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Birds of a feather got to stick together.
Birds of a feather got to stick together.
My take is two fold: 1- Marketing over selling their product (common practice) 2- The “always listening” devices are mainly their Smart Remotes that have a microphone built in.
#2 Seems the most likely as is a device fully in their control and can pull as much ad marketing / information gathering details from it as they want.
Descent - really loved the immersive 3D world and gameplay.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_(video_game)
But I must have my CH Flightstick Pro to get the most out of the manuverability of the ships.
200-503 CH Products Flightstick Pro USB 4-Button Joystick 8-Way Hatswitch https://a.co/d/4DzrpAv
Of course I haven’t played it in 30 years so I might be a tad rusty now even if I have all the gaming upgrades. 😁
But a fine of only $5,500? It’s apparently profitable to be a BAD spy, too
My opinion: the fine should be AT LEAST 2x (if not 10x) what the bribes were. And not dismissible in bankruptcy.