As a machine shop owner, I wouldn't bid on a job that was bulk emailed to dozens of different shops; not worth my time. Since AI-holes will be telling their assistant to call "every shop in the five state area" to find the best price, the only sensible response is to screen out all AI calls.

Let me ask you this; if Trump were a Russian asset, would he be doing anything differently?

Unfortunately I've been finding that things I used to just go out and buy are no longer available locally or same day. That really puts a damper on weekend projects.

That's what "Cash for Clunkers" did around here a couple decades ago. It immediately and permanently doubled the cost of the cheapest running used cars, punishing the poor.

That's ok, they can do all fifteen years in parallel over one year.

Or they send a kill code as an ota update and brick them. They could do that.

I sincerely doubt it's all still there.

Or it could be required that when the publisher shuts down their servers they release the software necessary for others to host games, and allow them to do so without risk of lawsuit.

Id prefer uploading.

Freecad doesn't even come close to meeting my needs. It's hobby grade.

Until there is truly professional level CAD and CAM software that runs on Linux, it's a nonstarter for me.

Full body necrosis is a very debilitating disease.

And what brand would that be? You can't vote with your wallet if there's no choice.

You've touched on why the average user isn't switching. The is no Linux operating system. There are over 600 different distros, according to a quick search, and the typical advice is to try several to figure out what you like. That's not going to fly with someone who doesn't enjoy playing with operating systems.

Because greed.