Gary Cottrell, renowned computer science and ML professor at UCSD, just sent out an email with a list of a dozens of dates and times to choose from for a seminar because the free online services were so #enshittified he couldn't rely on them. In 2024 we are trusting AI to connect us to each other, educate kids, be our therapist, and decide who to hire or date or marry, but there doesn't exist a free service to schedule a meetup. Corps are too busy competing to deceive, manipulate and exploit us.