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 Times370: Not Garbage!
369: Crypto.com Presents
368: Wordle Wriddles
367: Verdicts
366: Delicious Tumblr Drama
365: Best and Worst of 2021
364: Internet on Fire
363: Enhanced Pants
362: Jack In, Jack Out
361: Imaginary Notre Dame
360: Conflicts of Interest
359: Sideloading is for Cybercriminals
358: Anna Delvey's Crypto Corner
357: Facebook Papers
356: Macbook Prose
355: TWONKA
354: Not the Bad Art Friend
353: Dan Moren Saves the Universe
352: Wonderfully Weird Stuff
351: Holding Ourselves Accountable...
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