Custom ROMs were always a pretty niche thing, and they've become much less worth it since:
Stock Android doesn't suck as much as it used to
Banking Apps aren't guaranteed to work
VoLTE doesn't work (this might depend on phone model)
Most manufacturers now offer software support for a reasonable length of time
So unless there's an old feature you want to keep (LG Quad DAC diehards represent), or you're super privacy-conscious, most people aren't going to bother.
Me saying "RIP" was an attempt at hyperbole. That being said, shoehorning AI into something for which a big selling point is that it's user-made is a gigantic misstep - Maybe they'll listen to everybody, but given that they tried it at all, I can't see them properly backing down. Especially when it was worded as "pausing" the experiment.
I remember when I first bought my Gamecube... I had to sign an agreement that I would never play a non-Nintendo property again. "How could they ever enforce this?" I thought. Little did I know that the next day, the Sony SWAT Team would be bursting into my house to extract my Playstation. It was absolutely terrifying.
I haven't played a single non-Nintendo game since.
These haven't really invaded New Zealand yet, but I walked past a parked one once and the bonnet came up to my shoulders - I'm six foot tall.
These... things are a "clear threat" to fully-grown adults. They're well beyond that for children.
If they thought this would be well-received they wouldn't have sprung it on people. The fact that they're only "pausing the launch of the experiment" means they're going to do it again once the backlash has subsided.
RIP Wikipedia, it was a fun 24 years.
Have you tried printing on a raft?
The massive negative reception could certainly be considered a "rejection". Whether people actually stick to their guns and refuse to buy them is another story.
I can't imagine anybody would prefer work-sanctioned "fun" to the same amount of PTO and the money the activity would have cost.
Yeah, I didn't consider that the exchange rate in 2012 was really good. With the new price and today's exchange rate, it would be $180 NZD, which isn't the end of the world, but feels kind of wrong because electronics generally get cheaper the longer they're on the market.
That being said, it isn't just Kindles. Kobos used to be ridiculously cheap, and now they're the same price as Kindles if not more.
It's crazy. I bought the then-current basic model Kindle for $90 NZD in 2012, which still works. I recently started looking for a new eReader with USB C and without the rubberised coating that slowly turns back into oil. The cheapest I've found is over $200.
On the one hand, it's about time - APT was released in 1998, and it wasn't even the first package manager.
On the other hand, I'm sure Microsoft will find a way to make it shit.
I still use Firefox despite Mozilla because fuck Google.
I tried Librewolf, but YouTube (yeah, I know) ran like crap on it for some reason.