This sounds like the company from Cory Doctorow’s most recent novel, Picks & Shovels

Let’s delve into the issue

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.“

In the US it’s usually euphemised under ‘loitering’ or ‘vagrancy’ or some such rubbish

an American publication

According to Wikipedia, its mostly written and edited in London, and was started in Britain in the 1800s (to raise support for abolishing import tariffs in fact)

This is the premise of Tom Maughan’s short story “Flyover Country”

This Steam?

Yes, it’s called Loops, though it’s still in development.

And you still act like you’re in freshman year

Close: you do get banned from their supercharger network if you try to repair your own car

Nobody said they’re more evil? The point is they’re still bad and the solution isn’t “pay a little for family farmed” (both for animal welfare and environmental reason)

Death is still painful and premature death years before it would have occurred is still very bad for animals

“[Generative AI] is the leaded gasoline of tech, where the boost to engine performance didn’t outweigh the horrific health impacts it inflicted.”

I love Ed so much.

Have had some success just by reloading the page when I get this message

Steve Jobs is already in hell though, he ain’t getting your money either way

Talk about hidden figures…

Smuggling