So much so that most people have their feet moulded to be thinner than what they would be naturally and it is normalised.
I also noticed I was actually better at sprinting with sandals ^[1], than shoes due to the lack of sideways toe movability.

And I’d guess all that money would then go to military funding, with Anna’s Archive, again getting nothing out of it?

They are pirating, while also DOSing the providers.