So give up and rejoice in the misery, instead?

As the saying goes: Misery is easy, it's happiness we have to work at.

M$ doesn't follow its own the published standard. That's the whole point about lock-ins.

M$ is not just a company, it is THE company. There is no option in the general public's mind. The only question such people ask is when is the next payment that M$ will require.

I've spoken with a doctor about AI. She thought it was a great tool ... at note taking, and summarising. It meant less time typing at the keyboard.

But that was it. It was not a diagnostic tool in any way.

err, highly charged ...

Replace the word "addictive" with "obsessive" and the whole article actually makes sense.

People that have a predisposition for ADHD are easily drawn into obsessing over online political discourse. Particularly in the highly change social media setting.

Cool. I've never read a description before. It's always been an etherial label.

Reading what you've written, I'd probably put myself in the complete opposite box. Not impressed by nor desiring a lot of activities nor interactions. I hate parties for example. I like being alone and idle. Makes me feel calm.

I imagine I'd fit right in doing the Zen thing if I had any motivation for it. :)

doh! Mountain Dew

Or the sticky Mount Dew residue will eat them.

They plain lied. It wasn't irrecoverable at all. This is, of course, standard practise (policy) with all companies. Lie first, then offer a more expensive alternative.

Politicians are squeaky clean in comparison.

My guess is its works basically same as a pet. A pet that can talk.

Pets, the world over, get a lot of love (obsessive care). I suspect many a pet-loving folks would love their real pets even more if those pets could talk.

Many open source licences require attribution and even more require the preservation of the licence.

Nobody's going to lift a finger on our behalf. That's what the thieves are counting on. Which I guess explains the vigorousness of the music industry's response to "pirating" back in the day.

You seem to think that expensive to run online-only tools are somehow equivalent to locally run tools that take only the computer you're using to run them.

When a game server stops making the company money, the plug gets yanked out on whoever is still play the game.

The spend is the problem. It's all out of proportion, insane. It's going to be a huge crash only because of how big the spend is.