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What an interesting year. This has to be the 4th or 5th large tech-centric company that's
Just like every other company that's done this, the backtrack is likely meant to appease the consumers before the policy gets re-introduced later. Perhaps with slightly different wording.
This is what libertarians call innovation.
I'm so, so tired of them, tbh.
The back tracking isn't even a reversal. They just said they were going to keep the charges but try to reduce the impact of "install bombing".