If you are running server workloads at scale, I'd agree. I don't consider the CPU cycles on my phone that precious though. If a game (or anything else) runs on it that would not otherwise run who am I to complain?

I'm very happy I was able to code that shit out on my car. I have my doubts too but if we are wrong the worst that will happen is my starter will last forever.

The world is filled with people selling predictions. Don't confuse simply pointing out the graft with caring.

Back to my point, all the money being made in this scenario seems to be from selling predictions, not using them.

Indeed it is all about the granularity. That's the difference between making money from the usefulness of your predictions rather than just making money convincing others your predictions are useful.

I'm sorry about your mother-in-law, but regardless, everybody dies eventually, while cancer definitely narrows the scope of that prediction. Doctors will often give patients some range of assumed life expectancy based on their condition. If these folks can say flooding is likely in 3 years or 10 years that is useful. OTOH if they say it may be more likely to flood one day that is as useful as knowing everybody dies. I would not pay for that.

You know that is not what I meant and that level of insight hardly seems worth paying for. Useful predictions in this case necessarily go beyond the obvious.

You can make an absolute shit ton of money. But you can't. And neither can they.

You live in a country where people sue after spilling their coffee. It is apparently always someone else's fault.

In the overall scheme of things the entertainment industry is not that big, and approximately nobody else will appreciate being rushed.

Is what still a thing?

Napster is just a fond memory, but now I can torrent whole albums at 24/192 in seconds on my gigabit connection (though I actually only get a couple hundred Mb/s through my VPN service). I can usually find copies of the movies I download at 2160p. Yeah, it's a thing alright.

Fortunately for them their workarounds will be pretty plug and play courtesy of their peers that do. It's not like they are going to have to figure things out on their own.

Yeah I know people who do also. Phones are capable enough nowadays that seems totally reasonable for most people. I'm the opposite and probably have way more computers than most people, but its still great to have that choice.

It's not just my login button but all of Windows is completely missing!

Kids will work around the tech no matter whose tech it is. You can't legislate an impossible task.

Sure. Works for piracy LOL.

No I expect whatever coding the law elicits be easily circumvented and largely ineffective for it's stated purpose.