Notice that it hasn’t amongst mainstream consumers.
What? A niche technical hobby isn't popular among mainstream consumers? Wow!
Mainstream consumers don't know words "Plex" and "Home Assistant" either. There are already products that target these people. And there are products targeted at technical people. We need diversity.
I had one phone for 8 years, for 4 of them it had cracks all across the screen because I dropped it. Who are you gonna do? It's not the end of the world. I didn't get a screen protector for my new phone either.
I'd argue that the system shouldn't automatically convert negative numbers to positive numbers. Instead, it should display an error to the user. Of course, that's an abstract thought as I don't know what was the system and who interacted with it.
Take care of that dude's wife.