Yeah no. If an artist doesn't like Spotify, we wont listen to their music.

If you were to tax AI, then AI will simply move to a country in which it is not taxed and you will be left behind without the productivity improvements it brings.

Uber and taxis are not the same product. Taxis stink, the drivers are rude, they aren't clean, the fee isn't set in advance and they often scam you with long routes. Completely different.

Nobody in their right mind believes that they can buy a movie (not a licence) for $20 when the movie costs $100m to produce.

When you buy a CD, it is still a licence even in the US. Can you copy it a million times and sell copies? No. It's not yours.

Every time anyone "buys" a movie they are buying a licence. When you buy a DVD or a VHS, that is a licence. If you want to buy the movie not a licence, you would have to pay millions of dollars.

Fair use doesn't require that the use be non commercial.

Okay if you must just charge risk premiums appropriate for the level of risk. That doesn't kill anyone else.

You would prefer to put others at unnecessary risk of death? What makes you think you have that right?

I took a Waymo in SF earlier this week. They definitely keep up with traffic.

If they are safer than human drivers, then why shouldn't human drivers eventually be banned?

It was never a reasonable commission even for apps sold in their store.

Well it is making everyone's lives worse.

Only for debt.

A fair tax would be everyone paying the same amount, perhaps $1000/month, and no other taxes.