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John Gruber
@gruber.foo

It’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthro…

daringfireball.netAnthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of WritingIt’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. The idea that anything other than *my* needs should factor into the generation of text *for me* is patently offensive.
Rutherford
@craze.co.uk

“The exact words we choose when writing matter”, says man trusting exact word choice to closed-source, deterministic algorithm controlled by corporation

Ty Schalter
@tyschalter.com

yeah if you demand optimal word selection, select the words yourself lmao

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