404media should be fucking ashamed for continuing to paint a false narrative that these "rare books" should be fetishized and people should care deeply about what happens to them.
This isn't even good investigative journalism; their work here has the quality of a fucking tabloid.
These writers hate big tech *so much* they're betting that their readership can be fomented and unified against these companies over a topic that the readers will never understand.
"The vast majority of books produced -- rare or not -- end up being shredded because they're absolutely useless and there is zero demand for them"
🙉 BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIINGGGGGGG!!!!!
"The vast majority of books produced -- rare or not -- end up being shredded because they're absolutely useless and there is zero demand for them -- but now AI companies are buying them and scanning them before they get destroyed!"
HOLY SHIT TELL ME MORE
It's perfectly reasonable to hate what big tech has become. But if you're going to risk your reputation and journalism credentials to criticize them, at least stand on solid ground instead of relying on flimsy accusations that are so easily repelled when the whole scope of facts is presented.
This isn't even good investigative journalism; their work here has the quality of a fucking tabloid.
These writers hate big tech *so much* they're betting that their readership can be fomented and unified against these companies over a topic that the readers will never understand.
"The vast majority of books produced -- rare or not -- end up being shredded because they're absolutely useless and there is zero demand for them"
🙉 BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIINGGGGGGG!!!!!
"The vast majority of books produced -- rare or not -- end up being shredded because they're absolutely useless and there is zero demand for them -- but now AI companies are buying them and scanning them before they get destroyed!"
HOLY SHIT TELL ME MOREIt's perfectly reasonable to hate what big tech has become. But if you're going to risk your reputation and journalism credentials to criticize them, at least stand on solid ground instead of relying on flimsy accusations that are so easily repelled when the whole scope of facts is presented.
