Maybe. In my experience business isn't that patient.
A TPM is otherwise a good thing. It can extend cryptographic capabilities and the overall security stance of the system.
But I digress. I will reserve judgement for now. Time will tell either way, and I don't think anyone will feel like gloating if they start to lock it down like you believe they will.
Oh, you'll make it to retirement age, you just won't be able to retire at that age, or ever.
That's what I expect at least.
I figure that I'll be able to retire when I have my house, and all other debts paid off in full, and I'm collecting my government pension (we have a national program here in Canada). And that assumes that the pension payments can cover my day to day and month to month expenses, which, at this point, with inflation the way it's going, I have absolutely zero confidence that it will be enough.
So I keep working and working, and creating value for shareholders.
I think that's the point.
They've had such trouble even selling YouTube premium that now they're making it even less worthwhile, and expecting people to still buy it...
I don't know what companies don't get. Family means so many different things and they're trying to dictate and control what it means to be a family. They don't get to decide that. Many people I consider to be family, have zero blood relation to me, but they've stood by me like brothers and sisters when shit goes down, often staying to help long after my blood relatives, have abandoned me. The people I share a bloodline with are simply not as much of a family to me as these people I grew up with, and have stuck with me through thick and thin.
If I buy a "family" plan of anything, I expect that the family I've chosen can be among the people I can share that plan with. If I'm paying for a personal plan and sharing it with others, I get it, fair game. But if I'm specifically buying it because I can share it with family, then let me share it with family, or fuck the fuck off with that bullshit.
Sorry, bit of a rant, I know everyone here already knows this so I'm preaching to the choir.
Be well.
My understanding is that gaben has already put an action plan in place for when the company moves on from his leadership.
From what I've heard of it, the people in line behind Gabe will be upholding the same values.
We should have at least another ~40 years or more of this before sometimes entitled brat inherits the company and sells it off to a foreign interest.
With all that being said: long live gaben.
My entire extended family shares a single household and a single Internet connection. /s
Wait, do you actually have retirement savings?
I'm on the leading edge of millennial and my retirement plan is to die.
You guys have retirement savings?
This is already happening, but it's on an organisational level by policy. These policies can be applied to systems that follow trusted computing rules, which is most Windows 10 systems and pretty much all windows 11 systems. Google has laid the groundwork for this since the pixel 3 was released in 2018.
Since then, we have seen Google put the Titan security module in all phones and I'm certain Chromebooks are requiring TPM modules that serve the same function.
Apple has been doing the same since God knows when. Their systems have had unique chips that ensure that when MacOS is installed, it is only installed in Apple computers. There are ways around this, just as there are ways around the TPM requirement for Windows 11.
The trusted computing model, when fully imposed, can basically stop any applications from running that have not been given the blessing of the security team.
As far as I'm aware, the only people taking advantage of the technology are government institutions.
The fact that this can be wielded to enforce control over private individuals by our corporate masters is becoming a very real possibility, but the fact that it hasn't happened yet, by any vendor, is, in my opinion, good evidence to say that it's unlikely, but not impossible. Maybe that's wishful thinking on my part.
In any case, the only truly free operating system left is GNU/Linux, with few other exceptions.
Could be the person's first day.
Imagine that. A tabloid news rag that used a clickbait headline? I'm shocked! SHOCKED!
.... Well, not that shocked.
I'm 42 and I never understood the fascination with celebrity news.
Not when I was younger, and certainly not now.
The most I want to see about celebs is "[famous actor] known for playing [major role] died at [age] from [cause]"
Anything short of that, I just don't have any fucks to give.
Fair enough.