Irenes (many)@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space
@cstross@wandering.shop yeah. somebody in corporate PR seems to have noticed that the public is finally starting to notice resource usage by data centers, and gone out of their way to invent an individualist non-solution
Irenes (many)@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space
@cstross@wandering.shop like... it's bullshit, but don't make the mistake of thinking it's accidental bullshit. it inverts responsibility too directly for that, and it falls into that sweet spot where even attempting to rebut it seems to legitimize it. accidental bullshit would be less well-crafted.
we've personally met the people who come up with this kind of thing, and we can attest that yes, companies do this stuff deliberately.