Yea I got it done at this guy with good genuine reviews. So it seemed like legit and the phone is still working perfectly.

Aside from this phone locking being complete BS. Wasn’t it possible to pay a third party to unlock it? I did that some years ago though we bought that phone with a huge discount which made it worth it.

Fair enough, do you have some examples you know off to feed my curiosity on this topic? If not I understand if you want to hide the negative feelings in a deep part of your brain.

Ooh no that’s a fair point. Some mistrust is definitely justified until proven differently due to the high potential in conflict of interest.

I don’t get it mate, you had me at your first comment because it seemed fairly written. But lose me at the following 2.

Though that is fruit for thought I can not find any information to back op that claim. I did however found articles about them defending remote working. It’s a bit too easy to me to throw out claims such as this without backing it up with facts. But if you do have any other examples I would love to read them.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/19/germany-bans-neo-nazi-group-with-us-links-conducts-raids-in-10-states

I mean they raid them as well no? Or what do you mean?

Fair point.

Not if they use that money to subsidise American EV’s.

I’m annoyed by the caps but you had me at the first paragraph

All good, unsure why people down voted you when you asked so politely. If there is anything else let me know.

Only I think they’re already opening factories in Mexico. Which again isn’t a terrible situation either.

Yea so that’s the argument that people who don’t agree with making a liveable wage give. In reality there is just a great group of people who are only eligible for minimum wage or close to minimum wage jobs. So a fair bit of adults that are even trying to support their children.

So I think we can all agree that especially if 2 parents are working 40 hours a week should be able to at least live a decent life in a Western country. And that’s mainly in to question here. For teens you could always have a lower minimum wage until they’re older. As they have in plenty countries.

Does this address your question properly?

I get your frustration but you can’t solve one extreme/problem by another. That just creates different problems. And I believe you’re smart enough to realise what problems that would be. But yea, affordability is definitely a problem that needs to be solved. Getting exploited is never good. Sadly that rich people problem is present in more countries, including China. (not talking about the size of the problem, that is a point of argument of course)

The thing is, that is the short term benefit. The long term effect could be is that we be dependent on the exporting party and they can start charging higher prices. Generally it is not in your favour to be dependent on another party.

That’s a very good point, I never thought about that.

And the potential added problem is that once tipping becomes a large part of their salary they will just decrease their salary and say just to get tipped more. I don’t believe any outcome in this is a win for gamers or devs.

Though I understand what you’re trying to say, you are still paying the medical costs through taxes. It’s just that this is most likely lower in costs than the post you responded to.

I am also wondering where that amount comes from. Though I do not think it should be based on profit. A company can also be unprofitable on purpose in a region in order to destroy the competition an gain market share. Then after conquering the market they increase the prices again.

In this case I suppose it also be difficult to quantify the fine. Of course the duration of the anti-competitive behaviour should also be taken into consideration and apples low willingness to better itself. Is there any article explaining the 500m euro?

Correct me if I’m wrong but most of times when they dispose of a vehicle they sell it someone else to use right? So the only waste for that person be the rapid loss in car value after buying it new. Or are a lot of these cars ending in the dump?