While I am no fan of attributing powers to generative AI that it really does not have. But it certainly has its uses in prototyping, generating mock-ups and experiments or adjusting parameters. Hence it is absolutely no problem using it there. Using it for final assets that then get carefully reviewed and adjusted by real, competent artists (that also did the prompting) is also absolutely no problem.

Of course, any king of "slop" is not acceptable, whether AI generated or generated by incompetent humans. But what matters is the result quality, and GenAI CANNOT replace creativity or insight and will never be able to.

Then you compile from sources. Special needs require special skills. Well, not that special, really.

Well, the Nest 2nd gen thermostat was sold from 2012-2015 (when it was replaced by the 3rd gen), and support ended in 2025, so, 10 years.

And down here in the real world, distro-packaging is done by the distro, not the upstream developer.

Yep. Happens when the voter is as dumb as bread and easy to manipulate. Praying to the Great God Mammon also has something to do with it.

I especially like "advances in quantum Computing". The stupid does not get much more concentrated than what we see here.

This is really just advanced stupidity. Use your distro-native package format and be done with it.

Seriously. Well, it might in some countries that are intent on completely crashing their economy. Not everybody is that stupid though.

You _really_ do not understand the GDPR.

The point is that a police state is undesirable enough to generously negate all possible advantages it could have.

What moron voted this "offtopic"? Well, you are a victim my friend. A willing stupid victim. How pathetic.

Those poor kids.

Any software update or installation mechanism that has root permissions can do this. The real question is, why is it not a crime for them to do it?
  "Computer sabotage" or a variant thereof seems to apply.

the first was so abysmally bad I stopped watching midway through on relative's cable tv. I hear the 2nd was worse, just riding on the name of the first. A 3rd? who consumes this slop?

No, you're showing your overactive imagination. That they were goners is the most likely thing.