Maggoty

Uh, if they didn't ask for it, how is Microsoft going to make them pay for it?

More like most of us don't care to read past the headline.

Hot take, common words should not be patentable.

Thank you, I saw Forbes and was immediately suspicious of click bait.

I love how the problem isn't the people being hurt by monopolistic behavior, but other companies.

We really are fucked.

That's been a growing issue for the last 15 years. The answer is community groups but they haven't been very successful.

Uhh, nobody famous?

The event wasn't similar to other events. Other events didn't have a high chance of pissing off major clients. I feel like we need daily Public Service Announcements, "Your employer does not care about you, they only care about your effect on their profits."

Over and over again we see this lesson. And while I applaud anyone willing to risk their job to protest their employer's clients, I'm not going to act surprised when they get fired.

That era started in the 1700's Adam Smith ranted about a lack of accountability in corporations.

Otoh, Roblox is evil and you could just use the switch to Linux to be like, "oh no, I guess we can't have Roblox anymore!"

The idea that locking phones is good for customers is a great example.

BG3 reminded us of what's possible in game story telling. What letting the marketing team run the shop has done to the industry.