Economist George Akerlof explains the role of warranties in establishing customer confidence in his paper The Market for Lemons.
Keep in mind “lifetime warranty” often ends up being “lifetime of the company”, not yours. The Lindy Effect is relevant here.
But iOS is 87% and rising for US teenagers, which explains iMessage being the dominant messaging platform in the US.
I think he is probably bipolar and refusing to take meds for what is nowadays an often treatable condition.
And they never bothered to free his mother Shmi
If he is, then it will be almost as great a service to humanity as killing the internal combustion engine.
Amazon's core business is AWS, which is worth more than 60% of the market cap. Amazon's advertising business generates half the profits of AWS and has even faster growth, so should be worth 30% of Amazon's market cap. The only conclusion is that Wall Street considers Amazon's e-commerce to be nearly worthless other than as a loss-leader for Ads, and it should thus not be considered their "core business".
A more immediate form of protest: I canceled my Premium membership.
It’s beyond parody at this stage.