As a veteran, I feel this. I wish I'd served crack instead too.
Kushia
Nope I'm not seeing it personally.
I get it now thanks to you but I still think it's stupid.
Joplin
I sync it with onedrive basically for free between my phone, laptop and computer. It's wysiwyg editor means it was basically a drop in replacement for EverNote for me, but open source and without the costs.
When I used to work a lot with Python the packaging solutions available were the bane of my existence. I hope they've gotten better by now..
Some of them are really good too, in a realistic sense. You can tell they are AI though.
Everyone already has the hardware for 2fa in their pockets too. This was simply a decision this company made to minimise barriers to their customers wallets.
Dog whistle to his supporters, that's all.
If they actually tried anything they'd be snuffed out pretty fast.
They always have and we don't really get a choice in the matter. The reason why you're noticing it increasing particularly online is because there was a time not too long ago that it didn't have any of the bullshit and in some ways they're still figuring it out.
Just make them as cheap and reliable as the dinosaur guzzlers and I'll happily buy and drive one. Especially if you can get that second hand.
Microsoft products in this area are weird to me. Like C#, Powershell is great on one hand yet annoying and more difficult to rangle on the other compared to other solutions that are out there.
I love how we have higher standards for fake digital animals than we have for actual living humans when it comes to labor.