I used to feel the same but I've become more convinced over last 5 years that physical ownership is also precarious. It's highly likely that optical drives won't be generally available in the near future, and it's already an issue that physical media often has limited runs and isn't available at a reasonable price outside the release window
I've got mixed feelings. While it's good to encourage competition (and should apply to apple too....) I also suspect that we're going to see some unfortunate users affected by malware distributed through third party stores. I'd much rather fair terms on fees be enforced and removing unreasonable restrictions like Apple's on browsers.
I think the pandemic is giving Microsoft a pass. This is a direct result of Satya Nadellas services push which led Xbox to create game pass which never made fiscal sense. It even infested games themselves like the whole Crackdown 3 can only do deformable terrain due to the power of the cloud nonsense.
I wonder whether this indicates that people are replacing usage with LLMs. I don't have direct experience with mechanical Turk, but i assume since it relies on humans paid almost nothing the output won't be perfect thus is similar in quality to LLMs
Idiots post screenshots of their losses and wins on WallStreetBets so it wouldn't surprise me. The gen-z and alphas also like to claim they're big shots online so thats another avenue of it wouldn't surprise me.
That said other gambling sites have also gotten caught doing this exact thing so...