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applfanboysbgontoday at 6:26 PM1 replyview on HN

Remember when we bought software, and owned the right to use it in perpetuity? Good times those were. Now fucking taskbars are SaaS. There is no end to rent-seeking behaviour. In a decade or two, I suppose we will not only be renting the right to use our computers, but also the mouse and keyboard will be time-gated rentals as well. Mousewheel and numpad only available on the Pro subscription, of course.


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thehamkercattoday at 6:57 PM

They're milking the final drops, before LLMs become so good that they'll write something like this in an hour