They put up cameras to detect phone and seatbelt offences here in Queensland a couple of years ago. It's been quite lucrative for the state.
Almacca
Hi from Australia! It's alright.
At least they're not over-reacting.
Stop giving them ideas, The Onion!
Caterham. I don't aim high, but it's just a pure driver's car.
I'm sure he'll get dozens of votes.
If you are looking at it that way, you should not buy any game with an online component.
Way ahead of you. I generally avoid games that make me rely on other people for my fun anyway.
That said, hypothetically, I still might 'buy' (i.e. lease) a game even if I know that it'll be shut down eventually. It depends on the game. I even bought into the early access for Assetto Corsa Evo, although I am slightly uncomfortable that I don't know what the EOL plan is for that. At least it has an offline mode built in.
When it comes to good advice, I'm full of it.
I'm getting real Clive Palmer vibes from this.
It's also probably because I don't frequent whatever site that was posted on.
I used to enjoy the 'Funniest Posts on Twitter' lists I'd see on Facebook sometimes, but not enough to actually go to the site myself and wade through the crap to find them, and then it became X and I stopped seeing them altogether, and then Facebook became so insufferable that I deleted that as well. This is as close at I get to social media these days.
"... curtail developer choice" - This from a bunch of people for whom the term 'executive meddling' was created.