They would go bankrupt.

No matter how anti-capitalism you are, I hope you can see how broken the argument being made here is. The absolute reality is that, without protections, things like pharmaceuticals would never exist at the scale that we enjoy them.

Of course examples of things that require years of research would exist. However, there would be far fewer of them than there is today.

Patents and copyrights have become corrupted. They need reform. We have to remember though that when they were created, it was to improve the world that existed ( the world that this commenter thinks would be better ).

Patents and copyrights were not invented because making companies richer was a goal. They were invented to better society. They were created with the recognition that, if we wanted companies to invest in innovation, and if we wanted individuals to commit to a long, intensive creative process, that they needed protection. The downside of capitalism at the time was that evil corporations and unscrupulous entrepreneurs could steal your hard work. Patents and copyrights were created to right that wrong and to promote a culture of creativity, invention, and innovation. And it worked wonderfully. We all benefit.

Now, things have of course been corrupted. The idea of “intellectual property” has emerged and we get nonsense like calling copyright violations “piracy”. The protections have been extended far. The penalties have become too great. The idea of public benefit has taken a backseat to profit protection. All this is bad. Throwing out the baby with the bath water is not the answer.

I do not mind idealist progressives. It is nice to be reminded.

That said, it can be hard to get past all the “death to the investor class” hate for everybody that has saved up to buy a house for their kids to grow up in.

Do you discuss things or attack people? Serious question.

It is hard to tell from this post. It started off well but went a bit off the rails by the end.

There are no really good alternatives to Adobe.

Or at least, while there may be programs that are good enough to keep you from going to Adobe to begin with, those options will not be good enough to satisfy someone that is using Adobe already.

It is one of the areas that Open Source and Linux lags the most.

Do not use Manjaro. It is a trap. It is like dating a narcissist.

At first, it looks and feels great. One day, it will completely turn on you.

Not that meant of us obviously.

Enough that it has really helped Lemmy. Too few to materially impact Reddit.

Why? Because you liked the greater browser diversity or because you think it made a better browser?

Martin Logan. Very nice indeed.

Ted, is that you?

Did they take the name? That is a bit shitty.

I tell myself that I like MacOS as it was my favourite desktop for years. Honestly though, it is the worst of the three at this point.

I hear you. I am an Arch user as well but my primary browser has become Microsoft Edge. My preference would be Firefox but it has lots of problems, especially with some of the video conferencing apps I use for work. I am in Outlook all day as well ( on Edge ). Spotify is certainly in the mix.

I see the upvotes but I cannot support this comment. FOSS could use a lot more support at every level, including users.

UX people cannot make their own apps without hiring devs ( requiring money ).

Devs can create Open Source apps but they cannot afford to hire UX guys so the UX sucks.

Larger projects can attract both devs and UX guys but getting to popularity is hard and, even then, coordinating these diverse teams ( eg. dev and UX ) take project management skill and effort. That is yet another skill set that has to volunteer to be paid.

For a proprietary app, you simply hire the people you need. When you start, you need UX either to attract uses or money. So, UX is one of you first roles you spring for if you are proprietary ( depending on the market ).

Jellyfin to my iPhone, Roku, Fire sticks, and web are all awesome.

If “I have become” and “I am” are both valid translations then “I am become” seems like fairly minor literary license.

I think it sounds cooler. Powerful beings are not supposed to sound ordinary.

100%

My wife drives a Tesla and I drive an ICE SUV. We both drive a lot including long commutes. We have kids and busy lives which means frequently tight schedules to get to drop people off before work or get somewhere to pick them up or something else up after. Once you pick people up, you often have to get them somewhere and, once you do, you may not be able to leave until the next tight turn-around.

Having to stop for gas when I do not have time is a frequent problem for me. I greatly envy my wife who leaves every day with a full charge and who almost always manages to go everywhere she needs to go without running out. She “refuels” at home. I go further on a tank but I cannot refuel at home and so filling up is just another think that has to fit into the schedule.

For most “long” trips, we take her car. Far cheaper and again usually easy to charge overnight. Travelling between cities, we often combine grabbing food or taking a break from driving with stopping a charger. It does take a bit more planning but we have a lot more control over our time in these situations. In practice, it does not feel like much of an imposition.

I would take not having to worry about keeping the tank full day to day for a bit of extra planning on longer trips any day.

That is the stress and coordination aspect. Absolute time spent, it is not even close. An EV commuter spends way, way less time “filling up”. On most days, it is literally just a few seconds when leaving or returning home.

So much better

By the 80’s, Joy Division was New Order

Is there somewhere that you can pick-up these “death date” laptops?