That was just an excuse. They had years to cut the prices before the tariffs happened. And cutting prices quickly used to be the standard.

"Did you really think we want those laws observed? We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against. We're after power and we mean it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt." -- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

There's the old story of a newb typing in all caps, someone replies telling him to press caps lock, and the newb says, THANK YOU, NOW I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP HOLDING SHIFT!

They are the first step toward a slippery slope toward a ban on anonymity.

Because privacy is something only Bad Guys(tm) want. You're not a Bad Guy(tm), are you?

Cue.

I hate it because I have a dangerous intersection at the end pf my street. Great visibility one way, terrible the other way. But that’s the way I”m going 99% of the time. City won’t fix the light that warned of approaching traffic. So when I go, I need to go right then, not in a half second or so in case someone comes flying over the hill. There’s a button to turn it off, but you have to use it at every start. I could go the other way, but then that’s a half-mile detour through another neighborhood to turn around, so it’s defeating the purpose. In traffic, I don’t care either way, and I don’t know enough about the engineering to talk about wear effects, but as a practical matter it is very annoying in a pure ICE vehicle. Niche case, I know, but there are some good reasons to dislike them.

Reminds me of something I've read: boxing with gloves is massively more dangerous than bare-knuckle boxing. Normally, punching someone's face with full power will also wreck your hand. Gloves remove this drawback, and thus lead to many more cases of severe brain damage.

Though itâ(TM)s not always correct. I got a garage door remote that, yeah, works without their cloud stuff, but you canâ(TM)t modify several parameters like open/close detection delay with the open source side. Not that itâ(TM)s a big deal; you can sign up for their account using a throwaway email address and never use it again.

No wonder The Lord of the Rings was such a critical and financial failure! /s

If these trends continue... eyyyy.

How about forcing a random delay in the system?

Epic Store of Games?

Pan Am once booked flights to the moon. Except they didn't take money, as it was just a tongue-in-cheek publicity stunt. This, on the other hand, smells like a huge scam.

A couple of Linux distros have been certified as UNIX(tm) before: Inspur's K-UX and Huawei's EulerOS.