They don't require a smartphone to be a passenger, actually. Uber has a number you can just call, and both Uber and Lyft let you book a ride on the website using a computer.

I'm curious how someone gets banned from riding buses.

Breaking the rules or the law, which varies depending on the specific bus system and area. So it might be something violent yes, but it can also be something like "failure to follow a lawful direction or request from an employee", for example putting your bag on a seat and refusing to move it when the driver tells you to.

And for how long?

Depends on what was done, if it's your first ban, etc.

Is there a system to challenge the bans?

You can try to appeal it in court.

Pity the poor bus driver who has to tell someone they're not allowed on the bus. Someone who may have been banned as a result of some past violence.

Most drivers don't put themselves in danger like that. Sometimes if they recognize someone that isn't supposed to be on the bus they just don't open the door, and drive off. But in this case the person would already be on the bus. So what will happen is police will meet the bus at a stop (either a future stop or, if the system is immediate, they may say they can't leave yet without telling passengers why), and take the person off.

Not sure what "martyr yourself over it" means but you missed my point entirely. I didn't say Blizzard was out of line, I said I think it's ridiculous that the laws are against this which means I am aware they in line with the laws. Pretty sure I also acknowledged that WoW is different from Minecraft and you give up some options when you choose a game like WoW instead of a game like Minecraft.

Yes people can go play something else, but it's ridiculous that the law doesn't allow people to just play WoW the way they want when it is entirely possible to do so. (You'll lose your progress with Blizzard at some point too.)

And yes WoW was never intended to be a private server game... but it is entirely possible for it to be so and it's ridiculous that the laws don't allow for it. Nobody is harming anyone by playing it as such. You can't even argue that it is lost revenue as Blizzard does not allow people to pay to play it as such.

And yes I will go play something else. I haven't played WoW in at least 18 years, and I don't actually care about WoW in particular. I can still think it's ridiculous that the law is against people playing games the way they want. Between this and recent threats of legal action against some translations (which I also acknowledge would be completely in line with the laws), it's on my mind. I know this is the way things are. But it doesn't have to be.

That it showed Blizzard the features of Classic WoW are desirable, does not mean that the people playing on custom servers with the features of Classic WoW switched over to Classic WoW. And okay, likely some did. But I don't think it's anywhere near as many as companies expect it is.

Many people aren't going to trust that Blizzard won't just make undesirable changes again. Many people just don't want to pay, period. Many people just want to be on a private server (even though for many other people the massive part is the whole point). Etc. etc. etc. These people will move on to another game, or another server that Blizzard hasn't found yet.

Minecraft shows that it's entirely possible to have a game with official servers and unofficial servers, custom servers of all type, whatever version of the game a person desires, people playing however they like, coexisting and being profitable. People should have the option of playing without paying a monthly fee. And of continuing to play when official support ends (which it undoubtedly will someday). And I know you give up those options when you choose a game like WoW. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Oooooor... a pen and paper. If he forgets or doesn't bother to take a pen and paper, he would likely do the same with a tablet.

So make it happen. Get rid of your car today and start biking. Save all the money you put towards your car (really all of it; the maintenance, upkeep, insurance, registration, gas and/or charging, parking, tolls, the car itself if you're paying a note or whenever you would have replaced it, washing if you pay for that, etc.) and it won't take long to have enough to get a used boat.

Isn't it actually supposed to be 10 - 3? Isn't the whole point of the idiom that it's a short working day?

Call 833-USE-UBER and you can use Uber without a smartphone.

People that want to play on these custom servers (those that don't also play on the official servers, because some do) aren't going to pay to play on the official servers because the custom servers are taken away.

Sure, they're not paying Blizzard. But they're also not using any of Blizzard's resources (by not being on Blizzard's servers). So it takes nothing away from Blizzard.

People should be able to play how they want. It's ridiculous that the laws are against this.

Not sure, I haven't ridden in an open parking lot in years. I'll give it a shot.

But are they really socially inept when they're adept at using the same social interaction methods their peers use? They may be inept at what previous generations consider social interaction, but from their perspective, aren't the socially inept ones the people of previous generations that are inept at (or choose not to engage with) the methods of social interaction they use?

So then explain Japan, where they drive on the left.

It's used in British English, Irish English, and Commonwealth English...

I have also noticed this (on a bike and in a car - I don't ski and I haven't skated in so long that I don't remember how turning was) but I know why that is for me; in the US I'm on the right side of the street (mostly- there are some bike lanes that are on the left side), so right turns are tighter, which means I have less time to adjust, and have to tilt more on a bike. When I'm on the left side of the street, I feel more comfortably in control turning left.

on a pressed disc that will more than likely outlive me.

Not sure why you expect that when LaserDiscs and many DVDs have already broken down, and it's in the IP holders' best interests if the discs don't outlive you (so that you might pay again). Maybe Blu-rays are more resilient, time will tell, but I wouldn't depend on it personally and would backup...