They don't need to worry about it. MS and Google won't "cut them out" of this revolution. You'll be able to use this stuff on Apple devices. Should they? Yes, You think Apple wouldn't if they had it?

In what world is supporting a competitor as well as you do yourself make sense? There is a reason I cannot recommend Macs for M365 use. Apple "degrades' their services all the time on non-Apple platforms, it's simply fair play.

Hopefully MS and Google get more aggressive here.

I though everyone using Grammarly was bad enough. I can sniff out a Grammarly user in a paragraph or two.

You can be compelled by law enforcement to use biometrics but cannot be compelled to enter a pin / password because, oops, you forgot.

Sorry, I don't see a problem here still. I am not forced to follow recommendations. The problem I do see here is a 1st amendment one. As long as the content suggested isn't illegal, nothing should happen.

It'll be discord, which I really don't like. Call me old, but I miss actual forums instead of realtime chats posing as one.

I don't understand why that distinction matters. You aren't forced to pay any attention to recommendations, regardless of how they are created. Just like you are not forced to pay any attention to any ads, completely optional.

No one is FORCING you to even pay attention to these recommendations though. That's what I don't understand about this whole case. There is a search bar, use it. It's Google's fault people don't use it?

Look, I am as anti-corporate as anyone else probably is here. But to bring an entire case about an optional feature just does not make sense to me.

Is there something I am missing?

Privacy to them means other entities harvesting data, it does not apply to them. Completely expected.

I find it HILARIOUS that it's Giz reporting this, lost phone thing from the past and all. Karma can take time to do it's thing.

Why would you not use that setting, is "public filesharing" on by default?

I'm like this, get a couple tickets when jackpots are high. 6 bucks, maybe once a month, if that.

People spend more on sugary beetus-laden drinks, let me have my small sliver of fun dammit.

Plus, if I heard that someone won buying from my local store at roughly the time I thought to go, but didn't, I'd be broken.

Still a Whoosh. They mentioned ABS and EFI are good. The things complained about, touch based "infotainment" systems, which are dangerous as you have to LOOK AWAY FROM THE ROAD to operate them. Backup cameras are unneeded, turn your head. You're saying not being able to change a headlight is a safety feature?

You didn't really rebut the OP, but saw a chance to inject your unwarranted opinions to a person that didn't even mention many of the systems.

I think you missed OP's point, by a mile.

"Touch screens? Sure, why not force the driver to take their eyes off the road and look about for that quarter inch square spot they have to press to get to the first level of environmental controls so they can take more time trying to adjust the heat or a/c rather than a simple button or knob."

Oh my gods I hate this. Just give me things I can feel. My GF recently bought a 2013 car for work under duress, because public transpo here isn't what it should be, and the first thing I did was remove the double din touch screen radio thingy and install a standard one, with damn buttons and dials.

Ok, I live by, "I have everything to hide."