Donald ClarkCough @pluralistic #enshittification example HP #hewlettpackard printer
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Sharkie@dsc @pluralistic Randomly interesting to me: HP was one of the first companies to do this sort of thing. There was a time, long ago, when you would purchase large HP-UX boxes (pre-Superdome) that would have hardware inside that was "unlicensed," and thus disabled. To use that "hardware feature," you'd have to pay a fee (and sometimes a rolling subscription!). They did the same with their software.
Bob Thomson@pluralistic @dsc @sekka Sun did it too as ‘capacity on demand’ https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19095-01/sfe6900.srvr/819-5088-10/cod.html
@bobthomson70 @pluralistic @dsc Sun was my bag, from the IPC days onward. (I still own an old 670MP :) They were a bit less gross about it, I felt, but ... it's all a matter of perspective. Storage also has been doing this since at least the era of SANs. (And don't even get me started on EMC)
@pluralistic @sekka @dsc indeed. Paid my bills from the mid 90s to 2010 or so working Solaris abs SANs :)
@bobthomson70 @pluralistic @dsc Same here! ^_^ Although I have to acknowledge Linux in there, too. (HPUX, AIX, Irix, FreeBSD, digital unix, even SCO were also-rans) I used my time in tech to keep my aviation bills paid until I was finally able to transition to flying full-time in 2013. That said, I still do tech on the side.
Don't call me crusty—dragons don't get old, we just get bigger. ;p
@sekka Interestingly, an old work pal of mine who does DBA often talks of looking into becoming a pilot. An expensive and difficult business, well done achieving that!