Bear in mind that your life expectancy is higher as you get older. E.g. the life expectancy for a 72 yr old is not 73, its higher. But I agree with the general point about an age cap.
The other element at play is that if the EU fines become so egregious that US companies pull out of offering certain products in the EU, then what would fill the vacuum? Answer: Chinese tech companies with CCP control - essentially building a direct pipeline of EU personal data that CCP can weaponize.
Honestly, these multibillion dollar fines from the EU against US tech companies always have an air of 'Since we don't really have a domestic tech industry, these judgements don't really set a precedence for domestic companies, therefore let's just systematically use fines to collect cash'. An extra tax for big US tech companies doing business in Europe. Is there some truth to this?
Or maybe the US is just too comfortable with being the home of multiple large criminal organizations? Said crime syndicates then actually get fined for committing crimes on countries with actual rule of law, unlike the oligarchic farce that is the US justice system.
Back in the aughts I thought Vice felt legitimately edgy, surprising, adventurous. Then, they realized they could get boatloads of money from 'traditional' media companies, that desperately wanted to look not-traditional and thats when the character changed IMO. Then numerous sexual misconduct cases, key leaders replaced, and it was dead.
It would really turn the energy around to cut the bloat, bring in Helgason as CEO w $1 salary but boatload of call options, have him explain a model that encourages indie devs while milking cash from gaming giants, and works towards a sustainable income statement for Unity.
My old high school friends put noisy exhaust systems on because the unrestricted systems promised to increase the hp of their 100hp honda civics by 5-10hp. BMW actually used to play fake engine noises through the speakers bc they were afraid the cars had become to quiet. Harley Davidsons whole reason for existence is to be noisy. Wankers everywhere.
In many major Chinese cities you literally cannot see the sun bc of air pollution. No major city in VN is this bad. Will it get worse? Maybe but I wouldn't necessarily expect it. VN people actually do get quite concerned about the quality of their food and, if air pollution started to become a visible problem, in places like HCMC, I doubt people (govt officials included) would be OK with that. The drive for money is hard but not quite as no-holds-barred as PRC.
