Andrew 🌻 Brandt L :verified: L 🐇 on Nostr: nprofile1q…75zua Not just financial cost, but the actual burden of being able to ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqy4zsl3mej95qnl0ndw9sckuj37vtpc3g00pe093rdxpj3j6jwzlsd75zua (nprofile…5zua) Not just financial cost, but the actual burden of being able to acquire or use licenses, download updates, or download product installers is so onerous as to be virtually impossible. I've had to rely on a frickin Reddit subgroup of pissed off VMware users who are engineering workarounds to the artificial impediments Broadcom is throwing in its customers' way.

But yes, cost (in many forms) is higher now, and people are just going to leave. Why would anyone stay when they're just telling you straight up that they don't care about you little people, even if you want to give them money.