I was playing off the headline talking about "Model 3s", and Apple's habit of naming models things like "6s". But I never noticed that, and I believe its true.
For a guy using free software you do have lots of demands.
I do and people should. Edge is free. FireFox is free. Chromium is free. Chrome is built on open source, and therefore is free. It's built on other people's labor.
Have you considered paying for your software before making all these demands?
No. Why would that matter in the least? I mean, people pay for Windows, and get Linux for free.
It's perfectly reasonable to expect a legal framework to restrain what software Google runs on you computer. Installing Chrome shouldn't automatically install (and run) Google's anti-malware. And it certainly shouldn't be built into the application in a hidden way.
Targeted advertising is no longer the primary use of data. Now, it's being used to train AI (cue argument on whether DNN are AI; call it whatever you want.)
I'm not sure what exactly you're saying in the first part of your response - kids on a school bus are standard what? What's this about connecting to the school? I'm quite confused by what you're saying.
Something can be both good for the spied upon and be done for tracking reasons. In fact, it results in more efficent use and tracking. Hell, Google gives away internet searches for the purpose of better tracking.
The fact remains that this is properly a governmental function being outsourced to a private company that will track the kids. Google's claims not to do so with their educational offerings have proven false before.
The entire PURPOSE of a web browser, of the rendering engine, is to format *information* coming from the server to fit nicely in whatever size the window happens to be at the moment
This was the point. Then designers started bitching. HTML4 was moving away from this, and HTML5 is mostly built around the idea that everyone would override the rendering with canvas/webgl. See what happened with Flash, but now it's built into the standard, not a plugin.
That's saying nothing of the fact that everything is dynamically loaded via JS for unfathomable reasons.
No, because "work hours" and "careers" won't exist then. Instead, it'll be all gig economy things. This is to get them used to the idea that they should spend 100% of their time giving Google data.
how will they give me an assurance that they aren't simply using the same poor quality components that will fail as soon as my warranty is over?
The lifespan of components falls on a bell curve. So far, other than the keyboard (I don't expect soda persistence), we have one data point on USB-C ports. We have no reason to assume the new USB-C ports won't last for a long time. Now, if it was a pattern repeated among a significant percentage of their customers, then you would have a point (although Apple would probably also switch suppliers, so that would be your assurance.)
But, if you don't want to risk it, I need a new laptop. Wanna sell it cheap? After all, the USB-C ports and keyboard are probably going to fail in another 10 months, even if they're replaced under warrantee.
Just like every other cloud provider. Google, Amazon and Valve don't let me migrate the things I "bought" on their system to alternate providers either. (Nor does MS, but that doesn't seem to have as big a store presence).
takes a massive cut of all software sales
The same 30% that Google, Amazon, Valve and Microsoft take.
charges ridiculous prices for minor hardware/software upgrade
Their software updates are free, and stretch back like half a decade. Complain about expensive hardware all you want, valid difference decisions. But, to the best of my knowledge, the software is given away to drive hardware sales.
The battery thing was a valid complaint, but mostly from an informing their customer point of view.
The others are not only uniform complaints of tech companies, but also Nike and most corporations.
iCloud is optional. And their ability to push specialized single-device build would show up as a new OS version, and I have to approve each update. Now, I could easily be fooled by Apple, cause how would I know? But at some point I have to trust someone, even if that someone is the signers of my Linux distro.
Facebook doesn't sell your data either (although they allow it to be scraped). They, like Google, act as the middleman selling ads to their customers. In both cases, Facebook and Google, there's no third party I'm worried about, because Facebook and Google are doing the damage themselves.
I can't afford a bunch of things, but I'm not asking for anyone else to pay for it.
Why not? If you cannot afford food, shelter, medicine, the ability to travel to work, electricity, water, heat, internet, phone service, texting, or other basic need, you should absolutely ask (and expect) the someone to provide it.
I'm responding to someone who is like "why don't they get educated to get a better job." The appropriate answer to that is "how are they going to get educated without being able to take online classes."
In the US, Uber and AirBnB ignore the laws of cities they deal with, then bitch and moan about how cities want to enforce laws and how they may put their drivers/renters out of work. And people on Slashdot say "how can you stand in the way of progress?"
Meanwhile, in China, the laws just get enforced because the government can stand up to corporations.
Now, China has worse laws. But it's nice to see at least some countries can wield governmental power.
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That clearly says a farmer should slaughter his sheep for the wool when there is a market for wool.
I was playing off the headline talking about "Model 3s", and Apple's habit of naming models things like "6s". But I never noticed that, and I believe its true.
Can we stop having versions go, 3, 3s, 4, 4s, etc. I don't get the "s", or why cannot just go 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.
I do and people should. Edge is free. FireFox is free. Chromium is free. Chrome is built on open source, and therefore is free. It's built on other people's labor.
No. Why would that matter in the least? I mean, people pay for Windows, and get Linux for free.
They're all Javascript, IIRC.
It is a poor farmer who slaughters his sheep for wool, period.
It's perfectly reasonable to expect a legal framework to restrain what software Google runs on you computer. Installing Chrome shouldn't automatically install (and run) Google's anti-malware. And it certainly shouldn't be built into the application in a hidden way.
Laws frequently mandate simpler solutions. For instance, the microUSB mandate for cell phone charging simplified things greatly.
Targeted advertising is no longer the primary use of data. Now, it's being used to train AI (cue argument on whether DNN are AI; call it whatever you want.)
I'm not sure what exactly you're saying in the first part of your response - kids on a school bus are standard what? What's this about connecting to the school? I'm quite confused by what you're saying.
Something can be both good for the spied upon and be done for tracking reasons. In fact, it results in more efficent use and tracking. Hell, Google gives away internet searches for the purpose of better tracking.
The fact remains that this is properly a governmental function being outsourced to a private company that will track the kids. Google's claims not to do so with their educational offerings have proven false before.
I doubt the data from the students is valuable. Getting them used to being tracked 24/7 is far more valuable.
Didn't realize that. I wonder if they're switching suppliers or methodologies. Seems like a reasonable thing to ask.
Was the USB-C port loose, or non-responsive?
This was the point. Then designers started bitching. HTML4 was moving away from this, and HTML5 is mostly built around the idea that everyone would override the rendering with canvas/webgl. See what happened with Flash, but now it's built into the standard, not a plugin.
That's saying nothing of the fact that everything is dynamically loaded via JS for unfathomable reasons.
No, because "work hours" and "careers" won't exist then. Instead, it'll be all gig economy things. This is to get them used to the idea that they should spend 100% of their time giving Google data.
I'm sorry, is the middleman you're telling to suck it the VPN provider you no longer need?
I'm complaining about targeted advertising. I like my ads generic, thank you very much.
That's a bad thing, but it's not an invasion of privacy.
The lifespan of components falls on a bell curve. So far, other than the keyboard (I don't expect soda persistence), we have one data point on USB-C ports. We have no reason to assume the new USB-C ports won't last for a long time. Now, if it was a pattern repeated among a significant percentage of their customers, then you would have a point (although Apple would probably also switch suppliers, so that would be your assurance.)
But, if you don't want to risk it, I need a new laptop. Wanna sell it cheap? After all, the USB-C ports and keyboard are probably going to fail in another 10 months, even if they're replaced under warrantee.
Just like every other cloud provider. Google, Amazon and Valve don't let me migrate the things I "bought" on their system to alternate providers either. (Nor does MS, but that doesn't seem to have as big a store presence).
The same 30% that Google, Amazon, Valve and Microsoft take.
Their software updates are free, and stretch back like half a decade. Complain about expensive hardware all you want, valid difference decisions. But, to the best of my knowledge, the software is given away to drive hardware sales.
The battery thing was a valid complaint, but mostly from an informing their customer point of view.
The others are not only uniform complaints of tech companies, but also Nike and most corporations.
iCloud is optional. And their ability to push specialized single-device build would show up as a new OS version, and I have to approve each update. Now, I could easily be fooled by Apple, cause how would I know? But at some point I have to trust someone, even if that someone is the signers of my Linux distro.
Facebook doesn't sell your data either (although they allow it to be scraped). They, like Google, act as the middleman selling ads to their customers. In both cases, Facebook and Google, there's no third party I'm worried about, because Facebook and Google are doing the damage themselves.
Or, Apple respects that some of their customers like being Facebook's product, and they'll reach out to their customers whereever they are.
Why not? If you cannot afford food, shelter, medicine, the ability to travel to work, electricity, water, heat, internet, phone service, texting, or other basic need, you should absolutely ask (and expect) the someone to provide it.
I'm responding to someone who is like "why don't they get educated to get a better job." The appropriate answer to that is "how are they going to get educated without being able to take online classes."
In the US, Uber and AirBnB ignore the laws of cities they deal with, then bitch and moan about how cities want to enforce laws and how they may put their drivers/renters out of work. And people on Slashdot say "how can you stand in the way of progress?"
Meanwhile, in China, the laws just get enforced because the government can stand up to corporations.
Now, China has worse laws. But it's nice to see at least some countries can wield governmental power.