Tell me about it. I have to drive about 100 miles to the nearest Audi dealership to get my Audi fixed. The nearest Tesla service center is 180 miles away. I really want a Tesla, but I'd pretty much have to do all of the servicing myself.
> Ten years from now no one will even remember or care that master/slave was a term in computing.
I don't think it will take them that long to regret this change. Now that everyone knows linux will just roll over, they'll push for greater changes to the "Code of Conduct." Then developers will get deplatformed at an alarming rate. And I'll have my popcorn ready. It'll be quite the show.
It's not inevitable. It can be resisted. It takes a leader who can stand up to the pressure and say no. That's not a trivial thing. The pressure is considerable, especially these days.
Because it actually works, most of the time. The controller isn't horrible. The commonly used apps, like Twitch, Youtube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc all work.
I got so fed up with my Samsung SmartTV and it's horrible controller and glitchy apps that I run my tv through an old laptop now.
I tried a FireTV stick for a bit. It's wasn't powerful enough to drive my 4k tv.
I think the real problem (and the one that doesn't get much attention) is that the current standards for TV OS' are not as high as those set for other platforms like the web, etc. After spending the day using more superlative platforms such as a rich desktop/mobile OS, the evening experience on the TV and connected home is not quite the same and it somehow feels like a minor but a noticeable downgrade, one which is constantly improving but isn't quite there yet as marketed.
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