There is a bypass to do it offline

https://www.datenrei.ch/blog/2024/05/25/fp-oem-unlock-all.html

Still deserves the spot on the list though

Well, regular nylon filament is also quite expensive, although not this expensive

I had to work in a grocery store for six months with ten years of web development and project management experience

That sucks, but long term that would have been an inevitable outcome anyway. Web development experience is becoming a useless skill on the job market, as you have learned from first hand experience finding a job

Looking at all the other countries, it may not have had an impact on future birthrates at all.

Yes, and if they didn’t have the policy in the past, then today’s birth rates would be even more devastating for the demographic