I never really swapped gear during a strike or nightfall myself unless you suddenly hit a wave of enemies with shields of a certain type and want to make your life easier.
It's another way to make things artificially a bit harder or at least take longer to keep us "engaged" or something.
There's a lot of episodes that only have impact of you are invested in the characters. Some are or self contained so could be worth a watch but it depends on the audience.
If anyone that likes sci-fi asks me I always say DS9. It has plot arcs and characters that grow, also a few silly and not so good bits but it stands up.
If they like that or like something similar like Stargate, seaquest, farscape or Sliders then we can find something for them, if they haven't really tried sci-fi then you could do worse than strange new worlds within Trek or commit and try The Expanse for some modern sci-fi that kicks ass.
I wonder if this seemingly minor thing screwed someone over.
Guy comes back to where car was, it's gone. He misses some important family event or can't pick his kid up. His insurance skyrockets, he's now broke and has no idea some greater good future person stole his truck.
I don't remember the specific instances in question, they may have compensated for the theft in some way but the knock on effects could still happen.
It's not popular it's just another overused bubble fad that will make a select few some money for a while and cost all of us time and energy to avoid or work around for a looooong time.
It sounds like you cherry picked some research that supported the theory you had already decided was the only truth and we're then upset when people called you out on it.
I have no idea which side of the imaginary fence you have decided you are on but vaccines have been a net positive for the world. Eliminating some pretty horrible diseases for so long people have forgotten how bad they are.
Do some have a reaction to them? Probably, some people have reactions to nuts, shellfish, fabric softener and so on so there are bound to be a small number that have a reaction to it. What science does is try to learn from that and find a way to minimise the risk. Spreading polarised misinformation as fact doesn't help anyone, there are people a lot smarter than me working their asses off to fix things I will never understand, and I'm fine with that.
Do they need to be separate logins if they are to access the same files and connected device(s)?
Just a Machine01 account with access to a shared drive or OneDrive for backup would do it wouldn't it?
If the machine is only used locally then limit it's access to the internet so people have to actually login to access/download anything and treat it as part of the equipment it's attached to.
Closest thing I can think of to that would be Destiny 2.
Normal Strikes and patrols in the open world you can shake off most incoming damage easily and leap about all over the place if you so desire.
Something looser like Borderlands 2 but cranked up and with crazier guns sounds fun though. There was a MOD for UT2K4 called Fraghouse or something like that that scratched that sort of itch for me way back. Install monster packs and run around like a lunatic killing waves of ridiculous creatures with redonkulous guns .
It's the same with energy pricing, 15 different rates for the same gas and electricity just from one supplier.
Half of them you aren't eligible for for some reason but they won't tell you outright you have to dig through the terms.
Then comparison sites appear to help, some suppliers aren't on them "to keep pricing simple", aaarrgghh.
It just means in most cases you end up paying too much for something and they make more money out of you.
You missed the gratuitous violence, blood and nudity.