I work for a small (but successful) company that is starting to get their shit together and actually build resources instead of saying "Well, just do what we did 3 years ago" to someone who has no idea what they're talking about
Uh, that's not really the point? If you're making a product that aims to promote safety and save lives, then you shouldn't be able to cancel it at the will of the company. It would be like waking up in the middle of a surgery and the doctor telling you "Hey, looks like your anesthesia subscription expired, so unless you've got an extra $20 in your pocket right now, then we're just going in raw." If you absolutely NEED the extra money as part of your business model or whatever, then just charge them AFTER the service is used. Don't just fucking turn the airbag off with no warning because they're behind on a payment
This is exactly right. They did the same thing with the iPhone. Launched with minimal features, riddled with bugs, the butt of every joke and cynical opinion, and let the consumers tell them exactly what was wrong with it in excruciating detail. 5 years later, a literal majority of all human beings alive had one in their hands (or similar products from their competitors). Will this specific product be any good? No, probably not. But in 10 years or so, it may very well be the next thing everybody has to have in order to function in society
First, I think it has more to do with OP reacting to the article they linked rather than searching for bad things Apple specifically has done. Second, we can talk about shitty Apple products or policies for ages, but this action in particular isn't like 'Oh no, the first-gen AR/VR goggles I bought for $4,000 aren't making the world literally Ready Player One'. No, this is (one of many) business decision that is directly fucking over their own employees in ways that are threatening to their entire livelihoods; 'Either uproot your lives and move hundreds of miles away to a place statistically less safe for most of you, or you're fired'
I guarantee, even if they are completely perfect, they'll still get blamed for whatever fuck ups the Minneapolis city council does (for those who are unaware, Minneapolis and St. Paul are LITERALLY right next to each other)
I ask myself this question every day. I'm starting to think that once enough people just independently start burning, it'll eventually spread to the rest of the population like wildfire (pun absolutely intended)
They don't actually go around to every single household in the country, they don't have the resources for that since 99% of the people who conduct it are 'volunteers' (not unpaid, but the Census Bureau is not their main job)
Personally, I prefer turn-based because I have literally all the time I want to make decisions. I mostly play strategy games regardless (and against an AI at that), but something like XCOM is a lot less stressful than Age of Empires because I don't constantly feel like I'm falling behind if I take an extra few seconds to check something
Both of your examples of how 'the average person is dumb' are actually examples of how a group of people were (and still are) manipulated by people in power with hidden agendas. To quote Jorah Mormont from ASOIAF, "The common people pray for rain, health and a summer that never ends. They don’t care what game the high lords play." Most people don't care about who their State Representative is because it will have little to no VISIBLE impact on their day-to-day lives, which is where most of their problems come from. Do I think I'm smarter than the average person and could fix all of society's problems myself with enough money and influence? Sure! So do a lot of people, I'd argue even a majority; I'm pretty sure you think you could. But that's not how the world works. Humans are a social species, and we have built a society that can only operate if we all work together, and that includes listening to all opinions (yes, even the bad ones) and logically making decisions that try to minimize any negative impacts. You can't just say, "That person is dumb, racist, and makes bad decisions, so I don't think they should have any influence at all" because that is how you end up dehumanizing people
I've taken LSD roughly a dozen times over the last 5 years give-or-take, and I'm not joking. I will admit that I embellished a couple of details because I was remembering rather than citing. Technically, no, it is not possible to overdose on LSD, but I think everyone who has taken it can attest that bad trips can and do happen sometimes, and it has the potential to be truly traumatizing. Annecdotally, I've certainly had my fair share of bad trips... Going back to Miller, here's an article going over some of the allegations in question. Admittedly, there is a lot of he-said-she-said, but just going off of the facts, Erza developed a close relationship with a minor 11 years younger than him, and allegedly gave them access to drugs and alcohol (LSD included), took away their ability to communicate with others (their parents), and "took control" over their personal possessions (i.e. ID and passport). The parents are the ones who claim their child suffered from a "days-long bad trip" just fyi. While Ezra and the (now) young adult deny it being sexual in nature... it has been described by many third-party witnesses as "extremely uncomfortable" and "basically a mini R. Kelly situation"
I find you to be an(rule)noying at times