THIS is why anybody with any brains would NEVER EVER buy a new car with this bullshit in it. I'm 76 and my car is a 13 year old 2013 and I'll keep it running till I shuffle off mortality. Even if I had Musk's wealth, I'd STILL never buy one of these rolling tattle-tales...

Not that it would/could ever happen... But what if 90-95% of Meta's employees said F--K THIS and quit... I'd pay good money and grabbed a tub of popcorn to see the companies reaction if this were to happen. I'm so glad I'm retired and don't have to worry about finding a job in today's f-ed up world.

Having escaped from the Microsoft ecosystem some 15 years ago, after a 20+ year career of supporting MS products, I'm constantly astounded at how much abuse people who still use MS products will tolerate. Although, I have a funny feeling that the line has been crossed, with the current Windows 11 abuse of its users. I really feel sorry for those who, despite the abuse by MS, still use MS products, for whatever reason.

Actually I still have a couple of those, both the ISA and the later PCI versions. Hate to throw them out..

..Remove the amateur radio stuff. Believe me its still being used - A LOT.. I got off the Windows bandwagon nearly 15 years ago and have run various Linux distros since. Currently on KUbuntu 24.04, just waiting for the new 26.04 LTS to release and I'll upgrade my machines.

I suspect there's not too many still on an ISDN connection, what with cable and fiber connections everywhere.

73 Dave K7DGF

Best Damn Description of Windows I've EVER HEARD!!!!!

As a 15 year Linux user, I consider Microsoft itself to be "for entertainment purposes only".. I'm a retired Windows admin, but after I retired in 2010, I switched my systems 100% to Linux, but.. to make a few bux on the side, I hold my nose, and support a few customers on Windows.. Since Windows 10 was assassinated last year, I've managed to move a growing number of clients over to KUbuntu. To show my distaste for the crap that IS Windows 11, I charge $25/hr, 2 hour min, on Linux, and if they're still on 11, its $175/hr, 2 hour min. Some of those who were going to stay on 11 have moved over to Linux.. Also I find the ones on Linux have FAR less need for ANY support, usually only for actual hardware failures/misconfigures.. Its damn sure a FACT that Windows 11 is the best advertisement for Linux..

I'd go so far as to say its malware, in and of itself.. Its always been a malware magnet, now its malware by itself.. Good job, Microsoft..

NO KIDDING!!
The statement
"..It knows everything about me. "
SHOULD have any normal human being screaming and running for the exits...

I'm not up on this AI thing, but having been involved with computers since the "Z80" days (that's the late 70s-early 80s for those who weren't alive then), the fact that AI can now, ON ITS OWN, create a post that insults, and finds out private info on a target person, SCARES THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME... I enjoy a good science fiction tale, and I've read enough of those that carry the idea of artificial intelligence to this level and I'd think it would be quite a few years in the future before AI would get to the point where a human turns it off, and the AI turns itself back on.. And I've read where this has already happened.. If THIS doesn't scare you, you might stop the mind altering drug you're taking and rejoin the REAL world... Just my .000001BTC..

People who are discussing something totally non-political and then want to bring Trump into the discussion are people who have VERY bad cases of TDS and need to be institutionalized ASAP.

GOOD LUCK in "taking the battery out" in pretty much ALL of the current crop of laptops. Guess that "command line" shutdown is your only choice in this case...

LoL no fuck you. kBye.
LoL no fuck you. kBye.
LoL no fuck you. kBye.
LoL no fuck you. kBye.
LoL no fuck you. kBye.
And once more with FEELING... LoL no fuck you. kBye.

I've got a 32" Samsung TV (NOT a "smart"-tv) that I've had for going on 10 years, I use it as a monitor for a Roku "stick" in one of the HDMI ports. Works great.. Probably they don't make any "non-smart-tvs" anymore, so I hope this thing lasts, as I WILL NOT BUY any "smart-tvs" to replace it.

I do believe you are me.... I feel the exact same way about professional sports. These players are paid obscene amounts of money to kick balls around.. I refer to myself as being born withOUT the "sports gene". I care not a bit for pretty much anything that fits the term "sports".. Which is why I'm damn pissed off if I want to subscribe to Disney+ to allow the grandkids to watch the old Disney stuff, before Disney went woke, but I'm stuck paying for that sports abortion called ESPN... F--k ESPN...