Cult of the Lamb was and still is massively controversial among evangelicals and other extremely religious/Christian people since it’s so blasphemous. The falling number of Christians in the US combined with the echo chamber effect on the Internet just (ironically) means all the religious rage doesn’t leak out and permeate all of society like it used to.
He’s a narcissist surrounded by yes-men, he might genuinely believe that his decisions didn’t burn his $44B investment to ashes because as far as he’s concerned, that would be impossible.
I didn’t know about any of these, but terminal ads by itself would be enough to make me switch to something else. So would the affiliate links. Why would they think that’s a good idea? Well, aside from money, obviously.
My path to Linux was similar to yours, except I dealt with Windows 11 for about 6 months before I finally formatted it and replaced it with Pop!_OS in a 1am rage after it completely fucked up for the 87th time that day.
I was shocked to discover that it was even easier to deal with than Windows 11. The last time I used Linux was a decade ago and it was nowhere near as plug-and-play as it is now. Games worked seamlessly. It completely blew me away.
Anoxic environment, roughly PH neutral soil, stable temperature/humidity/moisture levels, minimal site disturbance, and the bronze forming a thin protective oxide layer without it progressing into full blown corrosion.
Source: am archaeologist
Maybe letting EA’s greediest and least competent CEO run your company for nine years is bad for the company’s overall health, who knew?