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  • We're not talking about the dumb parental controls from the 90's or 2000's and run on Windows, we're talking about smartphone OSes (iOS and Android) that are locked down to start with.

  • It doesn't matter if the kid is smart and determined, parental controls can't be circumvented.

    Unless the parent is stupid enough to leave their phones unlocked or lax enough to unblock the phone every time the kid asks for it.

  • The same could be said of iPhone apps on iPad but Apple still forces you to make specific dev for the iPad.

  • What can a cop do about your driving license if you're not driving when he talks to you?

  • You can get an ID card from the DMV even if you don't drive.

  • Singapour is also a country reduced to a city, so that certainly makes transportation easier. The US is on the opposite of the spectrum.

  • We don't have per message charge in France either but people still use WhatsApp or Signal because you can't have groups in SMS.

  • The soda can crushing to "crush the competition" is so cringe... I don't know maybe that talks to sales people.

  • I know it can happen, but that still makes a difference between public and private companies. That's one risk less.

    Especially for Valve which is a very desirable company for their position as de facto PC games online store.

  • The difference is that a hostile takeover can't happen.

    Unless the founder still owns a majority of the shares, you can take control of a public company without needing the consent of the board (and CEO, founder, etc)

  • That's the market capitalization so the definition is pretty clear

  • At this point you don't need to do a lot of research to know to stay away from Star Citizen

  • Apparently they only pay the difference to 48k for the missing items.

    Meaning they're getting fleeced continually.

    They might not be poor, but they could be middle class sinking all their savings and getting credit to fuel their addiction.

  • Probably a way to avoid costly charge backs for when regular users purchase that by mistake

  • The difference with in-game spending is that they use all the same shady techniques as casinos to exploit those people.

    You don't see sneakers shops offering time limited loot boxes for a chance to obtain limited edition sneakers, they also don't show you a big grid of their catalog with holes for the sneakers you don't own. "Just buy those 2 pairs to complete the collection of running sneakers!"

  • Don't worry, rich people are not going to live a good life on Mars while we suffer on a borken earth. It doesn't matter how much we fuck up the Earth, it will still be a paradise compared to Mars.

  • You don't need AI to create a fake person. Scammers have been doing that for decades, or stealing people's identity. Even a video can be made with an actor.

  • Because content owners don't need cable providers to stream over the internet.

    HBO doesn't need Comcast for streaming, they can (and do) stream themselves with HBO Go.

  • I agree with him, and it baffles me that people this day still go out of their way to play Smash Bros on Switch with a GameCube controller instead of the superior Switch Pro Controller.