pick up an extra shift or two and you can buy one

If all it takes is a shift or two, then landlords can surely recoup the costs with an extraordinarily small increase of rent (pennies or single digit dollars).

The raptor is the top end performance version of the ranger. Some quick googling says an Australian ranger starts around $37k as well.

“when you have a tenant who knows their rights” lol fuck landlords whining about how it’s getting harder to exploit people. This is the “risk” you signed up for. Fafo.

No, this is a Toho movie.

Being able to easily purchase a single song from a reputable source in the comfort of your home instead of going out to physically buy an entire album and then rip it to your computer was a better user experience, yes. Most users are technologically illiterate, and trying to pirate stuff just lead to them getting viruses.