Observing Slop's Demise
Slop is definitely becoming more expensive to produce. As energy prices rise, given the generation bottlenecks, the operational costs rise in very similar proportions (other costs are staff; some are paid in fake currencies or pinky promises), so we expect oil scarcities to accelerate the demise of the "slop industry". For real energy one must pay real money (or borrow money).
Today we saw one example of a slopfarm talking about "linux":
First time in nearly a week!
In RSS feeds we saw ubuntupit.com ("Linux Gaming Hits Record 5.33% on Steam, Biggest Jump Ever" and "Ubuntu 26.04 Bumps Minimum RAM to 6GB, Up From 4GB Set in 2018") and it looks like a combination of LLM 'spewage' and little human curation.
Let's face it - ordinary people have so little control over wars and the price of oil. If energy becomes more scarce, then one rare/side perk (or upside) will be slop companies screaming for lifeboats. █