Given how entrenched the major desktop and mobile platforms are, I've despaired in recent years of finding a future that is not just more of the same, ever growing layers of cruft, middleware, and technical debt.

But perhaps a silver lining exists in the industry's "AI" madness causing everyone to commit to utterly destroying the quality, stability, and reliability of their software and platforms:

Maybe there are some good opportunities here for folks who are interested in a fresh start.