They couldn't before? Seriously? Some arse could just blast their music or stupid videos all they wanted to?
This is one of those things where lawyers will get involved and say "this was not explicitly mentioned in the terms of carriage so therefore my client is owed compensation for being told not to be an arsehole". It's mainly an American thing as the courts in most countries will accept the "failed to follow instructions from the cabin crew" part.
Last I flew (last month) I don't think I ran into any of these issues. Plane was clean, reasonable, etc.
11. Stopping the service of excessive alcohol, honestly, how bombed do you need to get?
This makes your sig even funnier.
I think this is more of an issue if you fly cheap airlines to "party" destinations. The routes I fly typically don't have hens parties on them (London-Madrid, London-Singapore, Madrid-Bogota)... Will be totally different to the Ryanair special to Malaga.
I drink but don't drink on aircraft precisely because drinking and flying makes me a cranky Carl (I like to enjoy my drinking).
Is Ryan still using pay toilets?
I don't think they were ever introduced.
Ryanair likes to make outlandish statements that will never happen because it gets their name in the papers, which as far as they're concerned is free advertising.
Ryanair... it's not just the name of the airline, it's also the cheapest sandwich (rye and air... I'm working my arse off here people).
They know that Windows games are commoditized now, this is a last attempt to try and lock the gate. They might succeed somewhat if they get a better deal on memory pricing, but it will be more locked down than having a full KDE desktop on your games machine like the Steam Machine will.
Yep, MS has finally realised that Linux has become a genuine alternative for gamers. The only thing stopping me from swapping is the fact I need a new SSD (which aren't cheap right now) as Steam doesn't tend to like using NTFS drives and due to a steam install based decades ago, it's difficult to use a steamapps folder in a non standard location (I.E. D:\program files\steam\steamapps), which is why I need the new SSD to transfer the installs.
I expect MS to make a complete hash of it though. I'm certain Steam went through a lot of teething issues with Linux and Steamdeck but they seem to have solved most of them.
....Apple.
I believe they already have moved, it was malicious compliance.
This is largely in response to the EU forcing Apple to allow in app purchases to go via someone other than Apple, to which Apple did the minimum they could to try to meet the letter of the law (ignoring the spirit of the law, which doesn't make you popular with the EU).
So what's the catch?
It's in the summary.
They're only lowering the cut on in-app purchases, likely in response to the EU directives forcing Apple to allow apps to manage their own in-app purchases independent of Apple (you could always do this on Android). They "might" be lowering their cut on app sales themselves.
I suspect like me, most people just aren't using "apps" any more, everything I need can be accessed via web browsers (Firefox with ublock and privacy badger installed) as apps have just become delivery vehicles for ads you can't block and a means to rape your wallet with in-app purchases. Also the Google Play store is atrocious these days so Google is trying to get developers back by offering them a discount.
Our president and his cabinet are heavily dependent on AI as well. I'm fairly sure they're all lost in AI delusions as well
They were lost in delusions long before AI came along. I doubt it's helping though.
The AI large-language model doesn't know that the real world exists. It doesn't know that fiction is different from reality, because it doesn't actually know about reality.
It put together a large fictional world, in which fictional things happen to characters that did not, actually, turn out to be fictional.
To be fair, that describes a great many people as well, unable to tell fiction from reality.
Assassination of top leadership is now an accepted political standard. No war and capture and trial, just kill heads of state when the opportunity arises.
The reason that's been frowned upon isn't because some of these heads of state aren't monsters the world is better off without, it's because it makes things less stable and diplomacy more difficult.
It makes further assassinations more likely, which is bad for heads of state, but it also makes wars more likely, which is bad for everyone else.
What do you mean by "now"... It's always been an accepted political standard, hell in many ways it's preferred. Assassination of enemy political leaders is almost as old as politics itself, especially to avoid a war or weaken an enemy state that is being belligerent.
Pepsi says their cola is way better than Coke's
(That they prefer their own user interface is newsworthy?)
Both are equally shit... I just buy whichever is cheapest on the day (soft drink or office suites).
Both ANA and JAL offer USB C with power delivery, which can charge or at least maintain laptops. They do say that you should not charge your laptop though, only maintain the battery level. They seem to be most worried about charging, as that is when the battery is most likely to fail catastrophically.
Why is it that people think that charging their device is a universal right (not directed at the parent poster)?
If you can't plan ahead for a flight and arrive at an airport with a fully charged device, start flying airlines that have in seat entertainment or you know, find other ways to keep yourself occupied (books, crosswords, et al.). Anyone whining about not being able to use power banks are the pinnacle of entitlement in our society and need to have a long, hard conversation with themselves.
Also, it's not like batteries are short lived these days. A 5000mAh battery should be giving you at least a full 12 hours of screen time. That's the flight time of London to Los Angeles.
Honestly I think it's a result of some people being so vapid and boring that they can't stand to be alone with their own thoughts so they constantly need to be distracted.
Who cares if the sun is directly overhead at "noon" Just pick standard or daylight time and stick with it. You're never going to make everyone happy since the time from east to west of the time zone is going to differ by nearly an hour. so one side might have the highest point at "noon" while the other side has it at 11a or 1p. How many people actually look at the time at exactly "noon" and look up at the sky and actually bitch that the sun isn't at the highest point? We don't tell the time with sundials anymore, it really shouldn't matter
It's less about the sun being overhead at noon and more about synchronising our working day with our circadian rhythm. Before we all had clocks, this is what we used to do naturally as seasons changed the number of daylight hours. In simple terms, work when it's light and sleep when it's dark. Before the trains forced a uniform time zone, it wasn't uncommon for different parts of Britain to have different time zones, the clock above the Corn Exchange in Bristol has two minute hands, one for GMT and the other for (historic) Bristol time. Bristol is about 100 miles west of London.
In a year, the same people in Vancouver complaining about the "clocks going forward" will be whining that the sun is up at 3:30 in the morning and it's getting dark by 8:30 at night and struggling to cope with "curtain fade" (the curtains will fade is a famous trope from arguments against DST in Australia).
I was all ready to stereotype you as disgruntled anti-woke but then house husband dropped.
You win
I thought it was AI... it made that much sense.
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
