Well, we know Google won’t get rid of this.

They’ll only cancel it after it actually works and becomes useful

Glass back is a premium design feature because it breaks easily, and customers who buy premium phones are expected to be rich enough to just buy another phone.

It’s a profit making feature.

Much like luxury cars, nobody actually expects BMW or Mercedes to last more than 3 years. People who buy them are expected to trade up for the latest model every few years.

Same with luxury fashion. Absolutely some of the cheapest and fragile clothing I’ve ever seen come from big fashion brands. And nobody cares, because by the time they break, they’re out of style and the buyer will be updating their wardrobe anyways.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, expensive luxury items = cheap and breakable. Midrange products are where the customers tend to be concerned with longevity and value.

The “Metro” area generally refers to the main city and any other high density cities right beside it, probably linked together by high volume public transit with massive numbers of people commuting between each other every day. It would be pretty typical to live in City A, work in City B, and meet with friends or have dinner in City C all in one day.

The “Greater” area generally refers to a much wider area including many of the much smaller towns that even people in the same country won’t recognize, rural farmland, etc. Their economies and business are probably mostly dependent on the main city so they may be considered linked, even though there aren’t as many people moving back and forth between them daily. So someone living in Town D might commute into City A for work, but almost nobody living in city A/B/C is commuting out to town D for work.

They should just start their own Supercharger company… With blackjack and hookers

In case you weren’t aware, the Sopranos is also fictional.

Strange how Google became the default search engine back in the day because they were so good at filtering out the dumb websites that just spam search terms all over the page.

They’ve regressed and become Yahoo

I tried to hold out, but for my current phone I prioritized camera quality over headphone jack. I definitely use the cameras more than the headphones.

With that being said, those two features are essentially mutually exclusive. Good cameras are a “flagship” feature, whereas lacking headphone jacks are also a flagship “feature.”

The only exception is Sony, which unfortunately is very overpriced.

But they’re already helping the Russians. Why would they need more motivation?

Didn’t they advertise this as one of the benefits of buying a pixel phone?

Less than a year and it’s gone… Not that it was much of a feature in the first place

Probably plenty of critical infrastructure and medical systems.

Is this like a competition? Is it an invitation to dox spez? We know your dark secrets too, buddy.

A gold topless Paul? Whatever floats your boat

Too late, 2 of them already did

Boeing’s #1 competency isn’t airplanes or engineering, it’s lobbying.

• exposed chest hair with t-shirt
• straw in fries
• hat
• Smoking inside restaurant

You blame AI, but that’s just the 80s.

Capitalism doesn’t “fail” per se. Capitalism is actually the default. All other systems require some kind of active intervention and oversight.

Capitalism simply “wins” due to being the best at making the most money. Whether that actually benefits humanity is a crapshoot.

Countries can set up some kind of socialist system, but things will “default” back to capitalism when corruption and/or stupidity inevitably happen.

INFINITE GROWTH

Small vehicles are no longer “normal,” EV or not.

Honda discontinued the Fit for a reason. Same with Toyota and the Yaris. Ford has basically pulled out of the entire non-truck/SUV market.

There are plenty of “normal” EVs because “normal” these days is a midsize crossover SUV. The Chevy Bolt is the closest thing you’re looking for.

A local insurance company tried to deny a claim because the person was “caught” horseback riding. As if sitting on a horse on a flat trail is some kind of extreme physical activity.

In business, I think it’s less that power corrupts. CEO positions aren’t being randomly handed to good people. The preexisting psychopathy, i.e. the ability to value money and profit over their fellow humans’ livelihoods, is exactly what makes them suited for that position.