Yup. the wording is clear. we think we have the right to make everything stop working because we say so. They have this BS about a Chrome Client update not being supported. Total BS. Software does not actively break itself. Valve has had countless meetings and plans about how to break this.

agreed

I entered in to a contract to purchase a game, to run on a machine. There were no 'time terms' in my contract. The contract simply says, I wont steal the game, and steam will let me run the game. Valve Co, is not allowed to change those terms. This is simple. The fact that is a computer doesn't make it any different. This is a simple as I know how to put it today..... 1. 2016 I sell you a pair of wired headphones. 2. Today I send a update that changes the plug on the headphones. 3. I tell you you should have bought a new stereo, because security. 4. In January 2024, you will either let me put the new plug on your headphones or I break them. ----------- the fact that its OS's and Computers and all those fancy things doesn't change how human agreements work. Valve wants it to. Microsoft and Apple and Google want it to. They have a profit motive that would have them do anything physically possible to amass more money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... "music NASA has been working for decades, essentially, on looking at technologies to take the boom out of boom. We would like to have sonic thump or just sonic sound. And the idea is to design the airplane so that the shockwaves that are produced in super sonic flight are arranged in such a way that you don't have boom you have just a general gradual pressure rise which produces a quiet sound. So there are a number of challenges associated with supersonic travel in general. We want the airplanes to be environmentally friendly. So we want them to be quieter around the airport, and we also want them to have low emissions. NASA's worked on a number of technologies which could reduce the noise of sonic boom. Right now we're doing the preliminary design, we call that activity QueSST for Quiet Super Sonic Technology. We have tested in wind tunnels but now the next phase is to take the technologies and test them in flight. So, to do that we are building an X-plane design and the eventual low boom flight demonstration aircraft that represents the boom of a larger airplane. The idea is to prove the technology, show how robust it is in a variety of at atmospheric conditions. But ultimately to prove that the sound that is created is acceptable to people on the ground. DAVID: NASA is conducting supersonic research with a lot of different organizations around the country. But primarily our role is getting the data for supersonic flight. One of the primary things we have to do initially is get the atmospheric data so we understand the effect of the atmosphere, real atmosphere, on the sonic boom. But then the real data for regulatory change requires just, really, taking measurements on the ground and then doing surveys of the population to see what the annoyance of those sonic... much quieter sonic booms are. It should sound like a thump, so it could be that people don't even notice the sonic boom and that's what we want, that is really the data that we are talking about for regulatory change. PETER: So supersonics is kind of been a dream for a long time, cut your travel time in half. It's a good industry for the U.S. to be getting into as subsonic commercial airplanes are being built worldwide now. We need some new markets, some new vehicles to maintain our leadership in commercial aviation. music "

I feel honored to pay Apple, Inc so that users can download my software. I feel honored to have Apple, Inc's crack team of software reviewers tell me if my code, aesthetic, and UI interactions meet their standards. I for one appreciate that Apple, Inc. alone decides if my softwar-- my App is good enough for real people. The 1/3 of my profits that I give to Apple for every single dollar I will ever earn is hardly enough for all the dedication and hard work that Apple has put into building its handheld devices. The additional 1/3 that Apple charges for any in-app purchases is also, hardly enough for the complex network of 'payment processing' that they have to handle the difficult job of accepting money. I think they have shown that their model works, all the success that they have had in the last ten years proves that they deserve to be successful and I am happy to do my part to be a part of the Apple, Inc Developer family. The $100 a year they charge me just to deliver software in the only store that the devices are allowed to use is a pittance, compared to the ability to reach all the internet connected devices with the Apple Logo on them. As long as I don't make the foolish mistake of making an app that looks like it is in competition with an App that Apple Inc. already makes, I can have nothing but success. Also, as long as I don't make an App that Apple Inc, later decides it does want to make, yes, then I am bound for success. Apple is only trying to improve the user experience, and if they do that app, it will be better for everyone. Its been a joy to be an Apple developer all these years. Starting with an Open BSD model, with a universal tool chain and all the years right up to the closed, just-yesterday invented-here technology. I don't miss a standard toolchain at all. When I needed a leader with courage, Apple Inc was and always will be there.

Scrivener for research writing. Pages for Pretty writing. MS Word when I have to collab with a word user.

Same. Spent a few years as a mac dev. and we have a houseful of older apple products, but there won't be any newer ones coming in. Figure it'll be painful for a while, but not for long. Moving from my iPhone (which has started to glitch, crash, close apps without cause) to my PinePhone this week.

You do realize you are saying "Apple does not trust the user to boot her machine with anything, but something Apple already knows about." Nothing about that is 'more secure' it is just more controlled.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! This exactly. Apple has realized our law gives them (slow) but unilateral control of most any contract they enter with their 'customers'. The ability to change the software at will ("What are you gcrying about its free!?")... "Oh.. and its MANDITORY!".. "So.. suck it up buttercup". .. is gamechanging, and This is not even his final form. I have a half dozen macs, and another half dozen iOS thingys, so I'm not a Apple hater. I just hate everything they want to become.

Just for the record let it be said that we have long known that the primary reason Apple Inc. locks phones and tablets to their proprietary "App store" is Profit. There are other reasons, but numbers 2 and 3 are also Profit. The only reason this model has spread to other makers and devices is because of their Envy of Apple Inc's massive profits. The primary reason we developer's put up with it is that Steve promised us profits too, with him getting a nearly 1/3 cut for the privilege.

i completely agree in spirit. Features of an application are not subject to whimsy. "We felt like now was a good time to take away or bastardize this thing - Oh and we are going to force it on to users or else they get screwed by some hacker." The bug discussion they had is unimportant. They have the power to change things, but the question is do they have the _authority. This is the crux. They believe they do. Users disagree. Until recently it didn't matter, so what if the new version of Word has ugly goofy top bars, screw em. Don't upgrade. But now 'security' is tied into every change, and you're left out to dry unless you accept the 'security' updates, which just happen to come with a pile of 'we just felt like it, open wide' changes.

if we turn this around, it is also "Who decides what the thing I already downloaded can and can not do." Your view is logical. It is also logical so say "Who is the arbitrator of removing functionality?"

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from Dell's PR site - the monitor is a USB-C hub with a webcam, and ethernet built in. Beginning-Middle-and-End of story. . In all likelihood, the "Teams" button is sending out the equivalent of "Windows-T" to get Win10 to launch teams. The marketing implies that the Monitor is in someway "special" for accessing Teams. Its not. Its just a monitor / hub. There are no 'smarts' inside to do anything. The whole "hey cortana" is coming from the computer connected to the monitor. Like every other webcam setup in existence. link: https://delltechnologies.share... as others have said - its kind of exactly like the keyboards from the 90's with 'multimedia buttons'. So there is a good chance one can just program a linux hotkey for the new button

For those who upgraded already? Why does Apple get to tell you when to upgrade? Said nicer, what features made the update a necessity for you?