ignoring all other aspects, the actual shoplifters don't go near the tills, and don't get deterred by anything. They'll walk in, probably with a face mask, pick up what they want, and walk out. The door attendants don't intervene. So who does this actually target? Who does it police? Not the shoplifters that account for the majority of "shrinkage".
It's penalising the customers only.
So long as they say plays on Linux, be that wine or native, it puts some "supported"-like element into it. I think that's really what matters as it makes people a bit more confident in using Linux as a daily OS.
Which is good as it has better everything.
Have you ever tried to get a Windows refund? Virtually impossible. The problem with the PC price going up is that the OEM bundles it, so unless you're on eBay and there's a windows/no-windows competitive marketplace you're going to have to suck up the OEM pricing.
The costs of switching to Linux are indeed low, and switching away are comparably low as you don't have to pay the entrance fee to Linux or the exit fee from it.
Switching between the other platforms will obviously have a cost.
If you don't scrap your hardware for an upgrade cycle, you can probably start a migration/trial plan.
Obviously, what would likely be worthwhile would be self-hosting the cloud services that go along with Windows/Mac/Chrome.
...but we got there, Google is finally doing what ask.com was doing in the 2000's.
Mob justice is often applied when they go in for this crime. Much like a death penalty.
Where is DOGE that one time you need 'em?
Rules for thee, but not for me
From this
Why employ geologists when your oil fields are dry?
If you have some capital and your core business is shrinking, you're going to try and invest in something that you speculate will have a ROI later. In this case, they're trying to get ahead of the AI demand and be a infrastructure provider.
At least Meta are admitting their compute isn't in demand
So let me understand this.
The president is selling access to the problems he creates.
There's now a bigger incentive to create more problems just to sell more access.
The thing about computers is they can use machine learning until they generate randomness algorithms that work.
No surprise that people avoid shops like B&M.
Eventually the economics will work out that there wasn't a saving to be made. The security on the door can't do much to detain, they can tell the police that there's a sighting, but beyond that, they're mostly powerless. You can see how systems like the creep in when they don't have much power to detain.
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