Got an email from Amazon AU announcing the Prime membership price hike from $79 to $99/year. In their justification email, they explicitly cite "games with Amazon Luna" as one of the growing perks included in the subscription.

I decided to actually check out this "Luna" service, expecting a browser-based cloud streaming platform (similar to GeForce NOW or xCloud where you stream games instantly without local install).

Turns out, it's completely misleading for Australian users:

When you open Luna from an Australian IP, there is no "Play Now" cloud streaming option. Instead, clicking Luna links redirects you to a claims portal that passes out GOG or Epic keys.

To actually play something like DOOM you have to download 50GB–70GB+ installer files onto your local drive and install third-party store launchers.

Using downloadable third-party PC code giveaways "games with Amazon Luna" as a benefit included with an annual subscription price rise—when there are no actual Australian cloud streaming servers hosted for Luna—feels like pure marketing spin and a deceptive omission of hidden disk storage costs.

I will pay the increased Amazon Prime annual fee as I use it mainly for the free order shipping but this kind of deceptive marketing has no place in Australia.

Something to be proud of.

Key Points

• The 130 metre China Zorrilla has entered commercial service between Argentina and Uruguay
• The battery powered ferry can carry up to 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles
• Battery electric propulsion removes onboard exhaust emissions from the vessel’s operation

Long shot, but I'm hoping someone in Australia might remember these.

I'm chasing three metal cinema popcorn tins, and I think Australia is where at least two of them came from.

1. Iron Man 2, 2010 — the silver tin in the first photo. I know this one was released in Australia.
   
2. Captain America: The First Avenger — the one in the second photo, the one that says "Only at the Movies". Also an Australian release as far as I know.
   
3. Fantastic Four, 2015 — the dark one in the third photo,
   Not the 2025 First Steps buckets. I don't know where this one came out — could it have been Australia too? If you saw it at a cinema here in 2015, that would be a huge help.

I'm in Chicago now but I'll pay shipping from anywhere, so location isn't a problem if you've got one or you've seen one for sale.

I've already searched Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Gumtree, Trade Me and Vinted pretty thoroughly, so I'm really just hoping someone here has one tucked away or remembers where they got theirs.

If you've got one or you've seen one, drop a comment with a link and I'll take it from there. Condition isn't a dealbreaker. Cheers and thank you in advance.

I usually have bad hayfever during October, this season it is not severe - almost non existent. I’m seeing how I feel after all the rain we’ve had last week

Just another non-political random discussion thread about overpriced goods and services. Supermarket snaps, cafe boards, memes, questions about being ripped off in Australia, lame observations, etc welcome here.

Wanted to share my ongoing battle with to get them to tell me what data of mine was breached. Like true corporate heroes with a place in our collective hearts, and after multiple email back and forth, they have just started ignoring me.

Here was my original email to Quest:

Hi Quest Privacy Team,

Thank you for notifying me of the breach and I acknowledge actions taken to address the event within your systems. I am a cybersecurity professional, so I do understand the consequences of having my data breached in this way. I am requesting further information on the exact details regarding my breached personal data. You have stated:

• Your full name
• Your email and/or other contact details

Please be specific and let me know what “other contact details” are, as this is important and may affect how I need to respond. Also, can you confirm if my payment details were not breached? If you can’t confirm this, I will have to assume breach so please be specific; which of my financial details do you hold.

While I appreciate the steps you have taken to remedy the breach, the only support you have provided me is to advise me to be vigilant and contact IDCare. The risk of identity theft and financial loss I am exposed to is in no way my own fault and wholly due to your negligence. The support you have offered me is grossly insufficient. 

Based on the above, I request you provide the following:

1. Exact detail of my known breached personal data.
2. Exact details of personal data held that you can not confirm has not been breached, this includes financial data, drivers licence etc.
3. Fully funded enrolment in a dark web monitoring service for a minimum of 5 years.
4. Support to update identity or financial data such as drivers licence and payment cards.
5. Guidance on your intentions to provide financial recompense for affected customers.

I thank you for your consideration of my points raised above. I know I have raised some serious issues and demands. As a cyber professional I have a deep understanding of the risks I have now been exposed to and I need to put in place measures to protect myself.

I would like to continue this dialogue if you have anyone that wants to reach out to me personally.

Regards,

xxxx