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Makes me glad I continue to use the free Google and MS Office options and keep my cloud storage with a service that is dedicated to just storage.

Cuts down on all of the forced price increases due to the AI mess the MBAs need to justify the expense of.

I use 2 matching Synology NAS systems. 1 backs up to the other daily. Then one of them backs up to Synology C2 weekly.

I couldn't care less about 8k since I can't even see streaming 4k content without using a platform infested with DRM.

I would argue that your career has given you the wisdom to understand how the phrase "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" applies to technology. So you just instinctively know that a dishwasher doesn't need a network stack to do the job it was built for. And adding one is creating a lot more complexity for very demising returns.

As with most things in the modern world that have gone to shit. It is not the monetization scheme in of itself that is the issue. It is the never ending desire for more profit this quarter than last forever.

If it was acceptable to stop trying to make even more once the cost to operate is covered and some healthy profit is made predictably then a lot less people would have issues. And enshitification would slow down.

I wish I could get found guilty and still be able to negotiate on equal footing with the prosecution about what my punishment was going to be.

I haven't played it in awhile. But last time I did, it still seemed to be doing good on the custom maps I used to play. Like Helms Deep.

Making bail is the least of his concerns in there. He will be lucky if he doesn't get "Epstein'd".

Probably either Left4Dead 2 or the latest Hitman game

You mean a free extension that claims to give me discounts seemingly out of the goodness of their hearts that also has access to every website I go to in the browser where it is installed is not exactly on the level? I'm shocked.....well...not that shocked.

As the general rule I feel the same about more or less all of the "AI" that is available to consumers from the likes of Google, OpenAI, etc.

It just seems more like a different way to do things with digital assistants or search engines that we have already been able to do for years.

But once its on why would you ever turn it off? /s