Wouldn’t call them a monopoly, at least not for music as there are alternatives.

Good CEOs are bad for short term profits because they’re more interested in keeping their company alive longterm.

People pay money for actual bricks, I say we stop this brick-shaming.

Europe uses 230V as regular mains and 400V for larger applications, no sparking problems, maybe get some better sockets.

Just switch to 230V.

They’re probably americans (doesn’t matter which flavour), their kettles are low powered because of that low 120V mains and not wanting to spend more on thicker wires.