> Those two countries have far worse inequality than most countries in Europe
There is inequality because they have more super rich people, whereas in Europe there is less inequality but everyone is poorer. This is why inequality is a pointless argument.
> There is inequality because they have more super rich people
Not quite, they also have more poor people to a scale that doesn't exist in many countries in Europe.
A consequence of having more poor people: strain on the healthcare and justice systems (relatively more acutely ill people, relatively more people committing crime) and bad educational outcomes (poor people tend to score lower).
A consequence of having more rich people: democratic processes are regularly under pressure due to the influence of rich people trying to make more favourable processes. Government institutions getting swayed by money from these rich people in exchange for preferable treatment.
Math culture optimized for thinking skills of proof-based understanding. Funding and education partly determined too. 3blue1brown did an analysis recently.
> - They give out free games every week. Sometimes they are AAA games like Hogwarts Legacy
That a sizeable chunk of people still buy on Steam because the experience of using the Epic Games Launcher is so abysmal[0]. And I mean the experience that isn't just fixed by a fresh coat of paint, you actually need features added to fix all the interesting missing stuff from Steam.
Also, I don't think I trust anything vibecoded with my credit card/paypal/.
> - They give out free games every week. Sometimes they are AAA games like Hogwarts Legacy
Doesn't it tell you something that people refuse to use the platform even when bribed with free games? People are actively choosing to pay their competitors for games that they can get for free instead. Pretty much no one I know that plays PC games has ever even bothered claiming any of those free games, and if they do they'll add it as a non-Steam game in Steam instead lmao
Google One - Pro tier. I have it via Lenny's Product Pass which, imo, is a much better deal since it includes Cursor Pro, Granola, and like dozens of other paid sub tiers: https://www.lennysproductpass.com/
I use the hell out of both. Kind of sad that they took Spark out of beta-access, being able to orchestrate via your phone on something that has direct access to your Drive meant I was authoring skills and other functionality on a schedule with spreadsheets serving as databases, deterministic tests, etc.
Remembering the horror stories about lost Google accounts, I would be comfortable paying the next lower tier (100 GB) because I can backup everything myself, but not the 5TB plan, I'm sure I'll lose something if the account is lost. Hopefully these plans guarantee a human in the tech support loop.
Yeah, very true. I need to set up a recurring backup-to-external-HD automation for it. It's vanishingly easy with the app and I don't doubt they're training on all the data itself.
Google AI pro in the USA, if you have Verizon wireless it’s $10 a month add on. Without Verizon it’s $20 a month I believe. You can also share most of the benefits with up to 5? People.
There is inequality because they have more super rich people, whereas in Europe there is less inequality but everyone is poorer. This is why inequality is a pointless argument.