Ugh. Acrobat actually craps itself on forms now. The check boxes keep disappearing during scrolling, and I have the latest reader.

"The amount of raw materials used is significantly higher meaning the ecological impact is greater."

It isn't and that's also not how it works

No they did not. This story is about how they didn't. Learn to read, coward.

This isn't about a trademark. It's about a patented specification.

This is true. And the Republicans are the party of Nazis.

Just about every movie today is subject to meddling from the studios and management. There's probably a handful of directors who are immune, Cameron, Speilburg, and Lucas come to mind. Kubrick too in his day.

They asked ABC, CBS, and NBC.

Fox and the other right wing channels would be 100% positive. Guess which network has the vast majority of viewers.

The media is owned by a handful of billionaires. In the past journalists would ask questions and follow up. Today the administration says all manner of crazy shit and not a single peep from any media outlet.

Prime example here. DeSantis says states allow "post birth abortions" and the interviewer carries on as if this is the truth. Anyone with a few morals would have asked for clarification. https://www.yahoo.com/entertai...

Narrator: The price jumped immediately afterward.

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That statement seems to be based on what one (apparently ill-informed) author stated. From TFA:

As one author on the KDP Community forums, Leslie Anne Perry, noted, “Previously, I have not enabled DRM on my e-books. My thinking was that I wanted folks to be able to download them to other devices within their own household. However, I think I will enable it on any future e-books. I’m not sure I want people to be able to download them as a PDFs [sic].”

For some reason, she apparently objects specifically to PDF.

I will note that other parts of TFA indicate this may actually be a rather ham-handed attempt on the part of Amazon to discourage authors from choosing to self-publish without DRM. That would not surprise me in the least.

Does this merger in any way benefit consumers?

No.

That should be the only question asked.

Almost like they have a boner for masked law enforcement kidnapping people into rental vans.

Where do you think cars are going? You already have to wait for permission to use your car as it boots up. And then there's the data tracking built into the vehicle which is relayed to third parties. This will only be the next step in people being given permission to use something they thought they purchased.

The eventual goal is to have people rent their PC or phone and all the software they use.

It's also a way to get around the prohibition on setting different prices for SNAP recipients. For example you can buy over the net from Costco with SNAP on Instacart but not directly. And the prices are higher there than on their site.