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What, do they think this is gonna convince more people to sign up for their license? Or do they expect people to pay more for it now?
Either way, it's likely to backfire as people abandon ship for FOSS alternatives...
It gives them excuse to dark pattern people in to a higher subscription tier, also shareholder want to see them selling AI products, and they want to keep their share price high because the decision makers are all payed based on market cap.
Shareholders want to see them selling AI products because they also have stock in Nvidia. More AI products, more demand for data centers, more demand for Nvidia chips. Everyone else pays more for less so people who live on investments can fund a lavish lifestyle.
When are we all going to say we've finally had enough and start flaying these bastards in public squares?
Like, the world can't handle more data centers. It can't handle the ones we already have. And billionaire oligarchs are already impeding renewable energy initiatives, so it's not like they're going to become more stable any time soon.
I mean, I know their assets are protected by state-sanctioned violence with in some cases military-grade equipment. But other than that, what's stopping us from stringing these plutocrats up by their ankles and letting them slowly bleed out, while we reclaim the means of living that they've bled from us and hoarded for themselves?
Seize their wealth and reinvest it in the communities they've disenfranchised. Seize their facilities and machinery and place them under the stewardship of worker co-ops. Seize their data centers, wipe their spyware/adware-begotten profiles of everyone, and redistribute most of their equipment for dirt cheap, concentrate the rest in a new infrastructure for a decentralized internet governed by open-source co-ops. Powered by renewables, of course.
Like, the solutions are so simple. We've asked nicely for them, and they weren't willing to work with us. They have no right to destroy the planet and our lives and livelihoods. When are we going to defend ourselves against this corporate greed/madness?
Legal entities will continue to use shitty proprietary software because of the liability. It's more important to have a legal backstop than actual security... It's security theater. It's a big part of why nothing is actually secure in USA. Casino griftonomics.
(I've been thinking about this in terms of the MIC too. Total failure against Iran. The iron dome lmao. They're pouring endless money into these grifters who almost never have to demonstrate quality/effectiveness.)
That's stupid, especially when FOSS alternatives can be more secure. Liability culture is a scourge.
IIRC Calc, which is one of the alternatives that is closest to parity still needs a significant investment of time and resources to be on par with pre-Copilot Excel when it comes to performance and functionality.
What about compared to post-copilot excel?