Didn't China demand access to the Windows source code? I can only imagine how hard they have their LLMs working to find flaws in that. Things are likely to get much more interesting.

The difference between Windows and Linux in this area is that Linux generally takes security flaws seriously, addresses them quickly, and leaves the fixes in place. With Microsoft, there's a common pattern to slow-roll the whole process: deny the flaw exists, then when it becomes undeniable, claim that it can't be exploited, then once a PoC is released, diminish the severity of the exploit. This process usually spans months and meanwhile Windows users are left with their pants around their ankles and puckered assholes.

It doesn't have to be this way. Vista cleaned up many of the worst architectural flaws in Windows and provided a much more secure foundation for Windows. All Microsoft has to do is prioritize security issues as soon as they're reported and they wouldn't consistently be reduced to a laughingstock in the industry. But I guess it wouldn't be Microsoft if they took security seriously.

The way faulty drivers work today is that the hardware partner is responsible for pushing an updated driver, or the end user is responsible for manually uninstalling the problematic driver. "This creates a gap where devices may remain on a low-quality driver for an extended period,"

According to most manufacturers, the highest-quality driver is always the latest one. However, enshittification tells us that the latest things are often lower quality. And while that's not always the case, enshittification conditions people to feel that way and then act accordingly.

I've been running Linux for nearly thirty years and have had a couple of crashes. I ran macOS for fourteen years and had one crash. I can't count the number of Windows crashes I've had over that same time period. So either Windows driver developers are terrible compared to those of Mac and Linux, or Mac and Linux are more tolerant of faulty drivers. Either way, the overall user experience with regards to driver faults has been far better outside of Windows.

Yup, the current regime certainly has the circuses portion down but they seem to be lacking bread.

I don't see how it is relevant to the actual court case here

Many court cases brought on by billionaires aren't initiated with the intention of winning the case. They're platforms that allow the parties to gather as much dirt on the other as they can during the discovery phase and then air out all of their opponent's dirty laundry during the testimony portion of trial. In addition to that, they get to drain financial resources from their opponent, distract from their day-to-day leadership responsibilities, and just generally make their opponent's life miserable. Whether it's owners of private corporations going after each other or government officials filing frivolous lawsuits against their ideological opponents, it's all just an expedition of mudslinging and misery being adjudicated with our tax dollars.

If I "buy" a game from the Playstation store and later cancel my PSN subscription, will this alleged DRM check still work without PSN?

Laws don't stop people from doing things - they enumerate the punishments governments can enforce when people inevitably do those things.

Ego and hubris are the most addictive drugs on the planet. The world is full of cautionary tales and yet the majority of people still aspire to achieve conditions that often lead to that level of sycophancy, delusion, and addiction to fleeting approval from a fickle fanbase.

A prize in litterery.

When Linux ends support for a device, the Linux Gnome sneaks into the building and destroys the unsupported hardware. Everybody knows this.

Not every company needs to be a growth company

Agreed.

Starlink is a subsidiary of SpaceX, which is still a private company

If the rumors are true, then SpaceX will be undergoing an IPO. At that point, it will be owned by Wall St. and their mindset is that a stagnant company is a dying company. Their goal is constant growth at all costs to increase the value of their investment.

I can enjoy the stability and security of a Windows 9x host with the ease-of-use of the Linux userland.

Do you get paid extra for the capitalization?

Of course, I'm a capitalist, baby! I only do things for money. If it bothers you so much, you can pay me more to switch back to lowercase for future posts.

The president has immunity

If I understand the law correctly, he has immunity from criminal offenses for acts he commits during his presidency. I also believe he has immunity from being sued while he is president but I believe he can be sued for acts he committed during the presidency after he is out of office.

And he can (probably) pardon himself

Presidential pardons only work at the federal level. States may still be able to go after him for civil penalties and his co-conspirators for criminal penalties since they likely aren't covered by presidential immunity.

We'll see what happens after his second term

This is one of many reasons why he has no intention of ever leaving the White House.