100%

I would imagine that the crash was mandated by management.

Other than Nvidia, nobody is making money from ai.

Marketing. It is very effective.

Has anyone been to any kind of convention for nerdy things. Nerds are so captured by the marketing and products being sold that they let it take over their personality and they can’t stop buying junk.

American auto companies want to sell less cars at high prices than lots of cars at affordable prices.

Also, GOP tariffs.

So many possible reason.

Linus has a history of scummy behavior which turns people off.

Everything gets boring eventually. Especially things that are supposed to be funny.

Google ads are extra obnoxious making the entire platform more annoying to use and most of us will never pay for youtube. Those ads are not even selling products I would be interested in. Investment scams, car accident claim ads, AI voiced robot panda. It just annoying noise.

Nothing lasts forever.

The last meta app I used was instagram to keep track of restaurants. It was pretty much worthless.

Not only does it have to make money but it must make at least 10% more than last year.

Microsoft has/had good wages.

Windows needs to be big brother watching at all times while forcing ads down your throat.

Apple just needs a very high price tag.

A sheet of shiny copper is also pretty cool.

MB manufacturers are leaving money on the table. They can pair it with a transparent GPU and sell it as a combo.

$$$

I’d love a transparent AM5 motherboard.