The FTC is shaking and baking, with a lawsuit against Amazon for alleged dark patterns in the sign-up and cancellation process for Amazon Prime. But is this lawsuit really… it? Then, a feature at The Verge goes into the human labor that trains AI, and the shadow industry that makes it all work. For dessert: Brianna buys a drone!
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership FTC sues Amazon for tricking customers into signing up for Prime - The Verge Amazon duped millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime, US FTC says | Reuters What the FTC Misses With Amazon Lawsuit — The Information Inside the AI Factory: the humans that make tech seem human - The Verge A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Push in the States for a Right to Birth Control - The New York Times470: Terminated
469: Very Large Online Problems
468: This One Was Epic
467: Turn on Push Notifications
466: Husband Pollution
465: Succession Main Theme Dot Mp3
464: Always Listen to Christina
463: GPTs For All
462: The Scary Fast Episode
461: Incremental Upgrades
460: We are so (not) back
459: Caroline Takes a Stand
458: Scamset Mindset Grindset
457: Fireside Chat
456: Unredacted Christmas
455: Booster
454: Exposed Information
453: DEATH TO GOLD
452: Nu Wii U
451: Call Us, SBF!
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