I'm part of a much smaller retrocomputing community focused on an older line of home PCs (The Tandy/RS Color Computer series).
We have a few different options for connecting these old systems to modern monitors, all designed and sold by community members. They are all under $100 afaik.

"The chain is owned in Thailand by Minor International, a local hospitality group that is one of Asia’s largest restaurant owners."

It's not an American company doing this

How does "android" make it awkward? On my pixel I press two buttons on the side (power and vol up, they are next to each other) then tap Power off or Restart. There are no warnings, no confirmation dialogs. Its literally a (two) button press and a single tap, done.

We are altering the deal. Pray we do not alter it further, and enjoy the show!

So you're complaining about how the other team will complain. But you did it first, so... your team wins? Never been sure how you partisan folks keep score

AKA "Martini Time". I like it.

"Just buy yourself an iPhone"

-Tim Apple

"third party interference" == a third party interfering with their profits

yet another Coco -> Amiga guy here

In the US, many carriers give away "free" or heavily discounted iPhones combined with a multi-year contract. This puts the Apple devices in direct competition with other free or cheap phones, although it's not exactly Apple doing it.

If you ever have the misfortune of shopping in a Walmart, you'll see a lot of iPhone users.

I'm pretty sure this tech won't fly unless they do it more like "AR" where the virtual screens are where you want them but the rest of what you see is real, either via camera feed like the Quest 2 (sort of) does, or a google glass type of device. It's still a ways off

There is VR screen software called "Immersed" that uses the passthrough camera on the Quest 2 to leave your physical keyboard visible. It kind of works. I seem to recall seeing other products with similar solutions. I could see something like this being pretty great in the future but agree its not ready now for a variety of reasons

I see potential in products that give you virtual monitors. We went through everyone adding a second or third monitor to their PC over the past decade.. when you can put on a pair of glasses and have as many "monitors" as you like, wherever you like etc then I could see VR becoming common in the office. The consumer grade tech isn't even close to where it needs to be now, but that will change. Products like https://immersed.com/ are trying to deliver the functionality now and (imho) failing, but the potential is there.

"Chromebooks have certainly shown the world there is a strong alternative to Windows, particularly for education where it has thrived thanks to Chromebooks."

So Chromebooks are thriving because... Chromebooks. Thanks Verge.

This is literally a way to get rid of unsupported old OSes. Its good for the exact reason you seem to think it is not.