It’s a little bit confusing, but from what I’ve read, the collective bargaining rights that they previously enjoyed were granted from the beginning by the agency’s administrator, so it follows that they can be revoked by the agency’s administrator in turn.

Here’s a 2011 NPR article covering when they were initially granted those rights.

As always, this is the danger in allowing such rules to be set by the executive branch instead of codified into law — when the next guy is in office, they can always easily undo it.

FYI: For those out of the loop like me, the headline is written somewhat ambiguously and actually means “free multiplayer features and Age features,” not that multiplayer isn’t included at launch.

That being said, according to the Civ website at launch “up to five players [will be] supported in the Antiquity & Exploration Ages, and up to eight players [will be] supported in the Modern Age.” One of the post-launch updates will expand that limit to 8 players throughout the game and another will add teams and hotseat to multiplayer.

Not sure why they’re not there at launch since they’ve been standard Civ features for years, but…

I feel like this is a euphemistic way of saying “we paid the ransom” without actually saying “we paid the ransom.”

I want to preface this by saying that I just wanted to share my own experience and point out that not everybody is in the same situation you’re in. You’re treating this like we’re having a debate, and I don’t really know why.

You skipped the last question. In 10 years or whatever, when you buy another new phone/laptop/literally any electronic device, you’ll be able to charge it with the same charger you already have and won’t have another one filling up your drawers like I do.

Well, maybe? Considering I only buy phones every 4 or so years, it’s not impossible by that point I’ll need an entirely different charger to get maximum charging speed. Either way, I currently only have the Steam Deck charger, so I’ll need to purchase some.

Also didn’t reply to the bit about having an actually good and useful charger.

We’re veering into the realm of the hypothetical since most phone manufacturers don’t include chargers any more, but certainly at least some manufacturers would include full speed chargers with their phones if that was still the trend. I know OnePlus already does, at least for some models?

…why do you need 2 chargers?

One for my desk, the other for my bedside. I could keep carrying them back and forth, but that’s a bit annoying, yeah?

Have you never owned a laptop before? Have you never owned a PD charging phone before?

Not really? I have an old as fuck laptop with a power brick, and previously owned a Pixel 4a, which does have PD, but only up to 18W.

I think I must be you, but from an alternate, worse reality, since I’m in the exact opposite scenario.

I recently purchased a Steam Deck and a little while after that, a new phone, and currently the Steam Deck charger is only fast charger I have in my home (since I didn’t really have any devices that required them before). This sucks, since now I need to purchase at least two USB-C PD adapters since I need two different chargers for the phone. Obviously this isn’t an insurmountable obstacle, but it definitely would’ve been nice to have at least one included with the phone.