> Many employers get away with bouncing paychecks but you can get the state AG working for you by CCing them on email

Yes, this is the practical reality of the law. What the law says on paper that isn’t enforced isn’t relevant to one’s day to day experience of it.

> going through the hassle of collecting proof, filing a factual police report and showing up in court to testify

The point is as a consumer various public bodies will do this for you. As an employee (or investor) you have to do it for yourself.

> large investors and executives have far more power

This is accurate. Money is power. The point is that independent of wealth, the hierarchy holds. Even among the wealthy, the most powerful suits allege breaches of consumer rights or fundamental freedoms.

> What have been the differences between your personal experiences engaging in the regulatory system in the United States as a consumer versus the times you’ve engaged with the regulatory system in the US as an investor?

The latter requires counsel. The former can command state attorneys generals, regulatory bodies and small-claims courts and arbitrators who, while imperfect to flawed, are paid for by the taxpayer or company.

I’m also making an in-system comparison. An American consumer is worse off, on average, than a European consumer.

> Facebook said a leak "may" occur, but did not say a leak "would" occur

They said this after they knew the leak happened.

> Relative, or absolute?

Relative.

"Prior to November 5, Threads had five times more daily active users in the US than Bluesky, which has just 20 full-time staff and was initially funded by Twitter when Jack Dorsey was its chief executive. Now, Threads is only 1.5 times larger than its rival, Similarweb said."