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I think they might mean that Windows is ultimately a dead end. I agree that its far from dead, but Valve really got the ball rolling with Proton.

Now that there’s a bunch of bigger influencers “trying Linux” as a daily driver and often having a good experience, coupled with Windows/Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot every other month, I think we’re seeing a shift in people’s perception (at least regarding what their possible options are). That said, Linux still has a ways to go until it even breaks 10% desktop share, and I don’t think it will be a threat even to Apple until Linux hits 15%.

Is this some new money laundering thing? Are companies “buying in” to hobnob with other wealthy people? Is this just the latest Country Club or whatever?

I seriously don’t understand why all these companies are throwing money at a project that is almost assuredly going to “mismanage” it.

This is just a rehash of the “dazzle” makeup trend that popped up in the last 15 years (which is already ineffective).

And given the fact that it’s mass produced, so likely fast fashion, is just more promises of safety by buying onto the capitalist machine. A quote from the owner says it all:

“Those wearing these products are the vanguard. The mainstream is quickly coming up behind them, helped by the fact that bigger companies will see the potential for profit and will push the trend into the popular, public domain, changing the way we dress on a large scale.”

Did you catch that? If you buy in, you’re the vanguard, a revolutionary, leading the poor normies against their capitalist oppressors by buying shit! Capitalism is thoroughly defeated by this one trick!

Nobody is coming to save us. You can’t buy your way out of surveillance. If you want to fight back for real, organize, vote, and/or act. Support local initiatives to reject Flock cameras and data centers. Contribute to efforts to map where cameras are. Set up Meshtastic or Mesh Core nodes. Run for local office. Call/visit your reps to the point they do what you want just so you stop annoying them.

Don’t fall for capitalism masquerading as activism.