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There are plenty of people filing individual cases as well alleging liability under product liability law.

The sheer volume of those cases could possibly cause major financial issues for the company even if each one costs only a relatively small amount.

The short, general summary of these cases is that under US consumer protection law, the maker of a product is strictly liable for injuries and damages caused by the defective design of that product. An example in ordinary circumstances is that a farmer who uses an herbicide that contains a toxic chemical, and then later develops cancer as a result of exposure to that chemical, can claim compensation from the manufacturer under product liability law. This is what drove the chemical company Monsanto (maker of Roundup) into bankruptcy facing billions in product liability claims.

So a teenager who uses Facebook and then develops mental disorders as a result of that use, has a personal injury claim against Meta.

Even if each individual case is only worth around $20,000 to $50,000, Facebook has hundreds of millions of users in the US, of which possibly hundreds of thousands of people could have a valid claim under this legal theory. And many people could claim a great deal more in compensation. If a person uses Facebook, becomes addicted, gets depression as a result, and then commits suicide, that is potentially a wrongful death claim worth hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Ambulance chasers to the rescue!

It's about 2% of their annual net revenue per year for ten years. Hardly much of a punishment.

I'm not a big fan of Steve Bannon, but I think what he said about political power is among the truest things ever said about modern politics. These big corporations, they're not so tough. The big law firms? They're not so tough. But the state can be tough. They're all gutless cowards at the end of the day that would crumble if even a fraction of the power available was displayed. If one truly takes power and exercises it, that would become apparent. Trying to play nice gets you nothing but lip service and pocket change.

I wrote this comment on a $150 phone which for all the purposes that I use it for, performs exactly as well as an $800 iPhone.

I definitely think Google is guilty of what the Commission has accused them of here, but I also can't help but think: if pre-installing Google Search and Chrome are anti-competitive, why is Apple not guilty of the same thing? In fact, I'd argue that Apple is ten times worse in this regard because you actually can't use any browser but Safari on iOS (all other browser apps are actually just re-skins of Safari under the hood). Does being a vertically-integrated company excuse such behaviour?

I didn't say I use Windows. I only said that 7-Zip is the best archiving software available for it.

Unlike 7-Zip, which is actually free and also open-source as well

7-Zip is by far the best archiving software on Windows

Well, I'm not saying that they're only remembered for the good things. But you've almost certainly heard about the good things that Ford's done as well. What notable good thing will Elon be known for? I can't think of anything at all.

On the backup line you can subscribe to the cheapest data-only plan for like $5 a month and then just add $20 worth of pay-as-you-go credit, which never expires and will be used for calls, at 1 cent per minute.

It will save you $5 a month on the backup phone plan, making it even cheaper.

Let's see what the great American magnates of the past are remembered for:

• Henry Ford was remembered for selling his cars at a low enough price and paying his workers a high enough wage that they could easily afford to buy the cars they made.
• Andrew Carnegie was known for paying for the construction of a library in every town.
• J. P. Morgan was known for bailing out the economy of New York using his personal wealth and influence when the Federal Reserve did not yet exist.

All these men were also known as ruthless barons of industry who stamped out those who opposed them without second thought, but at least they also did a fair bit of good to at least try to offset their ills. Elon is just openly a horrible person. History will not be kind to his memory.

If you spend US$3,000 on the Steam Machine your brain must be made of tofu.

Fun fact, Reddit users probably had a hand in this.

A: gets scammed by company

B: You're so stupid, you should have known that company was going to scam you.