The problem is partially in capacity.

The manufacturers COULD build more capacity, but if the demand drops suddenly they’d never recoup the costs.

So they jack up the prices as long as someone is willing to buy.

Some good questions in the comments:

What does “written by” mean? Who defines authorship? What does “mostly” mean? Who defines ratio? Is this going to be enforced in practice? Who is going to enforce it? Based on which reporting?

Yea, I have the VNC virtual docker hack running and it’s annoying. The weird UI is even worse because the virtual desktop doesn’t map properly and dialogs become full screen affairs etc.

I’m trying to use it as little as possible 😅

Given that Mullvad is the gold standard for ACTUAL privacy, can be paid with cash or crypto, has no user accounts and has been actually tested by law enforcement and they got fuck all.

What is the alternative? Privacy first VPN, not “I wanna watch Japanese Netflix” VPN.

Need to look into your ebook flow.

I… dislike Calibre because of the “unique” UI setup and the fact that it’s next to impossible to self-host on a NAS.

But sadly it has every feature ever, which makes it essential and irreplaceable.

“For thousands” is a fucking rounding error in services with about a billion accounts and DAU in hundreds of millions.

They did have to bump up the prices.

If it has games you want, buy it. Otherwise the old one is fine.

No new Zelda -> no buy from me. OLED still works.

New Zelda + EU version with swappable battery = me buy.

Big household name gaming companies have devs who burn 20k in tokens A MONTH.

A 50k machine that can run a model locally with 0 monthly costs will pay for itself in 3 months.

Have you tried running a local model on a M series Mac?

Next I’ll be using sarcasm without ending my message with /s

Is hyperbole.

Fiber. The average American eats 500g of protein a day and maybe accidentally 1 gram of fiber.

Then they go to Taco Bell where every menu item has beans (a staple source of fiber) -> poopacolypse

What are they?

It’s always “spoke to” which is technically not a lie.

You can talk “to” a tree or a braindead old senator for example, talking to something doesn’t warrant a response.

So can we force Sony to allow other stores on their platform?

This is a static target for game devs, like the Steam Deck. There is an incentive (from Valve) to make proper presets for the SM specifically.

A random Chinese miniPC doesn’t have that. An enthusiast can install Bazzite on it and knows how to optimise the settings for max FPS.

Joe regular can’t or doesn’t want to.

We shouldn’t need a jailbreak.

If Apple has to allow 3rd party stores, why not Sony?

Not just a website, how can a company prove that a “non-American” isn’t using an API?

Yes.

Unless someone phyiscally breaks into my house and steals my server. Which would require a very targeted attack which again is WAAY out of scope in my (and everyone else’s) threat model