Halosheep

What do you mean? Quick Google shows that T-Mobile allowed wireless calling back in 2007.

You can create channels for people to join with Steam?

What's a good alternative that allows easy instant message, voice and video calls, and makes it easy to group my friends by game?

The thing is that there are different target groups here that seem to disconnect. The gamers and tech dudes who want/have all the latest hardware and want to play every game maxed out aren't the people affected, yet somehow they're the ones who chime in for these discussions.

My low end thinkpad from 2013 doesn't need windows on it for any reason, so why bother being offended that it now can't have a supported version?

Isn't Edge also chromium?

They're not going to do that, instead it will be 3 slow ass cashiers at best and you'll be waiting to have to stand there awkwardly while some dude tries to act like he'd rather not be dead instead of doing what he's currently doing and you're trying your best not to seem like as ass because you've been waiting for 10 minutes just to get to that point.

You'll get the worst of both worlds.

(ps, just do curbside pickup. You don't get to pick your produce or meats but it's very easy and you spend so much less time grocery shopping)

As someone who lives in Texas and watches the biggest trucks be driven by the worst drivers on the road, I agree with the extra license bit. I also believe they should only be allowed to park in specifically designated spots, considering how often they don't fit in a parking spot and block parts of parking lots.

Obviously, but we're talking about a really, really small subset of users that probably would earn Microsoft less than a week of coffee in their corporate office.

People who are technical enough to get around the system requirements to install windows 11 on a system that doesn't meet the minimum requirements is most likely technical enough to upgrade their own computer.

How does that make any sense? Does Microsoft get a cut of sales for component upgrades?

There aren't even 2.9billion people in the US.

I think that's an interesting way to look at it. I find it easier to do the mental gymnastics, as you call it.