And by making the search engine worse and worse, they open the opportunity to bring AI chat as a "savior", and people will think it revolutionized internet search.
Hold on. The fact that it became worse doesn't mean that the monopoly was a good thing. Remember that those companies start new businesses usually at loss amd giving a lot to the users, just to grow their market share, but then will slowly take everything back, and more, with time.
Did you do an integrity check on the downloaded iso before creating the boot media? I once had weird and unexplainable errors when trying to install debian and only after a stress overload I got the idea to check it and found out it was corrupted, so I downloaded again, checked again to confirm it was good that time, and proceeded normally.
People think they're immune to scams, but all it takes is a moment of vulnerability, some great coincidence, some peer pressure, or something i these lines, and they will fall victim. I've seen so many intelligent and tech-savvy people fall for so many scams over the years...
One of the implications is the development and popularization of the RISC-V architecture, which is open and can open the market for more competition and less monopolies, among other things.
I use flagfox. It shows a small flag at the navigation bar indicating where in the world the site is hosted. Adds nothing to my life, but it's cool to see it.
And by making the search engine worse and worse, they open the opportunity to bring AI chat as a "savior", and people will think it revolutionized internet search.