I'm pretty sure the lack of Android Auto and Apple Carplay is going to kill them.

If I have one car I can plug into and have all of my settings without any setup or login (my non tech savvy mom accidentally discovered it even, just trying to charge through the USB and had a map) and already is personalized for each driver (even if I just lend it to someone for a day). Additionally I can be pretty confident it'll stay updated since Apple and Google are just communicating graphics and touches, I imagine it'll still work in a decade.

And the other car needs to be specifically setup. I'll likely be setting up and account, using some type of QR code scan to sync to the car from said account. And need to do so for every driver of it (it'll probably require me to manage the other drivers even). Also, I am relying on the manufacturer to keep it compatible with newer OS's. I know which one I'm buying.

I imagine they'll have enough walk outs on test drives that they'll reverse the decision soon (not a ton, but enough that corporates notices), then they'll cancel the software and won't maintain it. By 100k miles it won't even work.

Carplay and android auto are common and universal enough I suspect customers will ask and reject it.

I wouldn't, but I can imagine people willingly pay for OnStar.

It doesn't feel as dirty since it isn't just all sitting there. It reaches out to the cellular network. I can imagine people getting decent value for remote start that works in parking garages, and the accident help (people worry).

It doesn't feel like a subscription for a seat heater or super cruise which are both already there.

I'm not sure why lane keeping requires and automatic, it seems to me turning the wheel would be fine.

My manual does fine for emergency braking (though it's a little touchy when someone in front of me is turning or if I'm accelerating to speeding under 20mph). I feel like if the emergency brake slows me down so much I need to shift the problem is me, not the manual (it hasn't over the last 10k miles I've had the car).

It'll certainly never self drive, and is useless for stop and go traffic cruise control (20-60mph heavy traffic is fine).

The higher end performance is shifting towards dual clutch since it's objectively better for performance.

The economy cars are getting automatics to simplify production lines now that automatics are basically the same cost to make and essentially as efficient as manuals.

So the only manuals getting made are in the budget low tech sportscar market where people aren't going for performance, but fun on a budget.

It is going to depend on when they knew they were going to force the switch. If they knew internally they were going to do it a year ago then issues, if they figured they might need to do it but nothing was finalized then not really a legal issue.
Business have the right to change.
the problem they would have is if the ads guarnenteed or implied a lifetime of the such services.

What does Afghanistan have to do with any of the "Gulf War"s?

The first two were Iraq, the third is Iran.

His show was costing over $100 million a year, higher than competators, with him getting over $15 million. the total cost and the lack of money he was bring in from ads was low, means that the the show was a money loss.
But sure the colored man got him removed, keep believing your conspiracy garbage.

I may want to use the code modified and not share my modifications. The GPL prevents this.

Aside from the corner case of libraries incrementing proposed standards I think this is a plus, but it certainly is a restriction that a copy left license has and a BSD/MIT one doesn't.

You're right. It's the BSD part of the name that is the clue, not the Free part.

At least in the past "Free" was the copy lefted part of OSS software, with many OSS puriwta believing a BSD type licence was more Free as others thought it was less so.

Wasn't the advertising clause determined to be non free and long since removed?

One only needs to look at Hollywood when major players consolidate, the immediate shock does not just leave a passive vacuum, it actively triggers a "creative fragmentation", where experienced talent and abandoned mid-market budgets migrate outward, giving rise to highly innovative, independent competitors like A24 or Blumhouse that otherwise might never have found a foothold.
At the same time we can look at other examples that the same people who are blocking this merger got their wish. If the proposed $3.8 billion buyout of Spirit Airlines by JetBlue had not been blocked by federal regulators in early 2024, the budget carrierâ(TM)s infrastructure, routes, and brand would likely still exist today under a consolidated corporate umbrella. Instead, left independent but financially vulnerable and unable to absorb rising operating costs, Spirit ended up filing for bankruptcy twice before officially ceasing all operations on May 2, 2026, when its reorganization plans collapsed and federal bailout negotiations failed.
This reality highlights the double-edged sword of antitrust intervention: while blocking the merger was intended to protect low-fare competition, it ultimately left Spirit to drown on its own, completely removing its discount seats from the sky. The same thing these people want to happen in another industry.

I read it more as "we're already in compliance, no changes"

And now we'll have another long lawsuit about whether or not they're in compliance. They'll need to make changes in 9 years when that suit plays out and a year later it's irrelevant.

You default to a windows user agent as of earlier this year?

I've had to tweak it on a rare occasion, bit I haven't left the default as lie and be windows for a long long long time.

I imagine the stats website is more likely to capture my default than the random site I've tweaked.

Does AI still use Em dashes?

Everyone asks it not to. And the models probably adjusted due to feedback.

It'd be like looking for lead in the air to detect a car that drove by. The time where that detection work has passed.

The first like shows a 10% drop over a few years then flat (long range).

Basically flat (mid range)

And 15% drop then flat (standard plus)

Not linear at all.