Yep, it's almost as if there should be a requirement for a 'fair usage policy' term in every contract or more generally that contracts which formalise an imbalance of power should become a thing of the past - if only morality could keep pace with the development of mobile phone tech.

Perhaps if there were some way to package morality with profit rather than the current situation where morality seems to be an inconvenient and optional impediment to profit.

Tru dat.

Sounds good to me. Someone will chime-in, as usual, that:
* Non-transferable third party licenses
* Reduction of possibility of future exclusive exploitation of their re-usable IP (game engine, assets, game mechanics etc) thus giving competitors a leg-up

Still, this is not core to the issue that customers expect persistent use from the exchange.

I'd secretly hoped for a combination of the Spanish Inquisition, Alien Invasion and The Robocalype. Still waiting...

Perhaps an umbrella/mini-projector attachment

I'm holding-out for the seven-hexagonal-panel smartphone.

How common of a name is Soham Parekh in India?

At one time I was in a tech group with three Mike Johnsons. Assuredly different people, though slightly confusing.

But I don't really feel sorry for these startups going for global minimum wage and getting burned.

Hire an American named Steve from Akron and you'll be less likely to be scammed.

... to understand ANYTHING.

Nothing, because you will get arrested for saying it.

Fuck off with that nonsense. Sure, there are plenty of people who are ignorant; however, a little over a decade ago, your argument was used against black people entirely and yet we had a black president. There are a few loudmouths who try to sway you with arguments EXACTLY like yours. Stop making the fucking argument and work on the solution. I would vote for Andrea Ocasio-Cortez (AOC, I can't really spell the name) or Jasmine Crockett LONG before I would vote for any other white man from either party. Both would be corrupted by power, the same as any other person, but at least they are starting from the right place.

Nintendo will give up the entire European market before they cede control over the USB port. This should be fun to watch... from the sidelines. Popcorn?

As a class, the rich will not suffer until every single "poor" is dead. Then, they will eat themselves.

Your point is valid but your logic is not. Creating something from scratch is FAR easier than fixing a complex balanced system. That is why we make babies and die. Reproduction is an easier problem to solve than long term maintenance.

Very bright indeed. So bright, that the highest SPF sunscreen won't be able to protect you as other countrys realize we are led by incompetent, greedy, amoral morons and nukes start dropping. I am thinking maybe in 3 years now?

All of their monitoring and information gathering can only show them what it likely... and yet here they are, claiming lack of sales as actual losses. Pure insanity. Why the fuck do we let these guys tell us what to do?