Yeah, they didn't overspend because they weren't an initial epicenter like NYC. By the time it hit them hard, they already had an idea of what worked and what was needed.

Maybe you got in and out easy because hundreds of thousands of people got theirs at Javits & other mass vax sites.

Maybe you should take an economics class then.

Sorry, I know, it wasn't really directed at you. Just everyone in general.

Well, there's lots more people now, both in NY and in the USA. 630,000 people in NYC alone in the past decade. Yes, we did a lot of new construction, but not enough.

Not true at all, for example, Manhattan rents were down 2.4% YoY in Summer of 2018 (pdf warning)

One thing the author didn't explore was the average sq ft rented per person. I suspect that's drastically increased since 2021, but I don't know if that kind of data is available.

More sq. ft. person -> less people per unit -> higher demand -> higher prices

I'm dubious about it being the cause. Less than 2% of the units use that one company's software, and I can't imagine it would have this kind of outsized effect we've seen in the past 2 years.

I would like to see a chart of average square feet rented per person over time. I suspect that might be telling, but I don't know if that data is available.

I've found good results with 311 that doesn't involve parking enforcement or noise complaints.

I noticed that a manhole was leaking water for a couple weeks. No one bothered to report it. I reported it to 311 and there was a whole team digging it up that night.

I saw that a crosswalk light had gone out. Again, a couple weeks and no body reported anything. I reported it, and it was fixed quite promptly.

Lot's of people have a mindset that someone else will report it, but the bystander effect is very real, and very often no one does. It takes like 3 minutes to snap a photo and report something, and doing so can improve the life of you and your neighbors.

edit: about 2 weeks ago someone dumped to full garbage bins near me, on a highly-trafficked intersection in front of a popular store in a touristy Manhattan neighborhood. For two weeks, no one bothered to report it — not anyone that lived in that building, nor any of the employees/managers of the store. Like a broken window, the two bins gathered companion trash bags, and ultimately yesterday massive pieces of plywood were dumped there. I got fed up, and reported it to 311 last night. It was all gone by noon today.

First off, they haven’t been proven guilty of anything. The case is still winding through the courts and when it does eventually resolve, Apple will almost certainly admit to no wrongdoing which is how 99% of class action cases resolve.

Yes, they could have another option which is what they they give you option to not enable it. Like I said, their marketing/implementation of it was poor. Yet the end result today is still almost the same as it was at the beginning: nearly every aging phone battery is throttled except for the handful that think they know better and disable it.

Sheesh, this again. They did it to prevent the phones from randomly turning off.

Yeah, their marketing about it was terrible, but there were two bad options and they went with the least bad one.

A lawsuit caused that message.

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936268845/apple-agrees-to-pay-113-million-to-settle-batterygate-case-over-iphone-slowdowns

Crawl back into your bunker.

That's daily. It adds up fast.

They didn’t just know what they were doing, they scammed you.