Tvkan

If someone hires a former Facebook employee to work on their social network, is that patent infringement?

No. If that employee then implements features that FB has patented? Probably yes.

I know it's a pain, but what's to stop us from using download-clis?

The answer is right there.

You still have a contract. But I get that it may not be worth the trouble.

This of course depends on your jurisdiction and how much time you're willing to put into this, but I'd refuse to pay for shipping either way.

You have a contract with the company, and they didn't fulfil it, that's on them. They can't just send you a defective product and make you pay for (part of) it.

I use bxactions to control play/pause (single tap), flashlight (hold when screen is locked) and auto rotation (hold when screen is on). No custom ROMs or root needed, just a quick abd command that comes with the app and disables bixby.

Scholly D - Gucci Time (1986)

Also, I live in the US,

The first paragraph made that clear.

I don't think they researched this decision.

Who?

The new owners? They're interested in the high rankings on the playstore. The vast majority of people don't care about bloat/privacy and install whatever is at the top of search results.

The original developers? I'm sure it worked out for them.

1. It's page one, so I don't think this is a selected subset.

2. This is just the people playing right now, and only people playing on steam. This doesn't show all of the people who bought the game or are playing on console.

3. Obviously none of the gaming boycotts have worked, and we're both putting way too much thought into one image.

Acknowledging the causes for crime isn't defending criminals. You will not be able to condemn these effects away.