If you hadn’t nailed it to the perch it’d be pushing up the daisies.

Why

Not everyone uses laptops

I didn’t say that.

Some of us selfhost, y’know

I do too. But I’m pretty sure, while selfhosting may be common here on Lemmy, that it’s not entirely common amongst wider population?

This is non-news puffed up for engagement, isn’t it? Samsung doesn’t make IDE hard drives any more either.

I didn’t mean from that creator specifically.

Welcome to my world, 1am video releases are pretty much standard for me because apparently America is the only country in the world /s

Who or what is a a16z?

When my Graphene’d Pixel 7 goes out of support I’m switching to something Linux based even if I have to get a Raspberry Pi and a case and carry around a brick. My handbag’s big enough.

There can be more than one bad guy.

Everyone has a PS5

Feels like a success to me?

It… does feel like a success, though?

You should feel absolutely zero guilt about pirating “triple-A” software. It’s a morally neutral act. The money they would’ve got from your purchase is so insignificant to them that it wouldn’t even show up on their annual returns. Assuming they file them.

2026 will be the year of Linux on the desktop

Fuck MinecraftOnline for making fucking Microsoft look like the good guys here.

Unfortunately it’s not as easy as “join and post videos”. Finding an instance willing to host your videos is a massive issue. You might even have to pay a company to spin one up for you, whereas YouTube will just host your videos for free. There’s the obvious sustainability issue, but for a small channel, or someone who doesn’t have cash reserves and is just trying video-making out, no upfront investment is kinda a no-brainer.

Because if shooting yourself in the foot doesn’t work, you might as well shoot yourself in the knee as well?

The main benefit is the long-term support. If you buy a volume (or can find a vendor willing to sell you a single) license for Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC, you have security updates until 2032. There’s nuance to it, and some programs might not support Windows 10 for the full length of that extended support period, but for the last holdouts it’s better than nothing.

That only covers ESU, not the LTSC options. :/

This is the most convenient way I had access to to share the available options for info. I’d love a similar list of official methods.

For info only: Windows 10 Updates After End-Of-Life