I don't see a merger between a very large American company and a very large Chinese company would be allowed (also, the issue with China being what it is today, probably not the best for the company, either).

I don't buy from Lenovo for different reasons (the Chinese government is my main concern there) but them merging would definitely make me want to not buy from them in the future. At least right now HP as a company could potentially turn around their public image if they stopped being so anti-competitive and anti-consumer.

AI isn't going to help that his company is anti-consumer and does everything in its power to control every aspect of its products to the detriment of its users. I have no desire to buy anything from HP; AI isn't going to fix that.

So, they're trying to say that piracy is MORE important and SHOULD be dealt with over actual terrorists? Sounds about right, guys!

Yeah, him taking responsibility would be him stepping down as CEO, not saying "sorry not sorry GTFO".

1. its a six digit number which is from Jan 2003
2. This isn't news or stuff that matters (its an expected outcome from a decade+ of the same improvements)
3. PCIe 5.0 is barely available; 7.0 definitely doesn't matter
4. Elon can go fornicate with himself

Yeah, n.0 4x == (n+1).0 1x every generation; why is this news?

One of the main points is to limit e-waste and throwing in chargers people don't need is a good way to create e-waste.

Yeah, said nothing about requiring development on any specific platform. but the company that owns the hardware AND makes the games has incentive to be exclusive to their platform.

Doesn't mean it should be allowed, though. It's never too late; put our foots down and tell them to split or GTFO.

No developer/publisher (activision/blizzard/bethesda/etc) should be allowed to own a platform (xbox/playstation/nintendo/etc). Same with ISP's and physical infrastructure, cell towers, etc. They should be split into separate companies and told to knock that shit off.

Where did you get "Russia shill" from anything we said? Both OP and I both said NOT to support Russia.

I agree with your sentiment (FYI I live in the USA) that these companies should either follow local laws or leave. However, as a US citizen and someone who does not agree with Russia/China leadership, I'd rather see these companies leave then bow down to their oppressive regimes.

I do not, in any way, state my country is a bastion of freedom and good in this world. However, I feel that the Russia and China governments are evil, full stop. We should not be supporting them or bowing to their will in any way.

As far as US companies shitting on your laws? Kick them out, then. They should respect your laws or be kicked out.

Maybe supply and demand and profits have no place in necessities? This is ridiculous; 210 people died and all the utility companies care about are making a few billion more dollars on the surge pricing they charged for fuel. Fuck Texas.

And look at all those non-Apple-device iMessage apps! Ubiquitous!

So anything that has bugs you refuse to use? Don't try to address the issues, just done? I mean, SMS has NEVER had issues! /s

SMS has had more time to get things ironed out but it was never perfect. Just because something has bugs doesn't mean it isn't worth adopting and addressing the issues. Google isn't perfect but at least (in this instance, anyway) they're trying. Same with OpenGL/OpenCL/Vulkan. Apple, nVidia, Microsoft don't care to inter-operate. It's just bad and that's what you shouldn't be happy with. What's wrong with Google trying to add more utility to text messaging? I don't want to have to install half a dozen messaging apps to be able to talk to everyone and SMS is 100% inferior in a lot of ways. This at least moves the goal post ahead even if it needs some work still.