I still prefer a used Thinkpad, better on the environment.

You can download more memory.

Tax their advertising, it’s the only language they understand.

High-end chips? I’m guessing TSMC in Taiwan.

TL;DR Bully got Bribed.

That’s for the low-end stuff, but yeah.

How is the US gonna fine a company from Taiwan?
I guess said company could always hike export prices to match the fine…

There’s squirrelmail.

Tom Cruise?

I’m sorry but that’s wishful thinking (IMO).
Don’t get me wrong, there still may be a humanity when we reach a point when that’s technically possible, but it’ll be one more of the cyberpunk dystopia kind.

This current iteration of “AI” is just autocorrect on steroids, so… no, no AGI yet.
There’ll be a lot of work fixing the effects of vibe-coding and similar practices, for sure.

You answered yourself: ThinkPads. Beware of soldered RAM (and other "improvements) in newer models.