What’s the point of the Switch 2? It seems like it’ll only have a small handful of exclusives that’ll cost maybe $1,000… that seems crazy expensive for like.4 games.
The "point" is that more exclusive games will be developed for it over its lifetime, which will last a lot longer than the year of release. You can point to many consoles throughout history and ask "wHaTs tHe PoInT???" based on their launch titles.
But it’s also not just “what happens in Victoria”. The linked review shows the official national Facebook page for the party
Yeah that's a fair point, I did miss that those comments were made on the national page. In line with my argument, I would say that the social media accounts for a micro-party are not necessarily as reliable as those of larger parties and are more prone to individual influence. You can see in one of the screenshots in the article at the top of this comment chain that whoever was operating the Twitter account at the time was actually out of touch with decisions that had been about HTV cards in one electorate. To me, the whole fiasco looks a lot more like the usual micro-party clusterfuck where you have too many different competing egos and influences, leading to a disorganised and poorly communicated mess. I wouldn't definitively state that it's evidence of some party-wide shift to the right, like some in this thread are claiming. But I can see why voters on the left would steer clear of Fusion at this election, particularly when there are some more stable and cohesive left-wing micro-parties like the AJP running in the same electorates.
Again, you are missing the point if you assume that what happens in VIctoria has any connection to what is happening in other states. You are vastly overestimating how organised party politics is at this level, it is much more about powerful and loud individuals making acting on behalf of everyone else (often without even informing them) than it is about collaborative decision making. People are often there for their own selfish reasons, that's why these micro-parties tend to implode and have loads of weird drama that you just don't see in larger parties. I very much doubt my SA candidates are even aware of the preference deal controversy happening over there.
Using major parties like Labor, or even popular third parties like The Greens, as an example misses the point. The reason they are more trustworthy is because their candidates are screened more intensely. There is a much stronger connection between the party and the candidate, and the actions of one can often be an insight into the other.
On the other hand, it is quite normal for micro-parties to be a confusing clusterfuck, and for that reason you can't assume a local candidate is good or bad based on how the broader party is operating in other areas. Micro-parties are not organisations/institutions in the same way as larger parties, they are ultimately just collections of individuals who share some kind of common sentiment and that makes them much more volatile.
Again, I don't necessarily agree with that last part because every candidate and branch may (or may not) be different. Frankly, I don't really care who is being preferenced in Victoria when I'm voting in South Australia. But yes, I absolutely agree that Fusion as a concept has a major issue in that it's values and policy positions are so broad that it makes it very difficult for me as a voter to determine which aspects of the party platform are core, where influence lies and why my candidate is running under the party banner. I like a lot about Fusion but I expect that I'm actually a minority in that regard and that people are probably more likely to be attracted by specific elements of the party, which is a problem for stability and transparency. I am fortunate to have a lower house Fusion candidate in my seat but I can't preference him above The Greens guy because it's not at all clear why he is running or what he stands for.
This is only from Victoria, it doesn't mean necessarily mean that your local candidate or branch is the same (depending on where you live). Fusion is a micro party that attracts a very wide range of people, so I don't think painting them all with the same brush is a particularly smart or helpful thing to do.
The irony is that some on the left also think Speers and the ABC are biased against their side of politics.
HMD are doing everything better than fair phone now with their latest models.
How much are the factory workers paid? Where are the raw materials sourced? What percentage is recycled? What work is HMD doing to change the industry?
Better to get an older phone and hold onto it.
That's sort of how they've marketed their phones over the years. Fairphone exists as a fairer alternative to brand new phones, but the company has always been quite clear that the most environmentally friendly phone you have is your current one and that you should keep it for as long as realistically possible.
Do you really think they'll make one?
im still not sure the whole business thing is a just a greenwashing scam or not.
What does "greenwashing" actually mean to you? None of your criticisms are related to the environment.
Okay, so you're asking what the point is in buying it at launch...in which case I'd agree. The same could be said for many consoles throughout history, and particularly for Nintendo consoles which are always primarily about the games.