semiconductor fab profits are also 'abnormally high'.
adarza
joined 2 years ago
that whole family is off-the-rails, but with her reach, she could do a lot of good... but instead, this.
i could count on one hand the number of users i've run across that absolutely had to have the real microsoft office. an alternative like libreoffice works just as well for nearly everyone.
'365' subscribers got rate increases specifically because the copilot bullshit was bundled in. they're already paying for it.. they just don't use it. and you have to jump through hoops, such as feigning a cancellation, just to be offered the non-copilot plan. most don't know that even exists as an option.
i've been stuck on step 4. price hikes chased me away, i haven't been back. i don't even know what's "new" anymore, and i don't care.
i just watch the stuff i have locally, there's more new (to me) stuff on my disks than netflix has ever produced.
blue is mislabeled for windows users. it should read:
"because i don't want more bugs"
all four constituent countries of the uk did qualify in 1958
physical media for movies and tv is next on the list. sony makes those, too.
the cost to produce and distribute (or rather, the lower profits), was secondary.. waaaay tf under the top 5 reasons for dumping physical media: control, control, control. control, and control... control over your "purchases"
as popular as diy and linux are on lemmy, pre-builts are still bought by more gamers; and those almost always include windows.
missing the next guy to the right "subscription"
that's a lot of chocolate.