Right? Instead of bricking the printer they can make their software secure. But we all know the reality is they want to punish anyone who dares to buy third party ink which is why they ignore vulnerabilities, and probably created them in the first place. Just a sad state of affairs. Part of me wants to believe consumers and even corporations will rebel against this obvious BS, but they'll probably make bank.
They're also passing laws like this to make left leaning people flee the state and cement their grip on the power. I used to think this idea was veering into conspiracy theory territory (and technically it still is without proof) but I'm more and more convinced it's part of the plan. Raise idiots by destroying education and pumping them full of propaganda, gerrymand local districts, and make the libruls leave. Trifecta!
If they are selling their printers at a small loss because they want to make money on selling ink that's basically fine. Sell the ink, make money. If they want to overcharge for the ink people will look elsewhere. If they have to DRM the printers to force people to buy their ink then that's just fucked up.
They're basically extending Castle Doctrine out to the sidewalk. Next they'll add you car to the list and you get to shoot anyone who cuts you off or makes eye contact with you while driving. After that you'll get a personal exclusivity zone and can shoot anyone who comes within ten feet of you in public as long as they look "homeless" (ie are poor and/or black).
They're all threatening stuff like this to give cover to the Supreme Court when they rule you can't block trump from the ballot. Oh my, look at what they are saying, it would be such a can of worms if we let states block trump for insurrection! Oh no! We can't block trump, so sad. Too bad.
Oh, yeah, I get that. I just don't get why she's using the black friend defense it in this context. Her imaginary black friends were not the ones she was trying to placate by failing to list slavery as the cause for the civil war.
Seriously. Why would I trust this guy to be my autopilot? I'm probably a better driver than him.
Plus he's probably controlling like hundreds or thousands of cars at any given moment. No focus at all.
No, this is capitalism at its purest. Canada is offering a better price. What you want is a system where corporations have the right to price gouge and no competition is allowed. That's not even capitalism.
They also like to use them as cheap labor. The American system can't function without them. But hush, hush, we don't like to talk about that part.
You say it sounds like bullshit, but are you disputing the article?
Over the last five years Starbucks has claimed nearly $900 million in unspent gift card and app money as corporate revenue, boosting corporate profits and inflating executive bonuses.”
Are you saying this never happened? If not, where is the bullshit?
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He should have his eyebrows transplanted down to his upper lip. It wouldn't look good, but it would be something...