The $1.99 Micro-Tax on Big Tech’s Broken AI Feeds
We are entering an era where users will pay a micro-tax to independent developers to fix the broken, engagement-optimized feeds of mega-platforms. A new $1.99 Safari extension called Weedout hides YouTube’s AI-labeled videos, proving that algorithmic dissent is now a commodity. But there’s a catch: it only filters honest AI, leaving deceptive, unlabeled content to run wild.