Also, cheap labor

Went there at the later part of last decade and was stunned at how limited it was. At least Apple Maps worked, but I really never thought it would be the same situation still in 2025.

Said with a wink

True. A bit snarky but true.

The protesters on campus need louder megaphones then? /s

Less than 20k die in the US from guns when you do not count suicides. The heat deaths in Europe is always a staggering statistic to see, especially given the rhetoric that European politicians like to spout.

SP expert for 20 years here - can confirm. SP2016 and 2019 were much smoother and easier to install and manage than 2013 and earlier. Even 2013 was okay-ish after you installed the first major update, but 2010 and lower were utter nightmares.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but this does fit the Microsoft MO of getting people to migrate to M365.

I was told seed oils caused cancer /s

I actually kind of prefer their cautious approach, minus turning it on by default. A lot of this stuff is just not as useful as the snake oil salesmen want you to believe - and overselling abilities will not do companies good down the road.

But it is getting incrementally better. The moment you install the native package though, you wonder why you ever put up with the performance hit in the first place

UK residential internet and wireless service is still far behind the rest of the developed world. More work needs to be done.

What is next?

The real issue is with people remaining in the charging bays when their EV has completed its charge.

That is literally the only metric this program changed.

I think you are giving too much credit to the actual impact of CISA. Many agencies go through major transformations in their infancy before they stabilize - this one will be no different.

As of now, it is essentially a security theater outfit filled with a bunch of people trying to pad their resumes. The real work in this field is still being done by true security professionals and private companies.