I fucking hate the techlash
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April 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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We shouldn't discount the fact that at least part of the data center backlash (and by extension the broader techlash) is because people feel like the tech industry has not given them anything cool, inspiring, beautiful, or useful in a long time
August 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
We shouldn't discount the fact that at least part of the data center backlash (and by extension the broader techlash) is because people feel like the tech industry has not given them anything cool, inspiring, beautiful, or useful in a long time
Introducing “the Techlash”.
“.. it is now becoming increasingly clear that public opinion, the US courts and Congress are turning against Big Tech.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/105b...
“.. it is now becoming increasingly clear that public opinion, the US courts and Congress are turning against Big Tech.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/105b...
August 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Introducing “the Techlash”.
“.. it is now becoming increasingly clear that public opinion, the US courts and Congress are turning against Big Tech.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/105b...
“.. it is now becoming increasingly clear that public opinion, the US courts and Congress are turning against Big Tech.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/105b...
I know this is old news, but I am just incredulous you actually can't install Windows without a Microsoft account. Like, it's real.
Usually, the sparks of techlash outrage are some easily overridden usability defaults, or reasonable theft or ATO protections. Not this one. Wow.
Usually, the sparks of techlash outrage are some easily overridden usability defaults, or reasonable theft or ATO protections. Not this one. Wow.
December 22, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I know this is old news, but I am just incredulous you actually can't install Windows without a Microsoft account. Like, it's real.
Usually, the sparks of techlash outrage are some easily overridden usability defaults, or reasonable theft or ATO protections. Not this one. Wow.
Usually, the sparks of techlash outrage are some easily overridden usability defaults, or reasonable theft or ATO protections. Not this one. Wow.
this is the core of the aggrieved tech billionaire archetype. Sam says it aloud. the way many of them see the techlash is that, one day they were Great Men of History and the next, with zero warning, they were inexplicably villains. everything that comes after stems from an inability to examine this
March 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
this is the core of the aggrieved tech billionaire archetype. Sam says it aloud. the way many of them see the techlash is that, one day they were Great Men of History and the next, with zero warning, they were inexplicably villains. everything that comes after stems from an inability to examine this
The techlash has gone mainstream.
August 28, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The techlash has gone mainstream.
January 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
😡Enshittification bad phrase, subjective
😎techlash definitely a thing
😎techlash definitely a thing
July 12, 2024 at 10:32 AM
😡Enshittification bad phrase, subjective
😎techlash definitely a thing
😎techlash definitely a thing
techlash is what you call a robot girl's mascara
July 12, 2024 at 1:18 PM
techlash is what you call a robot girl's mascara
Still kinda annoyed about the "techlash" as a person who works in tech and who observes that tech is way more left leaning & reliable Dem voters than many of the industries the left has declared it's ok to idolize.
August 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Still kinda annoyed about the "techlash" as a person who works in tech and who observes that tech is way more left leaning & reliable Dem voters than many of the industries the left has declared it's ok to idolize.
anyway posting this piece i wrote for no particular reason 👀
Kara Swisher’s Reality Distortion Field
In “Burn Book,” the longtime tech journalist tries to rewrite her story for the post-techlash era
disconnect.blog
November 12, 2024 at 5:07 PM
anyway posting this piece i wrote for no particular reason 👀
techlash, noun, imaginary concept. See also, reverse racism
2. The biggest reason folks hate tech and the industry broadly is partly because of a deep lack of understanding of how content moderation works but also because 'techlash' is trendy.
There's an entire, extremely lucrative, grift built on generating hate towards tech.
There's an entire, extremely lucrative, grift built on generating hate towards tech.
July 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
techlash, noun, imaginary concept. See also, reverse racism
The US techlash is real ft.trib.al/D2D9kdD | opinion
The US techlash is real
AI companies and social networks should respond to the shift in the public mood
ft.trib.al
August 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The US techlash is real ft.trib.al/D2D9kdD | opinion
Claim: There will be a massive right-wing techlash that'll intensify in the next couple of years and tech CEOs betting on right wingers will end up looking like fools
October 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Claim: There will be a massive right-wing techlash that'll intensify in the next couple of years and tech CEOs betting on right wingers will end up looking like fools
I hate AI because I actually have a better than kindergarten level appreciation for actual art made by humans with the magic human thing we call talent
“Techlash” … it’ll be a techlash when people start attacking data centers
“Techlash” … it’ll be a techlash when people start attacking data centers
July 12, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I hate AI because I actually have a better than kindergarten level appreciation for actual art made by humans with the magic human thing we call talent
“Techlash” … it’ll be a techlash when people start attacking data centers
“Techlash” … it’ll be a techlash when people start attacking data centers
This nicely crashes the performative techlash movement into the performative AI boosterism movement
May 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This nicely crashes the performative techlash movement into the performative AI boosterism movement
For 30 years we dreamed of a free internet in Latin America, but reality has challenged us with mass surveillance, corporate monopolies, and authoritarianism. The current "techlash" is justified against those who trade with our data. It's time to rethink the internet. 🧵 1/5
April 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
For 30 years we dreamed of a free internet in Latin America, but reality has challenged us with mass surveillance, corporate monopolies, and authoritarianism. The current "techlash" is justified against those who trade with our data. It's time to rethink the internet. 🧵 1/5
In 2018 people started talking about a "techlash" against Silicon Valley. The word kind of disappeared, but the anger is only increasing, especially now with AI being shoved down everyone's throats.
This could become a real political movement.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
This could become a real political movement.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
The Real Techlash Is Coming
Anger at the tech companies is growing, and it could become a genuine political movement.
paulwaldman.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In 2018 people started talking about a "techlash" against Silicon Valley. The word kind of disappeared, but the anger is only increasing, especially now with AI being shoved down everyone's throats.
This could become a real political movement.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
This could become a real political movement.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
Among many worse things, this is a significant driver of why there’s a techlash and how the average person indexically experiences the authoritarian turn in computing
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Among many worse things, this is a significant driver of why there’s a techlash and how the average person indexically experiences the authoritarian turn in computing
one big thing is they stopped being the good guys in the eyes of the general public
it was easy to play the benevolent genius when everyone thought they were making the world better, but when the techlash came they couldn’t handle it
guess who’s still telling them they’re geniuses? reactionaries
it was easy to play the benevolent genius when everyone thought they were making the world better, but when the techlash came they couldn’t handle it
guess who’s still telling them they’re geniuses? reactionaries
What happened to Silicon Valley man
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 PM
one big thing is they stopped being the good guys in the eyes of the general public
it was easy to play the benevolent genius when everyone thought they were making the world better, but when the techlash came they couldn’t handle it
guess who’s still telling them they’re geniuses? reactionaries
it was easy to play the benevolent genius when everyone thought they were making the world better, but when the techlash came they couldn’t handle it
guess who’s still telling them they’re geniuses? reactionaries
The techlash bux are most definitely not a thing.
July 12, 2024 at 10:14 PM
The techlash bux are most definitely not a thing.
there wasn't really a 'techlash' in the past because americans are a people who value and even fetishize tinkering and engineering (even if they are ambivalent about science). what musk and others represent is the death of the man with big glasses and the pocket protector
December 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
there wasn't really a 'techlash' in the past because americans are a people who value and even fetishize tinkering and engineering (even if they are ambivalent about science). what musk and others represent is the death of the man with big glasses and the pocket protector
hey which part of that grift is reporting that facebook's pisspoor content moderation caused a genocide, or is that just "techlash" too
July 12, 2024 at 6:48 AM
hey which part of that grift is reporting that facebook's pisspoor content moderation caused a genocide, or is that just "techlash" too
Yep. Made this in response to an NYT article on the "techlash" that didn't interview any actual technologists. Seems relevant.
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when people in the finance industry try to speak on behalf of the tech industry
June 3, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Yep. Made this in response to an NYT article on the "techlash" that didn't interview any actual technologists. Seems relevant.
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