What are they for then

Bypassing paywalls? It actually seems like they've got accounts at many paywalled sites. Shorter term archiving?

Given the unclear ownership situation, it makes sense not to rely on them for anything long term. They could disappear tomorrow.

Prone to earthquake yes. Tsunami no

Yeah it should just be called import tax.

For consumers, the risk of fraud is bear by the bank, not you, because you're spending the bank's money instead of yours. For banks, they make money through interests from the customers that don't pay off the bill each month.

They make more of their money from transaction fees and selling transaction data. The interest is a nice bonus.

I believe you mis remembered it. He didn't rule out military intervention.

In an interview reported by Reuters, he said he’d impose 150%–200% tariffs if China “went into Taiwan,” and when asked about using military force against a blockade he said it “would not come to that” because Xi “respects me” and knows he’s “crazy.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-would-impose-tar...

This isnt about soft power. Taiwan's location is too important for the US to not intervene in some way.

Not direct numbers. But you can see r/BuyFromEU has 795K Weekly visitors. That is A LOT. In comparison, r/OpenAI has 676K Weekly visitors and r/webdev has 691K Weekly visitors.

The thing is none of the alternatives provides as smooth playback as youtube.

I would like to see dashcam video

I did not make the association at all