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On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 19:31:52 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> Obviously Microsoft is expecting its users to think otherwise. And it
> wants to charge them for the privilege, so it must be expecting them to
> believe it’s an improvement worth paying extra money for.

That's only fair. It helps pay von Rossum's salary.