Basic EEE strategy (embrace, extend, extinguish). For example, take XMPP. It was a wonderful federated chat protocol. Google joined it with its Google Talk application. All was well. Until it wasn't. You see, Google added some "new features" that could be used only with the Google talk app and account. So people flocked to it. All is still well. But then google decides to close the gates - Google Talk is its own thing now and you can't talk to people on other servers or with other apps. Take what hapoened wit XMPP. Google embraces XMPP with Giogle Talk. Google add some shiny "new features" that are exclusive to Google Talk (extend). Google cuts off XMPP access to other domains other than the Google Talk domain, thus finishing the extinguish phase.

Just replace Google with Meta/Facebook/Zuckerberg, Google Talk with Threads and XMPP with ActivityPub/Mastodon/Lemmy and you can see how it could happen. The XMPP Wikipedia page has it covered very well, and there's a dedicated Embrace, extend, extinguish page on Wikipedia if you want to read more.

Yet Apple throws those phones out of warranty regardless of what caused the fault

Don't forget adjusting for inflation and real money being given back not some shitty gift card

But if it knows everything, it knows nothing. You cannot discern a lie from the truth. It'll spit something out and it may seem true, but is it really?

Don't you worry, the baby will grow in a few years and the cat overlord will have once again what was its to begin with

Bonus points if they are jaywalking because they have the right of way.

What does this even mean?

It'snot stealing, it's appropriating! /s

Not to mention 99% of sites being ad-ridden bullshit while serious responses on forums tend to be short, sweet and more educational than searching

Well, CD Projekt had the entire Cyberpunk launch fiasco and ID is now a part of Bethesda who basically ruined their IPs so I can see how you could lose respect for them

The code states that “male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes,”

Does this mean you can't have hair on the back of your head too? /s

I can't see how Unity increasing prices is anti-competitive. If anything, them going brainfuck with fees can only serve to open the market to new players. Also, I doubt they'll be able to make the fees retroactive, at least for games that won't get updated.

There's also a New Zeland, so that's nice