Now that we have cameras everywhere, and stuff like dna testing... you would think it would be easier now.

Unit tests pass.

I know it's just symptomatic, but sometimes it feels like we're watching humanity's end.

So... microsoft has positioned itself between common users and Linux... and as an authority of sorts.

Tsk tsk... forgot to clean up your temp file!

Liquids may be dangerous, so let's mix them all together!

This is how conspiracy theories ought to work. Perfectly fine to raise a question, and dismissed when you get the answer. Absent is the rampant speculation and unfounded claims.

Kinda makes one not want to become dependant on google products.

Lol... good luck with that, they don't even honor their mistakes. I once found a typoed price (brand new laptop dirt cheap). No more "false advertising" claims these days, your order is just canceled without any stated reason, and without recourse.

*divert

Easy... decoupling. You hit the pause button on your keyboard, it does not need to "know" (in code or compile time or at runtime) what your music player is, and it can still pause it. Similarly, you can write a new media player, and not have to convince 1000 different projects to support or implement your custom api. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_service_bus

"...is known to the state of Texas to cause..."