AwesomeLowlander

we actually paid for something and got the full product

That's generally not online platforms, though. For obvious reasons, those have ongoing operating costs

ITT: OP just wants to vent, now he literally has homework instead.

Do you have a better alternative, you lemming?

What makes you think he's an idiot as opposed to lying through his teeth?

- 'It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it'

I hope she actually liked the outfit. She looks kinda uncertain

Really shitty scaremongering article. I'd like to know how exactly increased investment in fusion could potentially make it unsuitable for public use, as the article claims?

For all intents and purposes, (...) as close to a real person as technology can create.

Again, I point you towards video games and how they got blamed for violence. You could have used the same statement about them 20 years ago.

The biggest danger with allowing people to do whatever they want to a sex bot is that it has the possibility to encourage dangerous behavior in some people to the point where they are comfortable doing it to a real person.

This tired old argument gets trotted out with every new technology and hobby. D&D, Video games, VR, etc etc.

The current global population growth rate is unsustainable.

That's a myth. The current global population growth rate is dropping precipitously and is expected to hit negative rates within this century. The fertility rate per woman is at 2.3, from a peak of 5.3 in the 60s. That's barely above replacement level. At current trends we'll be at replacement level in a couple decades.

An NPC in a game has intelligence

By what definition of the word? Most dictionaries define it as some variant of 'the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.'

None of those reasons apply to electric cars, though. What's their stance on that?

Aren't there already records of all your border crossings? I don't see the difference, what am I missing?