Considering the range of bluetooth this will be a very niche product. In Favelas, in red light districts, on ships at high seas, on really remote camping trips. Things like that.

A company avoiding trying to sell to scalpers isn't necessarily anti-free market.

For lots of companies "customer service" is part of the product they sell. And always having inventory ready is part of the "customer service".

So that's my devils advocate answer.

No. That's irrelevant. AI advances at breakneck speed - soon it will be good enough to dupe everyone. Yes, including you and me too.

E.g. the story he mentioned in the beginning of "Karoline Leavitt vs Judge" and then arguing if the same story did happen but actually it was with Pam Bondi ...

It sounds uncannily exactly like urban legends from back in the day

What John Oliver fails to mention is that this is basically just a return to how things used to be.

In the 90s cameras did exist but few people carried them around every day. This void was filled by urban legend stories. Not unlike the stories mentioned here.

yes i do. Irony poisoning everything doesn't seem healthy.

bonus about the topic:

Low quality.

Low quality everywhere. At work. When I buy stuff as a consumer. Everywhere.

At work I am annoyed how few people really strive for excellence, most people just want to pass time and survive. Few people really want to find solutions, make solutions that are resilient, have longevity, and want to genuinely help and excite customers.

As a consumer I often see myself not buying anything at all (which is good too) or only going for the very high end flagship stuff. What irritates me the most here are people who say they "buy less but only high quality" and then not fucking buy high quality.

this is huge. I wouldn't call it VMs tho

No. 3 languages is not at all uncommon in Europe. Basically mother tongue + one foreign language + English as lingua franca.

I wouldn't be so sure if the states that manufacture the most now would be the states that benefit the most from "made in america". An example here would be Boeing making lots of stuff in Washington State. They already make lots of stuff in the US.