That said, Microsoft backported most of the data collection, advertising, and AI bloatware "enhancements" to the later releases of Windows 10 as well. If you left the default privacy raping settings go, it's basically as bad as Windows 11 now.

Hell, at this point they're even inserting CoPilot and OneDrive into the Mac versions of Office whether you want it or not.

Apple TV already spoon feeds weekly episodes. I think that the only streaming service that doesn't at this point is Netflix?

Well... compared to the non-inconvenience and non expense of having to not do it at all on a gasoline powered vehicle, it's something to think about.

I'd imagine that the one of the big reasons that the auto manufacturers cheated on their diesel emissions results is that they didn't want to require drivers to have to put DEF into their vehicles every few thousand miles like they do with diesel trucks. I can't blame them for that, it seems like a pain and probably would have hurt their sales.

Yeah, basically every PC and laptop made in the last 5 years can be upgraded to Windows 11. Many of the older ones still have spinning rust hard drives that are due to fail soon, so those end users are probably better off upgrading their systems anyway.

Sure, they could just replace that failing slow hard drive with an SSD and just switch to Linux instead... but if they were willing or able to actually do that, they've probably already done it.

And it has a link to a paywalled article on the New York Times. Yeah... this is peak Slashdot Enshittification as well.

Oh yeah, I have plenty of leftover USB-A to Micro USB or USB-A to Lightning cables from my old devices.

What I'm short on is new USB-A to USB-C and USB-C to USB-C cables. Basically all of my new devices use those, and the cheap ones that came with my devices are already wearing out.

Don't blame EditorDavid... He posted some typical Slashdot engagement bait, and it worked.

You should really blame yourself for falling for his trap.

Yeah, people seem to forget that this is also a guy who constantly parked in handicap spots even while he was perfectly healthy just because he thought that he was more important than everyone else and shouldn't have to walk as much. And when the started getting tickets for it, he would just lease a new car every few months just to he could drive around without a license plate. THAT is the Steve Jobs that people should remember before they start idolizing this asshole.

Yeah... am I the only one who finds the (non Prime) Amazon shopping experience to be horrible? They promise that things will ship in 3 or 4 days, but they take 6 or 7 on average. Hell, they usually don't even bother sending my order out of the warehouse until day 4.

If I order online from another big box retailer like Walmart instead, my orders usually arrive in 2 or 3 days even if I choose the "free" shipping option.So, yeah... I try to avoid getting things from Amazon if another option is available.

CNN pushed pretty hard for the $15 an hour minimum wage in their editorial content. They're probably not happy with the results of it, with many entry level jobs getting replaced with kiosks and robots.

Nobody repairs Apple Air Pods, they were designed to be a disposable tech product when they break.

Slashdot seems to cater to 50+ year old tech curmudgeons, who can still remember a time where you could fix your broken headphones with a soldering iron. So, yeah, stories like this are a good way to drive engagement.

We're now at the point where YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV both cost over $80 a month. We've gotten to the point where you might be able to get a triple play (Cable, Internet, Cell phone) bundle for cheaper than a streaming plus fiber service plan.

I think that they're just trying to kill off the XBox brand at this point. Their product strategy is suicidal. For example, the XBox Series S is now almost 5 years old. This is the point in the product lifecycle, they should be discounting the product and getting it's replacement ready. Instead, they increased the price from $300 to $379 without making any hardware upgrades to the unit.

Who on earth would be willing to pay that much for a 5 year old gaming console? Nobody. Which explains why Costco and Target aren't selling them anymore.

You can no longer easily install unsupported 3rd party applications on the new Fire sticks, but the even better news is that they also decreased the memory on them, insuring that they'll continue to be a somewhat useless device even someone jailbreaks it later? Fantastic, where can I sign up?

I love streaming devices where advertising takes up half of the home screen and it reports my viewing habits to a trillion dollar mega-corporation!