Looks to me like it had been drinking vodka backstage.

So iOS users are probably ok, doesn't help Android users...

Yes, it is getting that way. That same phone can also server the same function as a burner phone when traveling to risky countries like the USA that like to check you social media posts. On that phone just install Truth Social and post to how great you think trump is.

You are assuming that 'deleting' the app actually removes its spyware functions, not just removing the icons you see as a user. If you can actually delete it then it will run slower when you reinstall it as it will have to spend time uploading all the data you have added since last time it was installed.

You are assuming Ryanair's app developer knows what TSL is, how to use it, and will actually bother to do so. It takes time and money to code right and that certificate stuff is just more work.

This works great when you have an airline you trust. I use the Air NZ app as I trust them and they will be complying with the much tighter New Zealand consumer protection law. I doubt I would trust an app from most USA airlines as the law there lets them do almost anything they like.

In the early days of Android when you installed an app it showed you all of the permissions and you were expected to explicitly agree to them before the app was installed. It is the reason I have never has Facebook on my phone, when I saw the permissions it was demanding I though no way you are getting access to all that stuff.

Now days it seems to be "Trust us, install the app and don't ask questions". I have very few company specific apps on my phone as I resist the bloat without good reason.

I am assuming once the Ryanair app has finished stealing all the info it can find on you phone you will get target notifications several times a day about buying flights and related services.

I had the pleasure to use the Shinkansen between Tokyo and Sendai recently. It departed on time, to the second, and was a fast pleasant drama free experience. If all train services where like that a lot of flights wouldn't be need.

Sounds about right, if Epstein provided the room...

That does raise the question of if they should be adding that charge to the ticket if the service is not actually being paid for? Just saying...

You $5 vs $300 sounds suspect, if I had to guess it would closer to $5 vs $5. Regardless phoenix321's point is an interesting one. Can you name a single country on the planet that has the same problem with paying air traffic controllers etc? It does tend to suggest that the funding model could be improved.

As some from the outside looking in at the USA you probably don't hear the answer to that question. Hell you guys saw what trump was like in his first term and you gave him a second term? WTF were you thinking?

Yes, that is an effective way to develop an unmanned rocket, but not once the rocket is carrying people and not when trying to fix government services that people rely on to stay alive.

Almost right. Claim that benefits will based on whether the people voted for him or not, then give then to no one and blame someone else for it.

No the fixes are:
Replace your First Past Post system with some form of proportional representation so third parties have a voice.
Have each vote have about equal value instead of giving some states disproportionate vote values.
Have electorate boundaries set an independent organisation based on statistics.

The catch is you have too many vested interests in the current system to make meaningful changes. So instead of fixing things it looks like you are going to move from a democracy to an autocracy.