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The more likely case is that the equipment (an autonomous cab) is unprofitable to own once you factor in risk with liability and damages.

This is most likely just a way to offload liability

And to make the owners pay for maintenance and electricity.

If they lock the feature behind a higher price tier, a subscription, or a cut of the profits, it’s a low-risk income stream with minimal expenses.

Nothing yet. Just give it a year or three before those age attestations given to websites have to be cryptographically signed by a corp.

Cue the “somebody should [act of violence] [non- rightwing figure]” stochastic chuds’ immediate screaming about the violent left.

Shizuku is on the chopping block. One of the change requests being made to AOSP is blocking adb connections on the loopback interface, “for security”.

Personal ownership was so pre-2020s anyways.

I can spend $800 on something I can use for years and resell, gift, or repurpose. Or, I can instead spend $180 annually under the threat of my data being destroyed if I stop giving into the extortion. Easy choice, really. /s

If I were a company looking to optimize profit by pricing goods at whatever limit the targeted consumer demographic would be willing to pay for, I would use a VPN as a signal to raise the price.

It doesn’t matter who that consumer is behind the VPN. The VPN itself is a monthly subscription, and that indicates he/she has at enough disposable income to afford non-essential services.

The logic is that there isn’t any real logic to it.

Nobody would be stupid enough to actually do that but that doesn’t matter. It makes you look “suspicious”, and that’s all the pretext that would be needed to detain, search, and harass you with enough plausible deniability to get away with it not being seen as abuse of power.

I hope this finds you well, NULL. John Lastname. If this email isn’t the best way to contact you, maybe XXX-XXX-3681 is?

You do not know who I am, but I know all about you. You may have heard of Pegasus? If not, let me fill you in: I have access to your phone, PC, and every smart device in your house at 123 Fake Street. I have your Facebook, your LinkedIn, and even your phone contacts. While you thought you were alone, I saw every disgusting, illegal thing you were searching. I have recordings of you side by side with the interesting videos you were watching.

Don’t get me wrong, John. I’m not a monster. I know what they will do to people like you in prison, and I’m willing to offer you a sliver of hope. Send me $2000 USD in bitcoin to { btcWallet %} within the next 48 hours and I will make sure nobody else finds out about your guilty little habit. If you cooperate, I will run my program that guarantees every last video of you is shredded. If you don’t, well, let’s just say that you won’t ever get this opportunity again. You know what they say about things on the internet: once it’s up, it’s never coming down.

And John, don’t think you can pretend this will go away. I embedded a tracker in this email. I know when you received it. I know when you opened it. Remember: 48 hours. What happens next is your choice alone.

The DOOM soundtrack would be more appropriate, but Disney music stops them from being able to monetize it.

The internet was revolutionary. No longer do we have to pay exorbitant prices to rent a VHS tape or buy a magazine to escape from the drudgery and repetition of existence.

Now, we can stream porn for free. Or for those who have money to spare, there’s 3D VR porn. In fact, there’s even video game porn.

This sounds like something Uwos Lab would do.

*clicks link*

Yeah.

Yes, optional. As in, the developers have the option to optimize their games despite publishers pushing for cheaper development and shorter deadlines knowing they can get away with instead adding proprietary black box generative models. And you, as the consumer, have the option to either pay inflated prices for a product launched on paper or to instead choose to enjoy motion sickness while playing a game at 20 frames a second.

Keep kissing that leather jacket, fanboy.

He is not a lizard man. It’s right in his name, Tom Hu—er… Homan.

If he has to spend eight hours a day 5 days a week for the next 4 years picking up trash along the side of the road, he’s not going to have time to try to interfere with elections.

That still leaves the weekend and the remaining 16 hours a day. You would think that’s not enough time to do anything extracurricular, but you might be surprised how much sleep can be skipped during a drug-fueled manic episode.

The only question is: what is more redacted, this or the Epstein-Trump files?

Straps? Look at Mr. Rich over here with his two boots. My boots were hand-me-downs from my pappy, and I had to choose between the left or right boot so there would be enough to go around.

It’s the same strategy as the “cancel anytime” gym memberships. It’s technically true, but they make it such a pain in the ass that consumers won’t do it and the company gets to keep their money.

To be fair, you can get a $800 high end PC… but it would be used and 4 to 5 generations out of date.