There's nothing as permanent as a temporary solution.

Is De Niro even capable of giving a speech that somehow doesn't mention Trump?

China is a country that has effectively legalized near-slave labor. They can produce goods cheaply which companies can then sell for much higher prices in the US. If this ever gets disrupted, a lot of rich people will lose a lot of money. One day people will look back on this, horrified.

I'm not supporting or criticizing any political party here, but this seems part of a larger overall trend about entrenchedness (I just made that a word.) For example, in 2020, an NBC News Generation Lab poll found that 71% of Republican college students would dorm with a Democrat but only 38% of Democrat students would dorm with a Republican. (https://www.axios.com/2022/08/19/college-students-dorm-political-views-poll) A 2019 YouGov poll found that Democrats are more likely to say that "most or all of their friends have similar views." (https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2019/10/24/politics-beliefs-friends-partners-poll-survey)

If you want to get political and think that Democrats are just right and know it, or that Republicans are more reasonable, then whatever - either way, it's not my point. It's just an interesting trend that seems to be pretty consistent.

Eventually the boomers are going to be replaced by millenials but I doubt that the millenials will be any better than the boomers. Millenials still love a steady stream of new electronics and products regardless of the effect this has on the economy. It's going to take a big perspective change across ALL demographics if there's going to be a shift in what's actually happening.

I don't think it's strictly a boomer problem. From the dawn of civilization, humanity has sought to expand, expand, expand - and if you doubt that, just ask Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan. It just so happens that we're very, very good at it now because we have advanced technology. If the industrial revolution happened in the days of the Roman Empire they would have been screwing up the planet, too. Always wanting more is a human nature problem, not specific to any particular generation.

I was in the same boat. I had a Gmail account right after it launched and used it regularly until Google became too creepy. It was much easier than you think to jump ship. My account is still open but I don't use it.

Anyone who signed up for Gmail (or those who actively use a Google account for that matter) gave up their privacy at the door. Everyone knows that Google is advertising giant, and if you don't pay for something, you're the product. But there are a lot of people who just shut off their brains in exchange for a slight increase in convenience. I'm a big fan of ProtonMail but FastMail is a good second option and it's way better than Gmail. People just can't give up the ease of use on Google though.

For the group who just doesn't care about privacy no matter how much you talk to them about it, URL malware/phishing scanning is a harm reduction measure. It's like giving a heroin addict a clean needle. Yeah, you shouldn't do heroin. We all know that. Some people do though, and giving them a clean needle is better than using a dirty needle. I basically see this anti-phishing measure the same way. I know that's a dramatic analogy but it seems to fit.

Hear me out on this one. The average user of Gmail is not too bright and email is a major phishing/malware vector. All grandmas should turn this on ASAP. For anyone who cares about privacy, go sign up for ProtonMail or something and don't worry about this.

I can't reasonably expect a manufacturer to invest money in a product that would probably be a commercial flop. They're going to respond to meet demand. If anything, the type of demand is the problem. For example, if people demanded privacy, you'd see them catering to that. But people don't.

The manufacturers do. They have every incentive to cater to what the average person wants to see. They want as many people to buy them as possible.

There are a bunch of IP68 rated devices with removable batteries on the market. The problem is that they won't be as thin and light as devices with non-removable batteries. I would guess that for the average consumer, they'd prefer a thin and light device over a device with a removable battery. Most people replace their phone anyway around the time when you would need a battery replacement.

1. How many users signed up just for Threads? It's linked to Instagram, so I imagine that many people added Threads to their existing Instagram account because it's one more thing to add. It doesn't necessarily mean they are going to be active or useful Threads users.

2. How many users left Twitter for Threads? I see Twitter users making Threads accounts (possibly because they already have Meta stuff and it's easy to do it), but it's not a "Twitter killer" unless it actually draws users away from using Twitter.