Once had a friend comment, “have you ever felt like you should apologize to the toilet for what you just did?”

The look on the host’s face was priceless.

Oh no, I’ve been tagged! Wait, I couldn’t care less.

Still pretending to have a point? Sad

Why are morons (like you) always so fucking insufferable?!

Just for you, Jeff, I’m pushing every single walk button I see, especially when I’m not crossing the road.

With how many corporations have merged, they don’t care anymore. They’ll risk the loss because they can pivot to a different brand in their conglomerate.

On anything that matters, try and buy local. The smaller the company, the less they can ignore risks like you mention.

The original books never go further into it, but essentially yes. There’s a single bit of dialogue when Paul’s son talks about hunter seeker robots exterminating mankind. But in the prequel books, during the Butlerian jihad, just before it’s defeat the enemy ai makes copies of itself and launched them to random distant stars. And mind you, this was before faster then light travel (the discovery of which is what actually helped the humans win). But presumably Omnius returns for a reckoning.