Ah yes... The "My grandfather made it to 100 drinking a liter of whiskey smoking 3 packs a day." argument. Some people get lucky. Most don't.

Amazon and Wal-Mart (and many others) already do this. They look at the specs of your PC, your address, etc and build a wealth profile on you. Then they charge you more or less based on what they think you are willing to pay. UBER is not unique here.

Why does it surprise people when a business -- whose sole purpose in existing is to make profits -- figures out a way to make more profits? Maximizing profits is the primary goal of a smart business. That's what it does.

It's YOUR job as a consumer to choose to do business with them OR THEIR COMPETITOR depending on who has the best value proposition for YOU.

Making a profit, or increasing profit isn't evil or wrong. Choosing their competitor isn't either.

Not much to replace.

I was literally about to make a comment on your post, saying this very thing... about YOUR post.

This kinds of stuff should be front page news. But instead we get ....

I'll remind you that this was 100% overseen by the Trump administration. OOps. Start backpedaling in 3..2..1.. "But but but dear orange leader had no choice because some Democrat!!!"

Its literally in the first sentence of the marketing on the XBOX Ally home page. "Play all of your PC and XBOX games."

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/han...

I watched his first two episodes and I was 1000% done. That shit was garbage. I haven't watched an episode since, and I won't unless I hear its back to its roots.

I didn't sign up to watch Gay Dr. Clown in Fantasy Land. I signed up to watch Doctor Who, a grounded Science Fiction.

Let's see... a small group of scientists that have nothing to gain, who work for damn near minimum wage are all out to screw you in some big global conspiracy. But, that politician who go rich off of corporate donations is who you believe. Got it.

Most of the population still believes in a skydaddy. We've also built a culture where being smart is shunned.

including jobs.

I refuse to buy any car without it. Period.

Go blown to bits and is slowly going back together.

When you buy a company, you buy its contracts and are bound by them.

Unless they just bought the assets of the company, in which case the original company is still on the hook.