None of this shit is ever going to stop kids from finding porn (or anything else they’re determined to find). I owe my career in IT to figuring out how to circumvent all the parental control things my parents put on the family pc and cover my tracks. All you can do is supervise them as best you can and teach them about being responsible and what’s real vs imaginary.

What constitutes a “verified” operating system?

Guess I’ll add this to the list of reasons I’m keeping my current car until it falls apart.

What’s stopping people from disconnecting the EPB and manually connecting a battery to the motor to wind it back?

If you buy an object, you pay for all the components that come with that object. If they didn’t charge for all the components that’s on them. As others have said, heating elements don’t require any continued support from the manufacturer. It’s a button and some wires and a control module. Should they be charging for window defrosters too? There is literally 0 explanation for this that isn’t corporate greed.

Why is the parking brake involved with the computer at all…

My email account is almost entirely spam and ads. Have at it morons.

You don’t have to worry if there will be a battery available in 20 years because AAs are standardized and will always be made. Or at least far more likely than whatever proprietary crap they’re putting in these controllers. Devices that take AAs will last until the hardware wears out. You don’t have to worry about the battery being the weak link. Which has been the case for every rechargeable device I’ve ever owned. The battery is always the first to go.

If AAs are also an option then I have not complaints about the system.

So make disposable AAs illegal or tax them like cigarettes, or charge a core fee like they do car batteries. Those same people you’re talking about will throw the controller in the trash when the battery craps out. We’re making disposable junk either way at this point.

Only for so long as the manufacturer makes them. AAs don’t have that problem.

Rechargeable AA work just fine and are easy to acquire. What exactly makes them “not worth it”.

Rechargeable AA take forever to recharge.

So have some extra ones ready to go. They’re cheap.

That’s crazy to me. I only use my local bank at their physical location. I feel like the fact that they exist in close proximity to their customers who can put hands on them gives them a little extra incentive to not do corrupt bullshit.

Compared to Apple fees, that fee is actually managable. It’s a one-time thing.

I don’t care if it’s a nickel. It’s bullshit. It’s one of many reasons people avoid apple products.

On a side note, if they want to restrict users from sideloading apps, fine!

Also no.

Yes, that is what the wrench is for…

I use a password manager in my personal life but my job doesn’t allow it so I have to keep the 10 or so passwords I have for various vendor sites in my notes. All my passwords are the same thing with slight variations to meet the different asinine password policies the different sites use. It’s fucking stupid but I don’t care if they’re not going to give me a good way to keep all this shit straight.

Just steal a bunch of their files on the way out so you have a head start.

Good. Competition is good for the consumer.

Also, only the main screen time and date button actually pulls the calendar up. That works on all screens in Win 10. It’s incredibly annoying