In my lifetime you could open a bank account with just a name, ditto for renting an apartment, and pay for everything in cash.

This guy is screwed unless he's only a guest of a patron.

Crime was lower and people were more responsible back then too.

All this control grid surveillance still hasn't caught the Building 7 people.

Maybe it's possible to decide a course of action was a bad idea and reverse it?

Not really. The MAGA movement is more than one guy, and really it's the behind-the-scenes Project 2025 crowd controlling the agenda now.

> Apple builds the handset, the OS and the store

Remember, when iPhone came out there was no App Store.

That was a separate business that came later, competition was prohibited, and by prohibiting competition rents were extracted.

This is called "illegal tying" in the law.

They're gonna install malware on your device but heaven forbid your website sets the wrong cookie, then they're fining you 6% of annual revenue.

When did East Germany win?

How ironic that a group called "Alliance for Automotive Innovation" is trying to quash competition so that its members don't have to innovate.

Me: "Hey, that looks cool... I'll download a copy!"

Server: "Entire Dataset: 36 TB total, 1844 Files"

Me: "Never mind, then..."

It's over.

Yes? You can offload taking care of elderly people with mobility issues to "AI"?

Ah yes. Two companies with dodgy behavior and deep pockets getting set for a court battle. Bring out the popcorn!

This will be an interesting experiment. The fertility rate in Switzerland is below replacement rate, so this implies that the population will age.

Who will work to support pensions of the large number of retired people? Who will take care of the elderly?

If this comes to pass, it will be interesting to see how well (or poorly) Switzerland fares, because the entire world is going to go through the same thing in 50-100 years at most.

LOL, typically uninformed and stupid American response.

It'd be hilarious if this caused an uptick in anti-Trump-regime postings on social media from people who don't want to be forced to travel to the USA for work.

There's a business opportunity for a company to create thousands of innocuous social media accounts and post photos of food and cats. Build up nice histories of blandness and then sell them to people who need innocuous history.

Heck, someone could even create their own social media site and pre-populate it with 5 years of innocuousness and sell those account details. "Why yes, my only social media is FaceTok!"

Theoretically, if I wanted to visit the USA, I would not be subject to this rule because it doesn't apply to Canadian citizens.

But of course, I have no desire whatsoever to visit such a shithole country running headlong down the path to fascism. And pay 3x for the privilege of visiting a national park. I guess Trump just hates the tourism industry.

l think this comment wins the thread.