Yes but you don't really save since the competition always offers more in same price range. Not to mention nowadays, as i recall, they offer less software update than samsung.

Yeah but google camera mod was a novelty for older phones, nowadays isn't that competitive anymore with newer sensors, chipsets and algorithms ( from my experience )

They could never really compete in any price bracket, their cameras were always worse.

Unless the gunmen reveal themselves, these "death squads" would probably just milk him out of money by giving fake threats and fixing them.

When players are so close tied together in achievements you start looking at the other stuff that they bring to the table. Nadal and Federer are a perfect example of professionalism in tennis and life. Djoker outside of the court is dumb asshole with enough popularity and influence to cause much more harm than good.

That's partially true, it really depends. If customers and governments allow car manufacturers to abuse the market then this will happen. If governments create incentives and a legal ground for manufacturers to behave, it won't happen.

Cars could have much longer lifespans since they don't have too many moving parts and battery is the single most important point of failure that matters long term.

Long term reputation, cost, which is taken into account by potential buyers. Sooner than later people will be able to check which battery techs are more reliable than others and choose the car based on that.