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At first I thought this was a story of Microsoft heralding a broadsword by bringing their interests home.

As it tuns out, even the repressed have it bad in the 'global economy'.

Here it is folks, the wealthy rule the earth.

That's a lot of system problems from a reputable vendor that has total control over the quality of the product.

So the only people who know are the ones who have done both, of which there are many.

Perhaps we should give them hugs and include them in our sing song circle?

And then you will be paying peak dollar and quickly finding yourself pining after the next new wave.

They need to make a 'Car Lite'.

Am I missing something? Why not buy a smart TV but don't connect it to the internet if that is the TV you want?

I don't get it.. Why would anyone plug their TV into the internet anyway? I would no more plug my TV then I would plug my refrigerator. Appliances are appliances, and I build the systems that are connected to the internet myself.

I would never plug a TV into the internet. I don't even plug my Xbox in unless it insists on a firmware upgrade. I think I plugged my LG blu-ray player once. Systems that I build from reliable vendors get plugged into the internet. Problem solved.

Change your default password!

The thing that worries me the most about storing files in "the cloud" is what will happen when there is a critical mass of people who have GBs of things they want on other people's servers. What a wonderful profit stream to charge people for the transaction of withdrawing a copy of the thing you want, much as the banks do for currency today.

Last time I checked, Netflix had around 5% of the stuff I wanted to watch.

There must be something better then velcro ties. I use them but it's a pain running something new and having to undo each tie one by one so everything doesn't fall apart.

Hey I can adapt to it fine but your comment suggests you did not read my original post. The masses don't want to adapt to anything.

One more point to add. For the common person, single click to run would be endgame in 5 minutes. It is just too bizarre.