can check out the community’s pinned post to get started: https://lemmy.world/post/40065381
addiction. hence the reply you got on
people can’t live without this trash for some dumb reason… it’s addiction, and they aren’t directly affected, well… they are but they dont ‘feel’ the effects.
This is a great point. I’ve been stressed over the year or so I’ve gotten into “degoogle” and stuff because finding an alternative isn’t easy or available. But slowly I started thinking, why do I need an alternative? Just give me back by BB Bold with a browser, clock, calculator, calendar, notes, phone, and some email/texting. We don’t need all this social media.
I suppose, as a life long drug user and ex alcoholic I suppose it’s a bit difficult for me to imagine being addicted to an app like that, but if it’s providing a dopamine hit every time or something like that, it’s all the same in the brain