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.

Yes. It was unrelated to the relationship though. The result is that most of my random aches and pains are gone. I can do a lot of strength related things I used to have to ask for help with, and I look great when I take my shirt off.

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.

Nah, our thing is already in progress. We’re not just hoarding shit for a hypothetical future scenario.

No you still can log into banned accounts. Just can’t participate.

Yeah I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when I talk to them a lot of the time. Seems like most people I know are similar to varying degrees too. It’s depressing.

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.

If they’re anything like mine they squandered it on expensive shit they didn’t need. Mine even sold their nice old house to have a new smaller one built in a cramped housing development with an HOA and they broke even. I don’t know wtf they were thinking.

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.

I had a rechargable battery pack for mine back in the 90s.

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

They aren’t going to provide for people’s basic needs after the robots take their jobs. They’re going to keep the excess productivity for themselves. Just as they’ve always done. The only way that changes is by force, and by the time people get desperate enough for that they’ll have an army of robots at their disposal. We need to tackle that capitalist problem before we get to the point automation taking all the jobs.

Elon’s bullshit isn’t going to be that point though.