That’s is not what the problem is, lol, not by far. Nothing is a problem if you look at it in a short enough timeframe.

I’m not complaining about the few more people that discover Linux, I’m complaining that we are systemically introducing the same problems we want to get away from (“that the price is high/threatening”, especially now that desktop Linux is on a steady rise & we need such “”“endorsements”“” the least).

But “Linux” isn’t giving him any money either, surely. This argument breaks down because of that.

What? With influencers it’s what is monetisable in any current situation, what gets more views (and more money with that via various channels - atm “Linux” gives him revenue via selling ads etc to more people, if you offer him more money than that, he will sell whatever you say, that’s his profession). If a megacorp wants to get in on it they freely can. At any point. But it would be a lot harder to do that if we don’t/didn’t have professional ad-people (no background, just as the money winds go) intertwined from the “start”.
Financial power of a/any megacorps dictating foss just leads to monopoly again (eg how Google took over & is now closing more and more the “Android Linux”). And it makes it harder for projects to get support from “the people” vs “what is the most monetisable for some private entity”.

Overlooking that is akin to saying scalpers help redistribute the product. Technically, sure, so “what are you complaining abut, so cyclical.”

Talking about foss has literally become marketable. That’s the only reason professional influencers are talking about it now. And people listening to them will listen to whatever they say next too. And that (“money talks, bullshit walks”) is a bad future for foss which should be by it’s nature free of such incentives bcs it just becomes another megacorps monopoly.

Going into foss & financially rewarding corps that aren’t dedicated to open principles is just the current market situation (MS & Google) but with sparkles. It inevitably leads to more inequalities.

Monetisation & financial motivations.
That dude is no foss champion, at best just some user. Is MS gives him money Windows & Edge will be the best

No.

Anyone with a platform can do that.

(And from the little bits I’ve seen, mostly over memes & various news bits, the quality is questionable. Just don’t follow the whims of influencers, it’s not the correct way forward imho, it just inevitability leads to or spreads enshitification.)

Just monopoly things.

Yes, I agree.
But Sony has drivers out there for a few more devices.

I used Maemo on my N900 <3.

I don’t wanna use Sailfish bcs of the phone support tho, I’m shallow af & I need my hardware :(.
(I also have a few other Sailfish issues, the source code/availability/package, the licencing - but I feel like all of those could/would change with some growth.)

Gemini replaced Bitchxby on the latest Samsungs.

It’s in the firmware.

With the S25 series they even give you a year of full subscription.
They made it the centrepiece of the launch event of the product line.

Galaxy devices now come with Gemini, your powerful AI assistant from Google. Long press the power button to get started.

The Samsung’s front is called “Galaxy AI” but Gemini runs every new feature really - including “cross-apps actions”.
(The non-obsolete Bixby features retained the name but are part of Galaxy AI now.)

But even with everything off One UI 7 (and Samsung apps, like camera) is still littered with AI buttons.

youtube.com/HinL5jCy_oI&t=1270
(Gemini is now the default action for long-pressing the power button)

All I need is a good enough emulation of android apps to fool them (eg for banking).

So a good cause is the same as working in a factory?

Your analogy would have been better to someone providing humanitarian aid in a warzone whilst suffering from a not-immune-to-bombs condition.
(And even in that analogy someone would have to deliberately target her specifically for the work she did, not just a random bombing.)

And the problem isn’t in screening/forced security.

(I know it’s silly, but the title of the next post made me chuckle - that’s is def how people will think of this & not why do we even still depend on oil.)

Weirdly dense positioning of the glory holes, but I get it, some workshops are smol.

Germany annexes Austria, 1938, orangised

(Just a dumb joke, not comparable at all)

“according to people familiar with the deliberations.”

Afaik that is synonymous/how journalist say “inside source”.

Fox & squirrel fashionistas made his life hell after his fall from high fashion & loss of style.

Also when it was suddenly gone.

You ever think about how there are hundreds of millions of really nice bodies just buried underground?

*monetary value
(in relation to toxic culture)

(bcs value that people actuality bring to society often isn’t fairly valued in terms of money or even not at all)

Even if so - the definition of oneself is what that person gets paid for, not what that person enjoys doing (or even is just good at)?

(Especially with jobs, folk on LinkedIn will describe their job as anything but their actual everyday job, or lie/exaggerate about their job when with other people - so not even that “role” is true.)

… like, lmao, except if it’s like a weird grinding kink or something.

I think there is no possible world where people are without meaningful work and are happy about it.

–>

Even if they collected $10,000 a month and got to spend all of their time doing hobbies and spending time with family, it would feel pointless and hollow.

What is the difference between “hobby” and “work” if not what random people decide what is better monetised?

Both is labour & value added.

In a world where everyone gets enough money people could do what they actually want. So a CEO wouldn’t be “stuck” being a CEO if they don’t like that job & would rather be eg a baker. In the current system bcs of a huge pay divergence you get an unhappy CEO (who ofc won’t quit) and an unhappy baker that just couldn’t get a more suited paying job.

But we as a society would get a lot more out of life & cultural progression if people would be happy & satisfied at what they do (job=hobby).

Empirical evidence (even USA did extensive tests in the 60s) show that given a universal income (so basically no scarcity) basically nobody just sits around watching TV all day, everyone is productive (research, art, services, etc).

Imagine only having customer support or food industry workers that truly enjoy their job & want to do it.
How many prodigies are stuck at random dead end jobs with no prospects and life options?

Labour is what we all benefit from.
Work is what the employer/owner benefits from.