Even if that were the case, this administration would not care.

I thought it was like tinder for Predators?

but without the actual will and motivation to keep supporting that software to pump out software and publish it.

TBH, most software will never be used my many so needs no support. Also, I think lack of long-term support is not the same kind of problem it used to be. Back in the day, when the original author dropped support it was a major investment to get someone else up to speed. Now fixes and enhancements can be done by LLMs as well, given a somehwat competent software developer.

But in general: The newer the project and the more bells and whistles it has, the less I personally would want to make it an essential piece of my workflow.

Ukraine apparently uses something by that name https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/inside-ukraines-palantir-powered-ai-war-room-guiding-drone-strikes-deep-into-russia-19356

Isn’t there also a palantir module called prisma or something?

I believe that they say that, I do not see them act accordingly.

They do claim to prefer them.

I’d rather pay valve more than scalpers anything. But this is steep.

You can change the USB-C port assembly on an iPhone in 109 easy steps ;) https://en.ifixit.com/Anleitung/iPhone+17+Pro+Max+USB-C+Port+Assembly+Replacement/206397?lang=en

But I get the appeal.

Looks like they are en par with Apple, if you ignore the occasional critical bug fix for way out of date iOS versions. https://iosref.com/ios

Not to mention they are no monopoly by any definition. I can buy games at half a dozen other stores I know of, probably a hundred I don’t.

I mean, of course. An insurance is a bet against yourself that you hope to lose cannot be any other way otherwise there would be no insurance companies.

They have not changed anything in forever. Even the boot loader is unlocked.

I install tons of software with homebrew and nix every day. Yes, sometimes you need to allow a new version explicitly. Also yes, Apple could probably disallow that globally, but that would be a big change for something they allowed for 50 years.

Just pause mid fall, this resets the height calculation.

I think this will definitely come. It’s just a matter of time.

It runs macOS so you can install any stuff that you want. With asahi Linux showing you can also install other operating systems. I think a retrograde lockdown might be possible, but it’s unlikely.

Sure. But as of now Elon has 14 Children that we know of, probably 200 clones in bunkers around the world. If that’s not redistributing wealth, I don’t know what is.

In real life people die.

I dont think they held their population hostage

People were literally shot at the border if they attempted to flee from East Germany. Same today for dear leaders workers paradise, North Korea.