Shoot the Pyramid!

Not allowed to use words like buy / own / purchase / obtain / pay for / get / etc.
Must clearing state rent or license with an min time stated.

maybe one of the few times you want apple to have hard app store rules!

will the apple app store force refunds? or force MS to fix this?

apple laptops will they do it or just pay the fine?

on a pressed disc that will more than likely outlive me.

Not sure why you expect that when LaserDiscs and many DVDs have already broken down, and it's in the IP holders' best interests if the discs don't outlive you (so that you might pay again). Maybe Blu-rays are more resilient, time will tell, but I wouldn't depend on it personally and would backup...

if you get west nile virus just sue google they have deep pockets

I guess this must depend on the specific customer. I consider the primary function to be displaying ebooks, and I don't find getting ebooks at places other than Amazon to be any less easy than getting ebooks from Amazon. Although I suppose there are some people who chose a Kindle over a non-Amazon ereader for the ease of getting ebooks from Amazon, I would not think that most people who are still using older Kindles think the same way you do, especially considering that they already made it impossible for the models without wifi to get ebooks from Amazon last year. But I suppose there's no way to know for sure.

Since a final update available that enables users to use the device as they please would be an acceptable alternative, what would "using the device as they please" mean in this case?

Actually, you can do those things on a hacked Switch, although I have no idea how well Blender and libreoffice would run.

I use my Steam Deck all the time. I hate playing games on a phone, and my computer isn't portable. Even at home sometimes I like to be somewhere other than my computer desk, to play in my yard, or to play a game while I have just a few minutes where I can't really go back to my computer (while I wait for a pot to boil for example). It isn't that much bigger than a GameGear (GameGear was 210mm x 113mm x 38mm, SteamDeck is 298mm x 117mm x 49mm), and is only about 40 grams heavier than a GameGear full of batteries, and I was smaller when GameGear was new, so I don't find it too big.

they don't have the rights to do that!

lower full time to 32-35 hours an week and add an X2 or more OT level.

tech working really need to go union!

Live Nation so $100-$200 in fees?

need PHD for basic job and push the schools to let anyone take the classes.