He financed it because he makes millions from YouTube, a platform owned by one of the biggest companies in the world. He has a net worth of $35 million from YouTube money. His money comes from Google and you're going on about how he's independent. Hilarious.

He spent 15 years building an audience of more than 38 million subscribers on YouTube. That's as sucked in as you can get to the system. He is very much a large part of the system you think he should be raging against.

This is about making attention-grabbing claims that get them press (as it's done here). These predictions don't have to come true because no one is ever going to hold him to it. It doesn't impact their stock price if that date comes and goes without happening. But it does get people to pay attention (as everyone in this thread is) and talk about Microsoft and AI, which is the entire intention. If he said it'd be in 10-15 years, no one will pay attention. That's too far away to care. But by saying it's really soon, he's gotten the media and our attention, putting Microsoft right there in the conversation.

He's a YouTuber. He only got there because he's part of the system.

If you're selling them off anyways, it doesn't matter that they kill the value while doing so. And be real, those using those exchanges don't know how to transfer off the exchange and then sell them. If they did they wouldn't be using the exchange in the first place.

That's correct. Bitcoin transactions are too slow and expensive, so exchanges don't actually execute them all or truly move them among wallets. They just keep track of where the various amounts belongs and can move it as needed within their own system, then pay it out when requested. Much like your bank doesn't physically move a pile of money from one account to another, they simply change their ledger as of where to move it.

Not quite. In these Bitcoin exchanges, you don't really truly control your wallet. The exchange does. They have full access and control of your wallet. This allows them to automate transfers. In reality, you don't actually possess the bitcoin, they do. So they can simply reverse the transaction.

Much like your money in your bank isn't truly in your control, it's under the banks control. They can move things around on their ledger and if they make a mistake they can reverse it.

Now, if this wasn't an exchange and instead you were talking about people who self-manage their wallet and the bitcoin had been transferred to them, then no, they wouldn't have been able to reverse the transaction. Just like if someone had handed over the actual cash to someone, they wouldn't be able to get it back.

Frankly, I don't care if the next guy. Lifetime subscriptions haven't shown to increase vehicle value, such as those who had old XM accounts tied to their vehicles which were lifetime. Additionally, most features like such don't impact the value of a vehicle with or without them.

And it could be great for the used buyer. If they live in Florida, no need to get charged extra for a feature you'd never use, if you believe such a feature actually impacts pricing (which it typically doesn't).

The proposed subscriptions were CHEAPER than buying the features outright from the factory, but all the crybabies who would never buy a BMW either way ruined it.

With the heated seat subscription, the pricing was $18/mon, with options to subscribe for a year for $180, three years for $300, or pay for “unlimited” access for $415. Without the subscription it's $500 for the same option from the factory. So folks could have saved $85 buying the unlimited access subscription, rather than ordering it from the factory. People were too quick to complain before looking at the pricing and noticing they would have saved money.

And for those on a lease of say 3 years, they'd have saved money, not to mention that most only need them a couple months a year so they could have paid even less.

Not every subscription is bad. Should have done some basic math before screaming and crying. It cost buyers money due to their ignorance.

Not doing yearly updates would be fine if your market is the general consumer. The average consumer upgrades every 3-3.5 years. But the Nothing phone is targeted at tech enthusiasts. Their buyers are the type that want the latest and greatest. If you aren't releasing something new every year, someone else's product is gonna catch their eye in that time and lure them away. Seems a stupid move knowing who their audience is.

So true. And as you said, the audience is enthusiasts. They're the folks always looking for the newest piece of tech. If you're not releasing something new every year, they're going to be lured away by a new offering from someone else. You might like your current phone but when someone else has something cool and new, and your phone maker isn't dropping something for at least another year, you're likely to jump ship. Seems a poor plan for them, knowing who their audience is.

That's because they don't have the ability to, not because they choose not to. They've struggled to launch anything and the prospect of having to keep up with the industry is far beyond their abilities. This is simply an excuse not to keep up.

But what's the savings to the city sewer systems by not having to flush American-sized dumps?

Yup, shows there's no such thing as a permanent ban on Facebook. They've backtracked on numerous "permanent bans".

Scott Adams had a net worth of more than $20 million. So yes, he had access to the same treatment that Biden did. He wasn't just some nobody with no access to healthcare. He was a multi-millionaire who could afford the very best care available. He chose not to do so. He chose to use horse dewormer instead of modern medicine. He chose to ignore science and medical experts. Those were all his own choices, which were not impacted by lack of access to care.

Biden had radiation therapy for his cancer, just like 50-60% of all cancer diagnosis in the US do each year. That's about 1.3 million people each year. Tell us again how Biden had some special access to something that 1.3 million others also receive every year?