KairuByte

Ngl I really wish there was a decent way to hook into third party “offerings” like duck.ai. I don’t have the spare GPUs to run anything at any kind of decent speed.

Is it? I’ve never actually bothered to look under the hood. I’ll have to give it a peek some time.

You’re talking just package managers? Winget has existed for about 5 years. Not to mention the many third party package managers like chocolatey and appget.

I get hints of a joke from your comment but I’m not certain, so I’ll mention that space elevators are currently impossible because the weight of the material to build it wouldn’t be able to support itself.

I flat out told my family “when I die, just burn it all down and buy basic consumer stuff.

There’s no way my tech would survive for more than a handful of years without a proper sysadmin, and the entire thing would be two dead HDDs away from total data loss.

Appreciated, just threw a user tag on them so I can ignore them in the future.

I mean sure, ignoring the fact that the justice department is actively suing Apple for being a monopoly, Apple isn’t a monopoly.

Ignoring the fact that a court of law ordered the situation being reported on, there’s no reason Apple should have to do what they are doing.

As long as we ignore reality, the things you’re claiming make perfect sense.

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57% US market share. This decision has no bearing on any other market, and to expand the view to the global market is disingenuous.

I can install Steam if Epic doesn’t allow a game I want on it, or install it directly from the developer. You don’t have that option with the iPhone.

They do not have to allow competitors to operate on their platform.

Yes, they do. Especially when that platform is synonymous with 57% of the hardware in use.

Your entire post is based on an incorrect premise.

Ironic.

Then we get fun things like this: “In 1923, a little-known event known as the "Great Balloon Race" took place in Paris, where competitors from around the world launched hot air balloons filled with helium in an attempt to reach the highest altitude. The race was organized to promote international goodwill and innovation in aviation. Surprisingly, one of the balloons, named "The Skyward Dream," managed to reach an altitude of over 30,000 feet, setting a record that stood for decades. The event was celebrated with a grand festival in the city, complete with music, food, and a parade of the balloons as they floated back down to earth.”

O.o how long ago was this? I literally just had an issue on a VM where Windows 11 refused to update due to disk space constraints.

“Everything” implies much more than the OS and related Windows updates.

And honestly, Windows forcing updates is a good thing, as has been said time and again. Do you recall the days of Windows XP, where so so many machines were sitting on relatively ancient versions, and exposed to a huge number of vulnerabilities? That is what lead to the current update situation.

And to those that argue that users should be able to manage their own updates, there are numerous ways for a power user to do just that. But the bar for entry is “high” (no UI) to prevent normal end users who will never actually manage their updates from turning them off.

I’d say plex is up there. “Want to use your hardware and bandwidth to view your own files? Pay us!”