There is no “Windows 10 shutdown”. The only thing that was supposed to happen is end of free security updates, but Microsoft already decided to give them for free to everyone.

You don’t need to “crack” anything. Massgrave can activate any version of windows through the official process.

It technically probably breaks the EULA but no one gives a shit (including MS).

KDE is also similar enough but actually looks good, and is a more complete and coherent experience.

I also don’t think “looks similar” is actually good if you’re switching. Because it will be similar enough to be confusing when it then behaves differently, and it’s IMO easier to learn something that’s obviously (slightly) different than trying to just learn different behavior.

Are they legal in any EU jurisdictions? I’d hope not.

Not to mention half of their TOS being illegal/unenforceable in the first place.

As someone who has implemented shopping carts, invoicing solutions and banking transactions I can assure you floats will be extremely painful for you.

A huge benefit of big decimals is that they don’t allow you to make a mistake (as easily) as floats where imprecision just “creeps in”.

They’re at school. They can have fun after school.

The website generates a random value, your government signs a cert for that value. That’s what makes it single use and zero trust.

MAS has activation for the 3 years (or maybe even 6) of the extended support too…

The fucked up part is nowadays third parties like banks or sometimes even governments make apps rely on Google services, so you can’t use an ungoogled phone for stuff you actually need for life…

It’s a bailout where the taxpayers actually get something back.

How is it legal to bail out whole banks or other large companies and not get anything in return?

Sure I can use my bank’s website (and it’s a shit experience) but they still want me to have their own app for authentication… Don’t even offer anything else at this point.

This might be an issue because f-droid re-signs apps with their own keys…

I mean depends on enforcement I guess.

Why exactly do we need signing authorities? Software isn’t zero trust like websites. You do need to trust the developer - even a legitimate one. Signing apps with verified developer keys will only hurt small independent developers, open source projects and freedom enabling stuff like user patching.

It only works to solidify monopolies and doesn’t protect you against shit.

The thing is, he does that fairly rarely, and seems to have mostly learned (to at least keep his mouth shut).

And TBF I don’t think he could build a company like that without a bit of cockyness, and he certainly does deserve recognition for what he achieved.

The vast majority of stuff they do - even if it’s a fuckup - they actually handle well and make everyone whole. In away they’re sometimes forced a bit by circumstances but in general I feel like they’re genuinely trying to do their best and be fair.

Um, can you give some examples (with proof) of where LTT got paid to give a good review?

That’s an extreme accusation, and everything I’ve watched for the past decade+ seems to contradict that.

For obvious reasons that’s something they want to avoid. Hell they’re still happy to get on the bad side of companies for integrity, they’re just way less aggressive and outspoken about it compared to GN.

In fact I feel like GN sometimes overplays it a bit.

I mean it’s fair to avoid “drama” no matter who stirs it, but most of their controversies were fairly well handled and largely overblown.

I think my biggest issue was the whole “trust me bro” “warranty”, but that was mostly a cultural clash and Linus still had some good points even originally when he talked about it, even if the way he did so was extremely tone deaf.

Again, what? Where? Their most informative videos do reviews and testing, which is regular journalism at best.

I can remember maybe one or two videos that were somewhat investigative.

It’s just not what they do or what they claim to do.

Especially since they could ship the JS polyfill With the browsers. Seems like a decent middle ground to me.

In this case it is purely fault of the money incentive though. Noone would spend so much effort and computation power on AI if they didn’t think it could make them money.

The funniest part is though that it’s only theoretical anyway, everyone is only losing on it and they’re most likely never gonna make it back.

I don’t think LTT ever did or claimed to do investigative journalism (or really journalism at all)?

They make entertainment videos that sometimes have mildly informative value.