Yeah it was just straight up theft with what they were doing.
And do it in a large enough quantity that it makes financially insensitive to do it at a large scale vs small
One example would be the ai data centers Musk has that he illegally had gas generators installed at. The fine compared to not running them at all is small in comparison to keep them on. This is why it needs to be a percentage or increasing stack of cost not just a small fine every time.
They had a gaming site?
Modern OS that isn't Windows though can use significantly less RAM. It's all the telemetry shit and always-online shit thats been jammed into the OS that makes it run poorly. Theres no reason to run CoPilot in File Explorer.
They're just downloading everything.
Not in the market for a laptop currently but I do intend to keep them in mind since I use Linux.
Their profit margins already prove it.
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Not only that but they're dealing with another legal headache claiming they're a monopoly which is part of why they aren't subsidizing it. One of the staff members did say they're considering selling them with RAM/SSDs which if they do will significantly reduce the price.
Probably doesn't help he replaced himself with an AI bot clone and disappeared most likely to his shelter too. Like people gotta be thinking "wait I'm supposed to still work when this guy is MIA now"