If I recall correctly it’s related to a fire retardant additive that oxidizes

The Alexa division is struggling so they are well into the extract phase of the product.

Google will get there in time as well.

I’m saying there isn’t a religion that doesn’t force it’s shit on people.

So basically you’re fine with supporting things that hurt others just so long as you’re left alone.

Religions have yet to prove to me they are not just another tribal group that wants control with extra steps.

The main issue will be application support.

Linux running on the desktop in 2025 is helped immensely by everything being web based. So long as you have a browser you are fine for a lot of general computing.

The phone space is ruled by apps. The phone makers and the companies developing apps prefer it this way.

Getting a banking app, or Uber or Facebook Messenger to work on a Linux phone is going to be a massive pain in the ass (ignoring the rest of the OS which is definitely not even close to useable for the general public).

I would love a Linux phone but we are so far away.

Kagi does provide a good experience but it can never replace the free search engines. It relies pretty heavily on Google’s search API it just allows you to massage the results with tools Google took away.

The incentives don’t allow for this shit in an organization like Google. They can only respond to stock price and earnings.

Very likely someone back channeled a demand and they folded like a deck of cards.

So the team responsible for that AI box added Trump dementia to the list of things it won’t respond to.

The team responsible for the news bits didn’t get the request so that just shows up in its place.

Aha I did a double take for the same reason. Not just techmoan but a really old photo of him too.

The market that accesses YouTube from a PC or Mac is shrinking rapidly.

They would prefer you use one of the apps and at some point that will be the majority, if it isn’t already

It’s currently a propaganda refinery.

Just so long as they are at least one level up. It is why they like to demonize non whites because it’s easy and let’s the rubes be content to sit at the bottom.

I only get these types of videos in shorts. In all the other stuff is like “we see you watched one video on this topic so here is 400 more”

Tell that to the Intel management engine or secure platform module

Windows is falling off because they missed the mobile boat.

Most people never needed a full computer. All they do is consume and a phone and iPad is more than enough for that.

The desktop market is shrinking and the steam deck is pumping Linux numbers in an increasingly smaller pond.

I mean with Lemmy you always have the option to invoke the Bender protocol.

Most people don’t need them. The gaming and workstation laptop market is smaller than ever. The integrated graphics has been “good enough” for a while now.

Presumably a Wan modern could fit in one of those little USB port things.

Companies don’t have morals, if Trump disappeared tomorrow and was replaced with Bernie Sanders or whatever they would swap right back.

I forgot about these things. I sorta want one, even though they are kinda lame. Is this nostalgia?

Yeah and the worst part is it doesn’t fucking work for the one thing it’s supposed to do.

The only thing it does is stop the stupidest low effort scrapers and forces the good ones to use a browser.