A) Fuck Amazon B) Fuck the US C) The deals are absolutely terrible, why the fuck would it encourage me to buy anything?
Nobody said anything about removing them from police. I have no problem with police being armed.
It is technically possible to make every other gun illegal and force people to dispose of them. Again it's unrealistic but its not impossible.
It's also possible to eliminate all commercial ammo availability, and even most home production (by banning the sale of powder for reloading). Home powder products are inferior, and potentially even dangerous. Safe and functional casings are also extremely difficult to produce.
Would people try to get around these restrictions? Sure, but it would still dramatically reduce gun use.
Japan says otherwise. Gun crime is practically non-existent, despite a population of over a hundred million people.
It's unrealistic to apply this to the US given how many guns already exist, but it's not actually impossible.
If you can get a gun to protect yourself, criminals are easily going to have guns too.
Simpler all around if nobody has guns.
Or, at the very least nobody should have a handgun. A full length rifle or shotgun is a lot harder to conceal when you are using it for nefarious purposes.
"more leisure time"
That's not the only metric you should be looking at. In fact it's a pretty terrible metric.
The same things were/are said about the internet itself, and here you are typing into a webpage.
You aren't just fearmongering, but you are fearmongering.
When hating becomes a team sport, it's a serious problem. There are benefits and negatives to this technology, like with most things, and anyone who can't recognize that is a complete moron.
The industrial revolution only led to a Tenuous benefit... lol.
You are glossing over the fact that "who's hurt by it" ignores the future potential benefits.
Not having an industrial revolution would have hurt a lot of people too, condemning millions or billions to the limited quality of life that existed before it. No modern medicine, no modern amenities, just 90% of the population subsistence farming.
Allowing light or limited plans means that they don't have the revenue to cover the costs.
The actual usage on the network is functionally irrelevant at this point, providers don't save any money if people don't use their phones as much these days. It's almost all fixed costs which means that plans are essentially just fixed at this point too. Price points still exist only for advertising and marketing purposes, the companies are totally satisfied just getting everyone to a minimum value. The whole industry has just become a commodity but with 100% fixed costs.
It's not like they're raking in stupid profits either, TELUS only had a net income of around 5% of their revenue last year.
I found this, which lists their "first deploys"
https://pawpatrol.fandom.com/wiki/Skye/Appearances
https://pawpatrol.fandom.com/wiki/Chase/Appearances
each character has one, you could cross-reference for values