Not at all. Bought and promptly returned an iPad last year when I realized they were going to force me to see ads with their safari wrapper for every 'browser alternative.'

Great ecosystem for my aging parents, but not for me.

I didn't have any issues. Running FF w/ UblockO and Privacy Badger.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

How do you even find out about these types of votes? Other than state/federal voting every two years, I wasn't aware there were more times to cast a vote locally.

Do you feel the same way about restrictions to gambling and drug access? Why not just let the parents parent.

A stronger solution is a combination of both approaches.

Economy of scale. By the time it gets sorted and on a truck, 100 miles is roughly the same cost as 1000.

In the US, we often don't have options (by design). Be it ISP, grocery, electric, healthcare, etc. Many times the option is just two of the same type of monolith.

Why does vouching require a certain threshold of accountability to perform but reporting can be done by anyone?

The way it's been presented in other threads is that the narrow beam makes it quite difficult to jam at scale.

You are valuing different things than someone else. Neither way is more or less marketed to, just different segments of the same market (people who wear shoes).

True, but I was replying to the linked article that implied that NB recent resurgence in popularity was due to their new marketing strategy. A fun thought exercise: Which comes first, social trends that generate market demand, followed by marketing tactics catered to those trends. Or marketing projects that that influence social trends, creating market demand? At the root of consumer demand is generally a unique mix of status, social signals, and aesthetics, but also base utility and functionality.