I don't understand, Apple users did get a more "transparent" experience /s

Hahaha. On an unrelated note I immediately turned off Liquid Glass.

"Less bad" is still better than "worse"

You want to unthinkingly reject a proposal that makes things better because you can't understand the third order effects and refuse to accept any evidence.

It wasn't a free market, it was an anticompetitive market

Good thing that US Tech is building the worst technology possible. Should make things a lot simpler

Here's the one true answer to fit all use cases: every framework and language, every single last one of them, has some horrifying code buried somewhere. If you dig down into any piece of software far enough you'll find something insane and sketchy.

Those 3D interactive animations are the smoothest 3D rendering I've ever seen in a mobile browser. I'm impressed

We're already at the point where the president's secret police are throwing flashbang grenades into cars full of kids.

You have already lost. We are far past the problems you're worried about. The worst case is already here. It's happening now.

Yeah, the thinkpad culture really changed their tune. Or maybe it's the second generation thinkpad nerds. Wither way the t400 and t500 series are now widely regarded as the best 2010s era thinkpads you can buy. (I have two T530, one upgraded way beyond stock)

I got a brand new thinkpad last year and was utterly delighted the first time I opened it. Captive screws, unbreakable spring loaded plastic clips instead of fragile molded tabs. I expect the case to last a long, long time.

I choose the underdog because it yeilds a better experience when it works. And when it doesn't work, it's my fault. I vastly prefer a thing to be broken because I didn't use it right over a thing being broken because some meaningless and unremembered executive vice under-assistant needed a number to go up in their corporate employee records.