With old games, it was a case of the quality of processing and speed of processing on consumer grade devices. Look at Toy Story, released in the 90s. It looks dated and less well animated than a current video game. Each frame took hours to process and a current video game does it on the fly.

Analogue sound can and has been recorded for many decades. The mp3 codec existed in the 90s as did other formats. Recording high quality video and sound was very doable. Mixing was less easy than now, but still possible. Images could also be stored lossless. Video was broadcast at low definition. Many of the recording were only made in that low definition format. That’s why old video looks dated. Some were recorded in better quality for the dvd or bluray market. They appear better.

Don’t worry. There has been no indication he wants any land outside US territory. Except the 3 he’s mentioned in his first month. Including Canada of course.

Yes, but the expectation that prices go down when inflation is controlled is not correct. Inflation under control is just rises that are small. We also don’t want inflation, or the economy is pretty screwed.

I think it’s a mix of symbols as we’ve seen all this before. Some is nazi symbolism, some communist, some authoritarian.

Or, just place the onus on the platform to comply or they get cut off.

I think the problem is more with the concept that these companies are “platforms” instead of shops. So the sellers on them are individual businesses. Both the marketplace a d the seller should be held liable.

It’s similar to uber or Deliveroo. They pretend that the real business owner is the minimum wage slave that consents to their contracts.

It’s all a sham and the fact that all these companies can skirt employment, tax, import, safety standards etc is a complete joke and an abdication of responsibility by the authorities that should be protecting people.

Not really. Ireland would be annoyed to be included.