They are telling you support is ending for Win 10, that makes sense.

They are telling you about the operating system they do support, that makes sense.

It's not their fault that your hardware can't support the current OS.

It's not Microsoft's responsibility to tell you how to extend the useful life if your older hardware.

What does Apple do when your Mac no longer supports the current OS? I recently pulled out an older MacMini (Intel) and was able to easily download the last operating system they supported on my hardware (Yay!), but the App Store wouldn't let me download any browser updates, all I had from Apple was the older apps that shipped with my last supported MacOS release. (Boo!)

I don't understand the 'churn' argument.

I can update a Win 7 machine to Win 8, then Win 10, and (if the hardware supports it) to Win 11 for FREE, as in no money paid to Microsoft - how does MS profit from these free upgrades?

Now, hardware vendors have an interest in having users upgrade their hardware, and indirectly MS profits from such 'forklift' upgrades (since the new system includes a new Windows license), but I don't think that is a real motivation for MS.

Auto insurance considers the model car you insure currently, because they need to calculate replacement/repair cost, and they also consider vehicle performance & driver age/experience/history AND the location the vehicle is primarily used/stored.

The insurance rate for a Ford Mustang GT for a 20 year-old driver is different for the same car with a 60 year-old driver.

The insurance rate for a Kia coupe is different from the rate for a Ford Mustang GT for the same driver.

This is just common sense, varying risks impact insurance costs.

Please, describe the tax loop holes (AKA deductions, you know like medical expenses, home mortgage, etc.) at play here.

Say a "rich" person gives $1M to a startup, and the startup flames out, losing 100% of the investment. The "rich" person gets to deduct the lost $1M from their taxable income, lowering their tax bill by a fraction of the investment (the fraction depends on their tax rate). If that investment breaks even, no taxes owed (no profit, no tax on profit), an if the investment doubles (returns $2M), the "rich" person owes a fraction of the $1M profit (the fraction depends on their tax rate).

I don't see a great tax-avoidance scheme in these types of investments, what am I missing?

Editor's couldn't even spell Jony's name correctly in the headline?

Oh no! Why are we US taxpayers giving them $8.5 billion dollars to build new chip fabs?

https://www.aztechcouncil.org/...

Payments are made when milestones are met.

Your Wisconsin Foxconn example:

Link: https://www.jsonline.com/story...

But what we're talking about here is the US taxpayer HANDING TSMC $6 billion free and clear, once they build the facility.

Intel planned on a $100 BN buildout of chip fans, then Biden admin gave them $10 BN, they decided to increase their project to, you guessed it, $100 BN. The only thing that happened is Intel gets free money to do what they were already going to do.

Chip Fabs are the easiest projects for companies to get loans for, since they literally generate unimaginable revenue every day...

Perhaps one group submitted better resumes/applications? Or are we still playing the "oh every applicant, black or white, had exactly the same resume, same education, same work experience!" Game?

Women are paid less than men (72 cents to the dollar) ONLY when you add up every woman's salary and add up every man's salary, irregardless of education, experience, qualifications, etc. actually paying women less than men has been illegal for DECADES, the only pay issue is when you make this stunningly stupid comparisons.

Depends...

If you're a studio exec, the point is to sell tickets.

If you own a theater, it's to sell concessions to ticket buyers.

If you're an actor or off-screen support staff, the point is to get a pay check.

If you're an audience member, it's to be entertained.

The key word is "experience", which makes this sound like that Star Wars experience where you are kept out of the main park and the area is littered with cos-playing "cast members" to make you feel like you're on degoba or some other Star Wars location. Which means it will be over-priced, under-attended, and terminated prematurely - just like the Star Wars experience.

Radio Shack killed themselves by trying to become a cellphone store, and when that didn't pan out they couldn't survive on what remained - they abandoned stereos, car audio, CB, etc to focus on cell phones.

You spelled FTC wrong - do you think Apple has a cozy relationship with the FTC?

No, the show continued after the attempt to interview the FTC chief...

How many 'dictates' start with the (literal) word "please..."?

It will be a 'scratch and sniff' book, I hear Hunter's next autobiography will be a pop-up book, with anatomically-correct recreations of key moments captured on his laptop...