I think they're pretty different cases.
Amazon's one was essentially a side project for them, likely fully funded in-house using their R&D (research and development) budget.
In Nate's case, it was their entire product. They received funding from investors purely for the AI functionality that didn't actually exist or work. They specifically claimed that it did work, which is how they got the money. They spent all the investor money and had essentially nothing to show for it.
At least there's some competitors now, which could be used as drop-in replacements if Let's Encrypt were to disappear.
I suspect the vast majority of certificate authorities will implement the ACME protocol eventually, since the industry as a whole is moving towards certificates with shorter expiry times, meaning that automation will essentially be mandatory unless you like manually updating certs every 90-180 days.
They already factored in some amount of tariffs into the US price. It's not really that it's cheaper in Japan, but rather it's more expensive in the USA. It's also US$65 cheaper in Australia, for example, and even cheaper in the UK.
(keep in mind that advertised prices in Australia and the UK include tax, so you need to subtract the tax to compare with US prices)
The tariffs are just a lot higher than everyone expected. Nintendo were probably preparing for a 20% tariff, not a 54% one.
Maybe! I'm sure there's loopholes of some sort.
Are there any economies that are truly self-sufficient?
China is trying. I feel like at least some industries there would be fine even if the US collapses.
Check Usenet, or get a friend with a subscription to a Usenet indexer to search for you.
This is a rare case where a piece of consumer electronics is going to be quite a bit cheaper in Australia compared to the USA! Usually stuff costs more in Australia.
The Switch is currently US$450 and will probably go up with tariffs. Meanwhile, it's listed as AU$700 in Australia, which is AU$630 before tax (all advertised prices include tax), which is US$385.
I imagine this is going to happen for a lot of devices. I'm an Aussie living in the USA and I never thought I'd see the day when buying stuff in Australia would be cheaper. Australia has better consumer protection too, around things like repairs/refunds due to major issues even outside the warranty period.
Do you not like reading the truth?
Absolutely. The console is manufactured in Vietnam, which now has a 46% tariff. I really doubt that Nintendo's profit margin is high enough to allow them to just eat that cost.
the US will.
But there's a US$130,000 exemption (the "foreign earned income exclusion") and tax treaties with many countries, so not many people actually need to pay extra tax to the USA. Realistically, the only time you need to is if you earn more than US$130k and the country you live in has a lower tax rate than the USA.
What hurts much more is the "exit tax" when you leave the USA (as a green card holder after 7 years) or renounce your citizenship.
The drivers have gotten a lot better over the last few years, and Nvidia even have an official open-source driver now, but there's still issues with them. Wayland works very well now, but not perfectly (especially on GPUs with low VRAM).
If you're on Linux and are buying a new GPU, stick to AMD. Their driver is part of the Linux kernel, it's more stable, and it gets all the newest features first.
Just some parts of it. https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds