My huge corporation banned us from ever using it ever. They were iffy on it before, so previously we were only allowed to use it if we don’t handle any sensitive data, but now we aren’t allowed even have it be installed, they don’t trust any of it
“Can’t you just ignore the ads?” Not if they specifically, psychologically, using the most advanced technology, tailored and made specifically so you personally can’t ignore them, using the data they gathered. And then you just have to hope that it’s an ad making you buy shit you don’t need, and not a psyop compaign made for you to change religion, worldview, voting decisions.
Elongated Muskrat has very little to do with the inner works of the company now. Even in the heights of his involvement, by his own account, his input was tangential at best, like “we make expensive car now, use this money to make cheaper car” and “we call it x because x is the best name ever”
Modern ssds have stupid amount of write cycles. Everything else will crumble into dust before you deplete your ssd