A driver's license is not the same as a software license. A driver's license is covered by state law. A minor who clicks "I Agree" hasn't agreed to an enforceable contract and can back out at any time.

Minors can't agree to contracts.

It's not hard to create and remain anonymous by creating some sort of token client-side. Keeping it from getting stolen and used by technical kids is the challenge. Suddenly, techie friends become your best friend in high school because they know how to hack your phone.

I don't remember how much I paid for my two PS3s. Lots of games on ebay for next to nothing, HD resolution graphics and reasonable sound quality. I already own it, streaming with Amazon works and it hooks up to my television setup just fine. I use a projector and own several spare bulbs for it. When the previous one broke, I just bought a used projector of the same model for about $120. New tech sucks. The features just aren't worth it. Even Amazon is slowly getting replaced by DVDs and Blueray disks that I enjoy again. The streaming services forgot the whole logic behind why they started in the first place: people wanted easy access without paying a lot. Now you have to sign up for a bunch in order to get everything... or pay $3 per for a bunch of DVDs you can watch on demand regardless of what service has them. PCU is a great example of this, btw. Parliament Funkadelic never granted digital licenses for their performances in it, while every cast member did. That's ok. It's a great movie and I got the DVD for a few bucks. Funny thing, and the not so funny thing, is it predicted our current political problems decades ago.

No, everybody has kicked the can down the road because of the effect it would have on the price of oil. We're in it, we may as be in it to win it.

You truthfully think that Trump is the first President to do this? LOL. Look up any past President and you'll see all of them doing the same. The Vietnam War was started by Johnson, though later approved by Congress. The Iran Contra Affair, kidnapping Noriega. They all do it. The list of Presidents reallocating funds goes on and on. In the cases I present are wars simply because they stand out more historically.

For the most part, but things like StarLink are allowing some people to bypass everything. The Iranian government is trying to detect StarLink transmitters and arrest users of it. Controlling media is in part why many Iranians have no idea the extent that their government has been decimated by the US and Israel. I've got no idea why we're not dropping leaflets all over the place with headlines from the outside world. Maybe we are and I'm just not aware of it. Still, Iran does stand for now. I am starting to see headlines partially indicating the collapse of the government is becoming possible. The son of the Shah is trying to create a framework which Iran can use to move forwards, but with communications so poor, that message is difficult to push through. Also, Iran can be different than Iraq. Continue to take out the clerics and you're left with a fully functional republic. Hold fresh elections and you may see a new Middle East. On the other hand, Persia has been at war with it's neighbors going back thousands of years.

No, the meteor landed in the bed. It was tired.

Isn't something similar in design part of what killed Yahoo?

I can't speak for the standard Fold or the one offered by Motorola. Cracks to appear along the crease for me as well, but they don't hinder anything while I'm actually using the phone. I flat out don't see them. I do see them when the display isn't on. At that point, it doesn't matter.

Uhm, no. One of them was stolen (the 5). The one I'm using right now as my primary (the 4)? I've been using it since 2024. And that original? I use it as a secondary. Make sure you get all of the details first before you go criticizing somebody.

Overprices? For certain. Unpopular form factor? As soon as you use a folding phone, you'll never go back. I've owned the first 4 Z-Flips. The first 3 are practically indestructible without a case. The exterior screens on the 5 and later destroyed that feature. Still, the Z-Flips fit in your pocket easily and won't be warped by your skinny jeans. It's an example of listening to phone reviewers instead of people who use them day to day. For the win, my original was with me for a 5 week hospital stay. I never bought a case for it. The nurses moved the table causing it to fall on the floor over and over and over. I still use it today. Number of cracks on the screen? 0. If you want to disagree with me, be sure to start with your personal experiences with actually owning one, otherwise you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Personally, I'd probably buy this phone were it not for the cost. A 10" tablet that folds? Awesome. I predicted the design years ago. I guarantee it will come back and probably end up being a standard, but your skinny jeans will have to go.

Forgot my point: let's see if AI can fix that. I doubt it.

Real world situation I always run into: trying to find Spanish grocery stores. Spanish, not Mexican, not Peruvian, Spanish. Somehow, it seems to think that Spanish doesn't refer to "Spain". There's things you can't get in the US very easily unless you buy it at a grocery store that sells food from Spain.

Actually you can call a number of the underlying Linux system calls in Android, just not with Java. The same is true if you're writing a Java app to run on X Windows because you're passing through a layer that is akin to a VM. Some won't work because of sandboxing, though. IMO, a good thing.