Perhaps thats already in the works.. I have a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, and I just recieved a notice of a recall from Hyundai USA to "upgrade the anti-theft software". Of course, when I called a local Hyundai dealership to see about scheduling an appointment to have the upgrade done, they didn't have a clue about the recall. I even scanned the letter I recieved and emailed it to them. Will try one of the other dealers.

But just as easily/quickly they changed that clause in their TOS, they can, just as quickly/easily change it back when we're not looking. Unless you monitor/read these companies TOS continually, they can change this ANYTIME THEY WANT... Someone mentioned the fix... DON'T USE ZOOM.. period.

In Las Vegas, there is the "Resort Corridor" and then there's everywhere else.. Having lived here
since 1996, I spend 99.999% of my time in the "everywhere else"...

Sun? CHECK... Wind? CHECK... Nuclear? Huh? Unless you mean the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. But I'm sorry to say they don't generate any electricity out there...

Same here.. In 1994, I was working for a company that decided they wanted a prescence on the
new-fangled internet. Since we were a Novell shop, some of the other tech guys wanted to buy a high end 486DX2 or one of the very new 5 volt Pentiums, slap Novell Netware 3.11 on it and install the pricey ($400) httpd nlm, I pointed out to the suits that going that route would be about $1500 MORE in software cost than my suggestion of using this new Linux I'd been evaluating. I slapped together one of our "white-box" 486DX2 desktops with an install of Slackware, setting up a webserver and anonymous ftp server and put a trivial webpage on it and showed the suits.. About this time, it was discovered that the Novell httpd nlm did NOT include ftp functionality, which would be an additional charge.. Suits were suitably impressed and we went with Linux. A new "white-box" Pentium machine was purchased, with suitable ram/diskspace, and a T1 connection was ordered. When I left the company in early 1995, the server was still serving the company..

Been a Linux fan ever since..

Corporate sociopaths do not get embarrased...

The ONLY way that would be a fair deal is if HP made that crystal clear BEFORE you bought one of these "e" printers. Spell the deal out in PLAIN ENGLISH (not legalese) that in exchange for getting the printer at the listed price, you agree to only use HP branded consumables, the printer must be connected to the internet at all times, and not allow the purchase until/unless the buyer scrolls down the whole thing and then has a "agree" button to click.

Yeah, I KNOW this will NEVER EVER happen..

I just replaced a Brother printer that I'd bought new over 8 years ago. Not to mention the fact that the toner cart that came with the printer lasted me for nearly 1/2 of that time. When the printer finally refused to print without a new toner, I bought a 3rd party one that worked perfectly. After the 8+ years, this printer finally just stopped printing, and I replaced it with another Brother of the same/similar model. Oh and by the way, both of these printers were purchased for less than $100 each. Admiitedly I don't print a lot, maybe 10-15 pages/month in a good month. Back in my sysadmin career days, before I retired, circa 2010, I swore by HP printers, but they have moved to the "dark side" and I won't buy/recommend them to even my worse enemy.

After nearly 8 years, the Brother printer I use at home finally died. During my sysadmin career, HP printers were THE only choice. But in the past decade or so, they've gone down the shithole. I would NEVER buy another HP printer for myself or recommend them to even my worst enemy. I bought ANOTHER Brother printer to replace the croaked one, and I expect to see a similar lifetime out of the new one.

FreshTomato does NOT...

OR FreshTomato.. I've seen both Merlin and FreshTomato and I find FreshTomato the best of the two.

...And don't forget just how STUPID so many of the ads that YT litters on their site. The ENDLESS car insurance ads (hint: ALL car insurance is "only pay for what you need") and of course the out-and-out scam ads. My mute button gets a workout when I venture onto Youtube.

And MS makes it hell to get that LTSC version.

Unless you've got a machine that meets MS's dumb fucking over-the-top specs, you CAN'T UPGRADE to 11 without a LOT of hocus-pocus under the covers. I suspect they're in cahoots with computer manufacturers to force people to upgrade perfectly good working machines to the latest-greatest so that Win11 will run.. Fuck MS!

For at least ONE of us, the "Linux Year Of The Desktop" happened nearly 13 years ago, when I retired from a career as a "windows janitor" and decided I was done with anything MS.