Donut417

Sounds like a case of someone who doesn't give a fuck because lets be honest, Best Buy doesn't pay enough for people to care.

Who decides what common decency is? That definition can change person to person, based on moral, ethics and religion.

Cant speak for Pennsylvania. But here in Michigan roads are generally under county or local government control. Meaning the county or the local government has to maintain the road. Local governments especially out in the suburbs dont have the financial ability to maintain roads like that. A town south of where I live had to shut a bridge down for a few years before they could replace it. I know that we had residence complaining about roads in their neighborhood and the city basically said we can put the issue on the ballot to see if we can get funding. Promptly it was voted down. 40% to 60% of our residence are retired and poor, so they cant afford more property taxes.

A lot of older people just dont have the confidence when it comes to tech.

Well LEGALLY a publicly trade company is required to do what the shareholders say. Why? Because Stock = Equity which means the Investors your talking about are the ones who OWN Apple. So Apple LEGALLY has to do what the "Owners" of the business want them to do. The only time this doesn't apply is when a company is private. The only way Apple would not be as beholden to shareholders is if Congress changed the laws. But its hard to get anything thru the old folks home theses days. Plus I think everyone is more worried about how they are going to fix the issue with the port of Baltimore and the missing bridge.

Yeah not everyone has an state ID, especially at that age. What are you suppose to do? Place the ID on a fucking scanner and send them a picture? ID's can be faked. So even then they have no way of knowing if its valid.

While I do agree Social Media is a cesspool that should be burned down with fire. I just dont see how they are going to enforce this. The current age verification standards I have seen used on the Net are based on the honor system. Its kinda hard to check ID's on the internet.

Call Telus and find out. Here in the US Ive seen Fiber deployed two ways. Either they provide a Combo ONT/Router and its one box and you have to use theirs. OR they provide a standard ONT with the option to rent/buy a router and of course you can use your own.

Let me put things in to perspective. I have $47,000 in Federal Loans currently. I have an associates and bachelors degree, I dont use either. As a person part of the generation of "You need collage or you wont succeed in life". Im trying to let the OP know they need to know what they are getting in to. When I went to community collage, we didnt have the states providing shit. Financial AID said my parents made too much money and Id have to pay out of pocket. Not everyone gets scholarships which is where the loans come in. Community collage is great, but associates degrees dont mean much in today's world. Many companies want a bachelors at least. Part time jobs dont pay enough.

Collage is becoming less necessary in some fields. Companies rather have real world experience. Even with community college, you may still have to take out loans. As someone who has student loan debt, unless you are going to be a doctor or something that pays, its not worth it. For reference the current student loan debt in the US is $1.727 Trillion according to Google. With a majority being Federal Loans like I have.

I have visited the state of Colorado. One thing I will caution you, you need money to live out there. Its not cheap. My advice would be look at living expenses. Second piece of advice, try not to take too many student loans if you can help it. Cause student loan debt is no joke.

Regardless where you are located in the US, if you live in a rural area you are screwed. DSL, Satellite and LTE/5G are the only options generally. Without knowing specifics of where you are located we can’t determine what providers are in the area. For example I live near Detroit Metro Airport and the only wired provider that services our address is Comcast. So our only other option is T Mobile cellular internet as they are the only cellular provider who offers home internet to our address. Then there is satellite providers.

Take it you have an electric hot water heater. We have gas. Gas Water heater, gas stove, dryer and furnace. Natural gas is a lot cheaper than electricity. In the case of the stove and water heater can be used without electricity.

And what happened? Microsoft remained whole. The process failed. The last time they were "Successful" was with the Ma Bell.

The DOJ only has jurisdiction in the US's borders. They are not going to look at the Globalness of Apple because that doesn't mean jack shit to them. There job is to ensure the laws of the United States are being followed within the borders of the United States. The DOJ doesn't give a shit what Huawei is doing in China because the DOJ doesn't have power in China. If the DOJ feels that Apple is a monopoly then they have the legal right and by law are required to act. Also at the end of the day Apple will get its day in court. To be honest, the DOJ has a shit track record with monopoly cases. In my OPINION this is a political ploy at most. Its an election year. Each side has to do things to get votes. The last time I recall Anti Trust laws in the US actually working on a major company was in the 1980's when the Ma Bell was broken up. So again I dont really think Apple has much to worry about.

Well there is always a first person on the chopping block and its Apple. The DOJ doesnt have a good track record when it comes to enforcing anti trust cases as far as I can remember. So they are testing the waters with Apple. If successful they might go after the companies you have mentioned and more. OR this could just be a political stunt by the current administration to gain voters. Only time will tell. Yes, but A) Apple is an American company. B) Countries have full power to enforce laws within their borders and people/ companies are required to follow such laws. As a American I can tell you the color of the bubble means jack shit to me. I dont really distinguish between iMessage and Texting, both provide me with text responses. Granted iMessage might offer more features but I probably dont use any of those. The big reason I think people in the US use Apple is because they like the product and features. I mean I can get a messages and calls on my Macbook. They have 5+ years worth of support on their devices. That being said, things are not all sunshine and rainbows in the Apple world. It all comes down to personal preference.

To add on to this, way back in the day, too many years to count, when I was in community college. I got Windows XP Pro 32bit and 64 bit for $28.

We do use third part messaging apps. I use Facebook Messenger and Discord regularly. But there's this thing called personal preference. People prefer texting. Also some people just want something that works. texting just works.

And? DTE has raised our rates twice. Why? Because the governor got on their ass about extended outages. So now they are fixing the grid, which can’t be done for free. There are ways to reduce electricity usage, maybe look in to some.

Except power providers are legal monopolies. They generally are beholden to government oversight and regulation. For example our power provider has to beg the government if it wants to raise rates.

What you probably have a a Docsis Gateway (modem/Router). There are tons of Docsis modems on the market. The issue is they need to be supported by your ISP. As an alternative many of these combo boxes can be put in to bridge mode, if the ISP allows and basically it turns the router part off and just makes it in to a modem, then you can just buy a standard router, if all your looking to do is have a better router/WiFi setup. I have a CM1000v2 as my modem and a Synology RT2600AC as my router.

Most people don’t realize that 4 or 5 companies own all the food brands.

You live in BFE so your options are limited. Satellite, Cellular and DSL are likely your only options. Outside moving to civilization.