strictnein

> So the Japanese manufacturers decided to make TVs that would not need repair

Not being able to repair something isn't the same as not needing repair. Had lots of CRT Sony TVs over the yeasr and they definitely had issues.

Big tech isn't being regulated? There's increasingly privacy related laws, both in the US and abroad, that directly affect them. How many times a year do we read about Big Tech being issued 9-10 figure fines? One could state that they're not regulated enough, but to say they're unregulated is just false.

> We used to regulate any minor thing that was annoying enough

Your example is a good reason why that approach was foolish.

> The ultimate boss at the CPS is just a lawyer, his boss is the Attorney General for England and Wales and the Attorney General (although also usually a lawyer) is a politician, typically an elected politician

Sounds exactly like how things work with Attorney Generals for the states and the feds, as well as with many county attorneys in the US, especially the larger ones.

The large, large majority of cases in the US are prosecuted by career lawyers, not elected officials.

> Americans elect far too many of these roles

This varies a lot by state, btw.

Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.

But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly.

You think instances of bad policing and prosecuting only happens in the US? For real?

Again, you're being presented with this article because it is an exceptional occurrence. If it wasn't, we wouldn't be discussing it.

"Rage Against the Machine? Let's do 9 figures of highly profitable revenue for a large multinational, that'll show them!" - Zakk DeLaRoche, probably

There's 330 million people here. You, being not from here, only find out about what's exceptional, not what's normal. This case made the news because of how bad it is. It this was common, it wouldn't have made the news.

> In the UK the vast majority of prosecutions are made by the Crown Prosecution Service. The CPS are civil servants and, unlike in the US where they elect the guy emptying the trash, the crossing guards and the receptionist, these are just career lawyers.

Where did you get the idea that what you're saying is accurate about the US?

In the US most prosecutors are not elected, they are also civil servants and career lawyers. Their boss, a County or State Attorney, typically is elected, but they rarely prosecute cases.

I've also never elected a garbage man, crossing guard, or a receptionist in my life, but I've only been voting for almost 30 years now. Maybe it'll come up soon.

Where is this place that has unregulated Capitalism?

The device you're currently using is worse than the equivalent model was 10 years ago?

Over 30 years ago my family spent an _extra_ $1000 (in ~1993 dollars) on a computer system to upgrade from a 15" CRT to a 17" and increase the RAM from 16MB to 32MB.

They've been used in San Fran and LA and other large markets for years now. In what way are they still "alpha testing"?

He needs to look in the mirror.