We've been hearing that forever. Let me know when it actually becomes mainstream.

Add to that AI has yet to prove itself. This just sounds like a line they're giving for investors.

As it is written, it doesn't eliminate the problem. It only attempts to minimize it. That makes it useless at the intended "privacy preserving"

I agree, and I use Firefox too. I hope the project stays strong and relevant.

It might be more of a sign of how few people use desktop computers anymore. Most connected people are using smart phones now, and that affects the statistics. A lot of those phones are Android and people will use Chrome because of that. This might be the core reason why Edge isn't making a dent, even as Windows tries to fend of Chrome at every turn and recommend Edge for everything. Consumers have abandoned the "personal computer" for the "personal device".

Will this bring back the slots to insert extra storage on phones? It seems like only the less expensive phones have that option, but people still want this ability on flagships.

Their UI is becoming more confusing with options moved around to different places, sometimes renamed, Windows has UI refreshes and overhauls. When you search for answers online a lot of guides don't work anymore because they keep changing things. I'm not surprised they think someone would need to command their computer in natural language instead of the "discoverable" UI that Microsoft used to aim for. But this doesn't sound like the way to do it. They should rethink their approach to UI and be consistent, and avoid pulling the rug out from users.

The rock of being an end user and just using my OS without having to follow news about it? Sorry boss, I apologize for not knowing about that incident.

That's when the commercial interest co-opting and enshittification tries to creep in. I know independent forks could always be maintained of the software we use but there could be commercial software that tries to get software to become reliant on it like Play Services does for Android.

Will Nintendo and Sony be forced to open up to other stores and payment systems? Microsoft has already said they are planning to with their next console, and they are sure to weigh in on this. They are a last place console so they don't care if they go scorched earth on dominating such a platform when they can't seem to compete judging by the last 12 years.

After that what is next, IoT devices that are forced to be linked to a particular server? Cars that offer purchases to enable features? Will all devices be opened up this way?

Especially at 1080p. Besides that I don't enjoy the experience, even if it's a last resort I would rather not do it. It's another subscription, it has lag that gets even worse on mobile, there are compression artifacts, low resolution, no HDR or VRR. Maybe one day we'll get there but I don't want to help along a switch back to the days of dumb terminals and not being able to continue offline.

You can also use noai.duckduckgo.com to do searches if you want to avoid an AI summary and also AI generated images (hopefully AI generated articles too, but I doubt it).

I've seen stories like this but I'm a lot happier with Firefox than the other browsers out there, both on desktop and on mobile. It does what I want, I worry less about telemetry when using it, there are useful extensions both on desktop and mobile, I get fewer nags. I don't have any issues.

Will they also never reach their full potential, learning in what is ultimately the inferior path?

Incredible. Some of these devices won't even be three years old when they will stop working. They're making sure some people will never ever buy a connected device again. And they'll be better off for it.

Microsoft are more desperate here having lost a lot of ground in consoles and trying to pivot to where they are stronger on the Windows desktop, but still so far behind Steam and Epic and others on there. They are trying to integrate Steam and others into their Windows gaming app to get any attention at all from gamers. You might think that Game Pass could be strong on PC but it's not. There are always complaints about how gamers are having problems getting games to run properly through Game Pass, having to delete and redowload games because they won't launch, having performance issues. People were buying Ninja Gaiden II Black from Steam even though they are subscribed to.Game Pass and could get the game on there because of all of the problems on there. Steam version worked properly and performance was better on the same hardware. The Game Pass version had stuttering and other graphical issues like not being able to support some graphical upscalers properly.

Even MS are no longer doing day one on Game Pass. To play a game day one you need to buy or upgrade to the Premium edition of the game. Game Pass will only get the game a few days later or a week later in some cases. They will slowly be enshittifying Game Pass while PS Plus will see fewer cutbacks because it is already in a more manageable position. The rumors are already swirling about Game Pass price increases and additions of newer tiers. The price of Game Pass has gone up the past two years in a row, and while MS increased game prices by $10 two years ago, they are again this year raising game prices another $10. They have been given a company wide mandate to increase margins so things are going to get worse.

Sony is making the right moves for their platform and it is in a more secure position. Now MS has to worry about competing with Valve and are not in such a strong position given that their software quality on the same platform is worse, and that Valve is running Windows games better than MS without using Windows at all.