Do you have a link to that software?

Robin Hood seems to predate some of the $0 fees/$0 minimum accounts. So it exists because it started the low-cost model, even if everyone now does it.
Which doesn't mean it's a good product.

I'm sure that those couple of ms slower are more than made up when you turn on the Safari option to block Google's cpu cycle use.

Sure, the point isn't to harm the random Russian citizens. It's to have a dozen oligarchs staring down the barrel of 10 billion USD losses and thinking maybe it's time for his inner circle to turn on him. Since there is no more precise way known to do that (for instance, a way to prevent smurfing to get rubles in crypto) than shutting down the whole country, you need to shut down the whole country.

"Activist investors" mean investors who buy a stock thinking that with enough shares and influence over the board, they can guide the company along a more profitable route. That is, their expected advantage is that their input.

It's different from investing in something because you believe in the company.

. The 101 that's taught in university still assumes large numbers of buyers and sellers,

Econ 101 covers things like monopoly power. People who have never taken Econ 101 but read some summary paragraphs assume infinite buyers and sellers.

When the way of avoiding obesity is as simple as two shots over the course of three weeks (plus I biannual boosters), and requires no lifestyle changes, willpower or effort, I will.

Does making them core Google products herald their likely discontinuation or does that meant they've passes some bubble and are likely to continue for another few years? I'm not really sure which way this cuts anymore.

If you think that the Nazis were anti-homophobia, you have some interesting facts you'll get to learn. I recommend looking up who had to wear triangle patches in the 30's.

I don't know how they came up with the $200 price for this.

It comes with AppleCare, which costs $200 itself and Best Buy gets a bulk discount on.

Google and Apple would do the same if allowed.

The only one stopping Google from doing this is Apple's "Safari only on iOS". FF's share isn't big enough. Except for Safari,all non-Chromium browsers have a lower combined share than non-IE browsers at MS's highpoint.

where does that come from?

The increased foreclosure and bankruptcy numbers between generations at the same age level? Like I said?

rising foreclosures and bankrupties? there are so many contexts, complications and conditions

Right, there are so many. And reducing them to a generational difference is one way to characterize the differences. Just like Baby Boomers are more likely than Gen Z to be worried about communism.

let's not forget that an unpaid-for item means the seller is the victim

That's bullshit. The same item is repoed and re-BNPL'd sold. They usually end up with many times the original value of the item and the item itself. Except I guess for soft furniture.

does this have anything to do with any particular 'Generation' or maybe this is just true in general?

It seems to be truer now than it was in the past. We can look at the rising numbers of foreclosures or bankruptcies. Unfortunately, the credit system is so new a more direct analysis is not possible.

these bnpl transactions are not scams; two parties voluntarily enter into an arrangement both find beneficial;

Many scams are predicated on a voluntary arrangment. How was Madoff's scam not a "voluntary agreement between two parties". How were snake oil salesman's sales?

Or, they could follow US laws and not use BTC at all. I have yet to see a use for BTC that's not "avoid the law".

The fee is negligible, at less than 0.1%. And it has to do with conforming with reporting requirements, etc. that large transfers have. Certainly 10 pounds is cheaper than a solicitor filling out the paperwork.

Or did you fall into the "BTC allows you to avoid laws as its sole selling point" thing.

Meanwhile, in addition to the filing, etc, you also get some anti-fraud guarantees.