Simple: don't fine the companies. Fine the executives who run the companies. Half of their salary and all bonuses should do it. When the executives' personal money is at stake, they'll follow the laws.
I just played it three times, and each time I chose incorrectly from the first pair of photos. How is it that fake people look more real than real people?!?
"If the planet implodes under the monstrous weight of human overpopulation..." We're still a really, really long way from the entire planet being overpopulated by humans. Residents of Manhattan, not counting any tourists = 70,000 people per square mile.Residents of Earth, if the entire human population all lived in Texas = only 25,000 people per square mile. And the world outside of Texas is really, really big.
My house rule:After a blank tile has been played, a player can replace it with the real letter that it represents at the start of their turn. They get no points for the letter they just lost, but they do get a blank to use. Then they must use the blank in the word they make that same turn. No hoarding blanks.
Can't afford to pay for food, but CAN afford to drop several hundred dollars on a smart phone, plus the $35 or so every month to keep it online? What a great country we live in!