If Microsoft was a person they would be in jail for assault a long time ago. The Steam Machine would not have been made if we could have a non abusive version of Windows without hacks or secret versions. Forced AI is just as bad as Forced Ads, Forced Edge and Forced Accounts. Just give us our offline, AI-less Windows.

Old coaxial cable networks are being replaced by streaming tv over fiber optic networks in many countries, they are even planning to shut down Satellite and Terrestrial networks too.

Xbox failed with Kinect over a decade ago.

Looks like Amazon is usurping tech names again.

ATMs were already a compromise compared to getting money from a bank that has security guards now we have people who will use your money having the trust not to steal it. Expect "tips" to be taken from your cash if not just take the money and run. Despite the privacy of cash the physical logistics of it all don't work in a trust breakdown.

It's no longer the Firefox that I knew in 2004, it's just AI this and sponsored tab that. It's proof that open source can be enshittified.

Only Gigagbit Ethernet in 2025 and only 8GB VRAM which was low in 2020.

We only have space for one power wasting bubble at a time.

Firefox is in 2% irrelevance and WebKit basically just backports Chromium features that don't compete with the App Store. Everywhere else is Chrome which has become the total web replacement. iPhone already adopted Google's AI, it is only a matter of time before WebKit gets replaced as Apple seeks to save money by not having to maintain WebKit anymore. Servo and Ladybird will be around for the few experimenters left but I see no future but 99.99% Chrome.

They are changing the color of the bikeshed, I stopped using Firefox after 20 years after the amount of bugs became unbearable and have not looked back.

So one bad website can't take out huge amounts of sites behind CGNAT. Problem solved.

OpenAI and Xai have pirated the whole internet by now.

Where you have one UI but multiple store sources, like an IRL mall would be. Of course there would still be fights over who would be allowed into the mall, but it would be better than having multiple conflicting store clients taking up ram and system tray space.

We managed to get rid of IE, AOL, Flash and TLS 1.1, just update your tcp/ip stack already. It's time major internet engineers fix the remaining issues with IPv6 and then make a strict end of life date for ipv4, which should have been done 20 years ago.

They want Android accounts and ChromeOS Accounts too, so they are making the idea of using a local account dangerous in general. We already had Amazon remote disabling apps for piracy as well.

Everything is coming together, you will only be able to run approved apps on approved hardware, and your account will be linked to your ID as well. No piracy, No ad blocking, No Disobeying the AI.

Slashdot is in on the act after getting rid of true AC posting too.