General Discussion • Re: Pale Moon's PR Problem

I mean, if you want a future where the only way to get a new thing that is even remotely like a PC is to pay a high price for small-batch productions of RISC-V CPUs and maybe a GPU targeted at data centers that can still be used for such a machine, and of course for such a machine to have to run a specialized Linux distro because there's no more Windows or anything else commercially viable... then I guess this is how you get it. Can't say that I am a fan of pushing all the profit-seeking companies out of computing…

In general, I believe that for-profit companies of any sort should be pushed out of existence, out of the ultimately religious belief that the profit motive is illegitimate, and that human affairs can and ought to be organised otherwise. To discuss this further would bring us rather far afield, but my statement should be understood in this context.

We understand where one another are coming from, and I don't think either of us is likely to be persuaded by the other, although I appreciate the honesty.

People can reach an impasse, and that is also alright. It is a big world, with lots of room for different people with different desires, values and interests. We can get along without competing.

We can both likely agree that we do not want to be forced to use smartphones in the future, at least, but have very different ideas of what compromises we'd accept and what it takes to stop that from becoming a reality.

Indeed. Realistically, I do not see desktops going away. Even my friend who keeps to his iPhone all the time will pull out a laptop to use office software. Offices, business, any organisational work will always require their desktop computers, in the same way that traditional telephones with receiver, speaker- and answerphone have kept their place on the actual desktop. Video game players would hate to be bound to a smartphone.

As far as my own life is concerned, I would be ready to switch to the Raspberry Pi 400 (or 500) with current Debian at any time. I have just not bought one yet because I am slow to buy things in general, and have not yet arranged for transferring my balance between accounts, for I am also slow to fill out forms. I like living a slow life. I would rather be sitting in my chair, a blanket draped over, reading about pewter or Mesolithic settlements, or curled in bed with my childhood blankets, watching Maomao or telling stories with my friends about the Pastel Palettes idols, or finding a scanned book or webpage about pewter or Mesolithic settlements which goes beyond what is discussed in my personal library’s books. When I have something I like, I want to keep it and cherish it for ever, and keep and cherish I will.