Since time immemorial acquired companies have claimed this sort of thing and then the acquiring companies have shut it down quick. Practically a meme at this point.
> I think the main thing to be worried about is that this model is undermining the fundamental economic model the internet's currently based on.
This would be lovely.
> I think the worst case scenario is that people stop publishing content on the web altogether. The most likely one is that search/summary engines eat up money that previously came from content creators.
More than likely, people return to publishing content because they love the subject matter and not because it is an angle to “create content” or “gain followers” or show ads. No more “the top 25 hats in July 2025” AI slopfest SEO articles when I look for a hat, but a thoughtful series of reviews with no ads or affiliate links, just because someone is passionate about hats. The horror! The horror!
I downvoted this because it is really pejorative to call people sad in this way for doing their jobs. Though I do agree that it stinks sometimes to be focused and have people walk by and cause context shifts.
Regarding the original topic, I mostly work from home and even there like pomodoro timers because they help me focus. Set it for 25 minutes and focus until the time is up, take 5, then get back to it. Works great for me!
Is this leak why the spam next messages have gone from “Hi how is your day ?” or “Hi [not my name] please do thing X. Of you’re not [not my name] I’m so sorry perhaps we can be friends.” to “Hi is this [my full name]?” or “Hello [my first name] how is your day ?”