As Ben Stiller once said, "here we go again... again".

"Block the auto updater then" And don't forget to always have the offline installer available locally in case your software maker pulls sketchy stunts.

(or on 4K/BR... usually)

I'm watching Spider-Noir at the moment directly off Amazon Prime Video (in the B&W mode that they offer), and I'm frequently seeing dark back background gradients and even characters' faces being reduced to about three grades of really obvious blotchiness, transporting me to the era of 16-bit gaming and extremely limited colour palettes. I've stopped watching the occasional pirated movie for bitrate-related sins that were nowhere near as bad as this. Also, I'm reminded of the time when the anti-piracy adverts used to argue that you would get far better quality with the genuine article, now the only time that's true is at the cinema.

The line that made me chuckle was the "it focused on 'a foundation that no other browser can match"', for the same reason.

A clean break from a character with something like a 30-film run that they can only do so much with might encourage something new to be written?

I remember as a kid considering the A590 hard drive expansion for my Amiga 500. Years later I learned that it was apparently very failure prone.

I wonder how many fossil fuel lobbyists will be present at this conference.

It definitely could have been worse: they could have taken a page out of their competitor's book and named three different products the same name.

Hey Sony / Apple, how about getting rid of your adverts inside movies?

From personal experience with customers, many have this immediate adverse reaction to even seeing an alternative product, especially when they have no experience of that product. In almost any size workplace I'd expect it to be an uphill struggle purely due to prejudicial attitudes. The only time I wouldn't expect an uphill struggle would be if the almost unanimous mood was against the current software, which to be frank with regard to Microsoft products, it isn't. They annoy the hell out of me, especially the multiple flavours of Microsoft Outlook.

Try loading YouTube clips in a ublock-enabled web browser. "Are you experiencing delays?"

Microsoft gutted their QA: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09...

You don't have a cupholder on your computer?

I'll tell you what: I'll give you a chance to respond and make a counter-argument to what I *actually wrote* in good faith, or you can chalk this up as a clear win against your imaginary opponent. I honestly don't mind either way, but those are the only two options I'm offering.