That doesn’t make sense when they backed the one in California but only didn’t back this one because it would allow consumers to go outside of their repair system.

Of course they want you to use their shops. That way they can charge whatever price they want.

It’s the same reason McDonald’s ice cream machines are always down.

If they don’t rectify your problem the company wins and they might get a promotion.

You’ve got jack shit without a union.

Not even real money, tech bro phantom bullshit.

With ads being put on the videos now it’s definitely not worth it.

Good to see more people are understanding how anti-consumer our digital distribution laws are. Sucks they had to find out this way, but people have been warning of this for years.

I did look at that and I wanted to try it out, but they don’t even have a free trial, which is unfortunate. Part of the reason I used duolingo was because I am hoping to get the basics for free so I can see if I’m actually learning.

I have some gaming friends over there that I want to visit, so I might this year!

Good to know, also been learning Dutch and was hoping to make a switch

Absolutely agree. Connect has come a long way since I left reddit when RIF died.

And California. There’s a few reasons why a company as big as State Farm (the largest home insurer in the state) stopped writing new home policies there, largely the natural disaster risk.

https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/05/state-farm-california-insurance/

Skyrocketing insurance is already on the way. Places that don’t outright lose access to insurers will continue to see massive increases over the next decade. US Insurers will all be following suit soon. Property insurance got killed last year and is already getting hit hard this year.

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2023/07/20/731434.htm

I love those books. Good to know I won’t have to watch the show.