If Zoom ends up crashing out of the market as a result of its horrible new AI training/anti-privacy policy, it will send a much needed message to all companies. Just because they *can* fuck shit up with AI, doesn't mean that it's useful, necessary, welcome, or other than a really stupid and obnoxious idea.

Anyway, alternatives exist. More soon, probably.

None of us should give in to the pressure to let big business steal our voices or faces.

#BoycottZoom and also #SAG-AFTRA strong

@KatM

I'm sorry.

Remember when you could buy a software license and not pay every month, for the rest of your life, for something you use once in a while? Or even if you use it every day.

Subscription license should be outlawed.

Stealing information from someone who pays you should be illegal

#BoyCottZoom

Re previous boost: ARRRGGGHH. I use Zoom for organising readthroughs with friends. None of us are going to want to have anything to do with that bullshit. This is frustrating.

Would also like to know about good alternatives, in this case for calls for generally around 6-20 people, ideally with a similar text-based chat on the side (and bonus if auto-generated subtitles!).

#BoycottZoom

#RecommendationsWanted

Reminder, warum #ZOOM , besonders im Bildungsbereich, nicht einsetzbar ist!

https://hcommons.social/@MedievalMideast/110838371710942719

#BoycottZoom #FediLZ #EduDE

A reminder that not everything you read on social media is true.

That applies as much to mastodon as to Twitter/X.

So think before you repost.

Look to see if there is any external evidence to support what the post is claiming. Preferably, this should be linked from the post making the claim.

That way, we protect the timelines of our followers from a deluge of dodgy information, which they would be better off without. (We are the algorithm!)

#boycottzoom #mastodon

@MedievalMideast

I can recommend @senfcall

#BoycottZoom

https://www.senfcall.de/

#Zoom just changed their terms and conditions to include using anyone's video and audio for training #AI with no option for opting out. You too can help train #deepfake s!

Living with a disabled spouse, I used Zoom a lot to get through the ongoing global pandemic.

What alternatives are out there for remote teaching/meetings?
#BoycottZoom