As someone who doesn't use Windows and had to drop FF because it just doesn't work for me anymore, I think there are bigger issues than MCSFT steering people away.

Now I can not subscribe to either of them more easily. HBO MAX is pretty much deep cable these days and Paramount's content is not compelling 90% of the time. Mix in the politics and you got yourself a shit stew baby!

Because if they're shitty, why shouldn't we be the same?

""The better that Meta does, the more money I will be able to invest in science research," he said." F you you giant cockwomble.

How many people upgraded their phones because of uncertain price hikes? I'm guessing we'll see next quarter.

Its a common problem without an easy solution. Lets see how it goes

The truth is that our kids are being "experimented on" all the time. Education is a constantly changing field of study and frankly we haven't figured it out yet. The industrial model that has been in place is only a few hundred years old at best and its not working for all kids and we're all still trying to figure it out.

the floggings will increase until morale improves

Try Pop OS, its nice.

I probably didn't want to see it in the first place. Too many people are desperate for attention.

by which I mean they are desperate not to lose their high playing jobs and will follow what ever direction the business zeitgeist suggest they go in, rather than use any real business insight or follow a moral compass.

How about "no." My lifetime is worth more to me than your bottom line.

Because Capitalism relies on growth. Maybe instead of propping up a financial model we can see is going to fail eventually we should consider alternatives and actually let the population drop. In my lifetime, 3 billion have been added to the global pop. The world isn't necessarily a better place because of that.

As an 8th grader hanging out at the Uni where my mom worked in 1979, i was able to play Super Star Trek. It was the gateway drug to a lifetime of computing.

Frankly, it worked out for my sons, but I honestly still have concerns. Two of my sons went to colleges, one fancy, one not. They both have jobs in high tech making that SV money. Two of my other sons (who are younger) did not. One went to a web Boot Camp and now works for a defense contractor also making that tech money. The other now designs parts for an aviation start up, a skill he learned on the job. I honestly have no advice. "It depends" is the best I can do.