Well Apple refuses to add touch-interfaces to their non-mobile products, so they can't copy the 2-in-1's, and there hasn't been all that much else for them to copy in quite some time. They've attempted to copy Alexa and the Google Assistant with a $400 speaker... but since they haven't found a company to buy that has decent AI that has proven to be pretty much pointless. Maybe they'll acquire the company the founders of Siri created after selling Siri.
Either way, I'm sure Apple can sit on their laurels and war chest while they wait for something interesting to duplicate, and mark up.
When Amazon force updated YouTube on the FireStick ahead of the Jan.01st deadline, and interrupted YouTube that was already playing. We went to Best Buy the next day and replaced all the Amazon Sticks with Roku's. Everything about the Roku is just plain better.
You are either a troll or a moron or potentially both. All while linking to unofficial sources that have wrong and/or purposefully misleading information.
All while attempting to discredit others. You sir are a shitty human being. Are you sure your name shouldn't be ShittyPoo?
Fuck off dude. I don't buy Samsung devices. The most I'll pay for a phone is $400, and the most I've paid thus far is $350 (Moto X4, which is overpriced as is) -- of which I only bothered with that due to the wife's phone breaking, my Nexus 6 going to her, and preferring to stay on Project-Fi with a supported device that can actually use Sprint's network where necessary.
Otherwise I'd get another $150 - $250 Xiaomi. The Xiaomi Redmi 3s Pro Prime was fantastic for $160 2 years ago.
Have you seen all the extras you get with the various Samsung devices? We're not talking about a $5 pair of iBuds and a "free" USB dongle.
One of the offers for the Note 8 was either: 1) a free Gear 360 camera, or 2) a free 128GB memory card and Fast Wireless Charging Convertible
Another offer for the Galaxy S8 included the Desktop dock, Gear VR, etc. Hundreds of dollars of accessories -- it would be like if Apple offered it's $169 bluetooth AirPods for free, which will never happen.
It's alright. If you aren't trying to stay right on top of live tv, and AFAICT the shows get "released" at some point after the original air-date, and are then ad-free for playback. Also, if you *recorded the show (prior to it being released), just like with traditional DVR's your can skip ahead/back.
It's much more convenient from a PC than mobile, or "casted" mobile. Though that's true for almost everything.
* recorded = "Added to your Library, and it has aired."
Which was hilarious. At that point they basically sold the Chinese a bunch of Czech developers familiar with Chromium. Any of the Norwegian devs that were left had already jumped ship to join the Vivaldi project spearheaded by Opera's ex-CEO.
So run an automatic UserScript to purge the discussion threads of AC's - in today's age of information overload - there's almost no reason to waste time "listening" to anyone that isn't at least willing to post behind a pseudonym.
The best convenience coffee (at home) for a reasonable price ($70 - $120) are Bunn Velocity Brew machines - or similar. The coffee makers have a tank that keeps the water at ~240'F. When a 10-12 cup pot is brewed the water comes out in a constant temperature stream, and is done in 3 minutes.
Edge still isn't as functional (or stable) as either Firefox nor Chrome on the Desktop, although it does have a few interesting ideas/implementations.
On Android I already have Firefox Nightly (some addons available), Firefox Focus (built-in ad & tracker blocking), Chrome Canary and Chrome.
It's well worth your time to install at least one additional browser, so that Android will give you a choice of how to open a given external URI every time.
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Well Apple refuses to add touch-interfaces to their non-mobile products, so they can't copy the 2-in-1's, and there hasn't been all that much else for them to copy in quite some time. They've attempted to copy Alexa and the Google Assistant with a $400 speaker... but since they haven't found a company to buy that has decent AI that has proven to be pretty much pointless. Maybe they'll acquire the company the founders of Siri created after selling Siri.
Either way, I'm sure Apple can sit on their laurels and war chest while they wait for something interesting to duplicate, and mark up.
You can have multiple tabs in Firefox Focus, but you have to force it:
Long Tap on a link, <open in new tab>; the bottom Trash Icon becomes #ofTabs.
The Trash Icon should be [+] New Tab, with Long Press as Trash. Or user configurable. It's stupid, but forgiveable.
Other than that, FF Focus is overly eager to wipe your browsing history, which for some may be a negative.
Firefox Focus works even better.
I'm sure you meant Bob.
When Amazon force updated YouTube on the FireStick ahead of the Jan.01st deadline, and interrupted YouTube that was already playing.
We went to Best Buy the next day and replaced all the Amazon Sticks with Roku's. Everything about the Roku is just plain better.
Not for me to see, but this UserScript auto-executes on Slashdot
Along with this UserCSS:
You are either a troll or a moron or potentially both. All while linking to unofficial sources that have wrong and/or purposefully misleading information.
All while attempting to discredit others. You sir are a shitty human being. Are you sure your name shouldn't be ShittyPoo?
Fuck off dude. I don't buy Samsung devices. The most I'll pay for a phone is $400, and the most I've paid thus far is $350 (Moto X4, which is overpriced as is) -- of which I only bothered with that due to the wife's phone breaking, my Nexus 6 going to her, and preferring to stay on Project-Fi with a supported device that can actually use Sprint's network where necessary.
Otherwise I'd get another $150 - $250 Xiaomi. The Xiaomi Redmi 3s Pro Prime was fantastic for $160 2 years ago.
Have you seen all the extras you get with the various Samsung devices? We're not talking about a $5 pair of iBuds and a "free" USB dongle.
One of the offers for the Note 8 was either:
1) a free Gear 360 camera, or
2) a free 128GB memory card and Fast Wireless Charging Convertible
Another offer for the Galaxy S8 included the Desktop dock, Gear VR, etc. Hundreds of dollars of accessories -- it would be like if Apple offered it's $169 bluetooth AirPods for free, which will never happen.
That is said a lot, it's not really true. The cinema was never "cheap entertainment."
The average cost of a movie ticket in 1977 was $2.23, and inflation alone puts that at $9.25 today.
Except the average ticket price is $8.93 in 2017 - multiple sources confirm this.
Remember Pulp Fiction? The $5 shake. Seemed so outrageous, a $5 dollar shake?!
Inflation bitches.
Perhaps, but Flash was blamed for "outrageous CPU usage" for years, yet HTML'ified video pegs the CPU as bad or worse than Flash in its heyday.
It's alright. If you aren't trying to stay right on top of live tv, and AFAICT the shows get "released" at some point after the original air-date, and are then ad-free for playback. Also, if you *recorded the show (prior to it being released), just like with traditional DVR's your can skip ahead/back.
It's much more convenient from a PC than mobile, or "casted" mobile. Though that's true for almost everything.
* recorded = "Added to your Library, and it has aired."
Well I am male. That's at least half true.
You are coming to a tech-site to brag about how you are using a browser that hasn't been updated in 6 years. Good Job.
Which was hilarious. At that point they basically sold the Chinese a bunch of Czech developers familiar with Chromium. Any of the Norwegian devs that were left had already jumped ship to join the Vivaldi project spearheaded by Opera's ex-CEO.
So they launched hundreds of Lucas Film|Star Wars Mission Patches into space for what? To hand out to the visiting aliens?
What VOIP provider? Our Vonage bill is $41.58/mos ($27.99 + $13.59 in "Fees and Taxes") - which we barely even use.
After this deal, Disney will own 60% of Hulu.
Hulu > Owners
Comcast/NBC: 30%
21st Century Fox: 30%
Walt Disney: 30%
Time Warner: 10%
With CBS still going at it alone.
So run an automatic UserScript to purge the discussion threads of AC's - in today's age of information overload - there's almost no reason to waste time "listening" to anyone that isn't at least willing to post behind a pseudonym.
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The best convenience coffee (at home) for a reasonable price ($70 - $120) are Bunn Velocity Brew machines - or similar. The coffee makers have a tank that keeps the water at ~240'F. When a 10-12 cup pot is brewed the water comes out in a constant temperature stream, and is done in 3 minutes.
Edge still isn't as functional (or stable) as either Firefox nor Chrome on the Desktop, although it does have a few interesting ideas/implementations.
On Android I already have Firefox Nightly (some addons available), Firefox Focus (built-in ad & tracker blocking), Chrome Canary and Chrome.
It's well worth your time to install at least one additional browser, so that Android will give you a choice of how to open a given external URI every time.
If it was actually supposed to be independent then the FCC's rules of governance wouldn't force weighting membership to the ruling party: 3 to 2.
We don't care about it.
AliExpress is cheaper sure, if you consider 4-8 week shipment times reasonable, and an equally slow "Direct-from-China return experience."
For most cases, I'd rather pay a little more on Ebay or Amazon for 2-10 day shipment times. And a much more convenient return process.