The only surprising thing here is that it took this long. It’s not cheap to run servers, and their current business model doesn’t seem that profitable. A regular user doesn’t care if their AI girlfriend suddenly starts recommending antidepressants and Nuka-Cola products.

I’m going to steal some of these words and use them in my future projects, and no one can stop me from doing that

It’s the same old reason as always. Most users value their convenience more than anything.

I don’t understand why ppl do this. Is this malicious? Do they think they are somehow helping?

That app sounds horrible

This is not enshittification, this is just a corporation trying to protect itself against anything that could cause negative publicity, like all corporations do. I can even see emojis and positive tone to even be wanted features for some. The real problem here is lack of transparency.

I’m still waiting for ChatGPT etc. to start injecting (more or less hidden) ads to chat and product placement to generated images. That is just unavoidable when bean counters realize that servers and training actually costs money.

It never ceases to amaze me how most users just ignore all settings and go with default values for everything.

App started showing lengthy and disrupting ads? I guess I’ll just have to watch those. App now sends hurtful old memories? I guess I’ll just suffer.