I personally can't tell the difference between V0 mp3 and FLAC. But I'll still spend the download time and storage space on FLAC just because it gives me a warm feeling to know that I'm getting all the bits. An irrational pleasure is still a pleasure.

If Google couldn't find a way to wring enough greenbacks out of Reader, what chance does this have?

"Sacrifice players' freedom"... As one person put it, given that SC is presented as a "toy", EA seems pretty damned determined to limit the ways you can play with it.

The "We must use the cloud to provide you with all the mathification going on!" claim is also weakened by the oppressively narrow limits on city size.

Never see another Ridley Scott science fiction movie again.

The government no longer needs warrants to place trackers on your car and record all your communications. [Because, you know, Terrorism.] When it introduces national identity cards with trackers and a law requiring you to carry it at all times, resistance will have been weakened by people's acquiescence in these Disney style schemes.

"The safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." - C.S. Lewis

And prudent - given how big a PR hit they've already gotten for their ambiguous language. So interpret the absence of "We won't ever sell your photos" to mean "We'll sell your photos whenever we feel like it".

Microsoft-level quality is expensive. [Yes, that was sarcasm.]

A deliberate violation of the War Powers Act that would have had Obama's apologists screaming for impeachment had it been done by McCain.

In the Muslim parts of it: Lots and lots of drone bombers.

Hell, he'd probably violate the War Powers Act to launch an aggressive war of regime change against the leader of an oil-exporting Muslim country. He might even start killing American citizens with drone bombers. We can't afford a butcher like that in the White House.

You can't blame them for not publicly criticizing his expansion and entrenchment of the surveillance society. After all, he does boast (through approved, high-level leaks) of maintaining a personal "kill list".

How does this even warrant a post? "CEO Tells Ludicrous Falsehood To Promote His Product" isn't exactly a rare occurrence.