A customer finding a company good for them as an individual is drastically different then a company being good for a general population. Therein lies the problem. You are confusing individual good with common good.
If I found out I was participating in something that was harming society, and that society would be better off if I stopped it then I would welcome the policing. It's nothing to do with to totalarianism, it's just the kind of understanding that is required for as many people in a society to live happily and healthily as possible. All I ask is for the same rules to apply to everyone.
Using your definition of ' targeting ', any new law technically targets innocent people. So what you are really mandating here is a society without laws. Unless you think a person who owns a gun has more rights then, say, a person who wants to open a restaurant with vermin crawling around in the kitchen or an airline that wants to save money by skipping maintenance.
Would more restrictions have made it impossible? No. Would more restrictions have made it more difficult and less likely to succeed? Hell yes. If arson was easier, then this would have been an arson. Furthermore, violent deaths due to arson in the US would be higher than violent deaths by firearms.
It's a good thing all Americans can get guns. Because, you know, protection and all that. Really, this attack as terrible as it was is only a 1/3 uptick in the number of violent gun deaths in America today.
Consumers are not interested in the greater good. They're not supposed to be. Nor are individual drivers. The government is interested in greater good and that is why the regulations were created in the first place. It's kind of like saying you should be able to eat nothing but McDonalds food because McDonalds can do business so it must be good.
Personally I think Apple should sue the shit out of everyone with a device that weighs the same as an iPhone. Because, well, that's pretty much what they're being allowed to do anyway.
I don't think you know what monopoly means. I live in a small city and I have a choice of companies to call for a cab ride. The term you're looking for is 'regulated market'. Yes, some markets need regulation in order to function properly.
Not to mention an element of safety for the general public and the people in the industry, as well as equal opportunity for anyone to be a customer; not just the more profitable.
No I actually did check. Unless I'm thinking of the wrong software. A business partner made a presentation for me and I wanted to read it but there was not linux or windows version and it cost $30 in the Apple store.
I strongly urge you to try Elementary OS. Built on Ubuntu 14.04 but they finally did the UI right. Seriously, I've tried all the major distros and I don't know what Linux devs are thinking. There is something inherently wrong with their memory management with all the choppiness and touch optimized crap. Elementary OS got it right. I didn't even feel a need to replace the built in dock although it could admittedly use a bit more eye candy.
Paintbrush was the one I tried, it wouldn't draw anything on the screen and then it crashed. I didn't say MS Paint was good software, on the contrary it is a minimal piece of crap; but my point was it is more than Apple provides for their users.
Some software I do pay for, sometimes I donate to open source. All I'm saying is, if a platform isn't worth the time of people who are donating their hours to develop it then I don't want it either. On the other hand, if the software is worth the money then people shouldn't have to be forced to purchase it.
I have trouble with a lot of open source software on mac. So if I go with windows or linux usually I can get functionality for free. Inkscape is one terrific piece of software that comes to mind. Heck, even if you want to get an equivalent of MS Paint on a mac, usually you have to shell out some dough. There is one version for Mac that someone tried to do but it was terrible.
The problem is user interface devices. Nothing has replaced a keyboard and mouse as a decent way to do lots of work. Using a touch screen is laughable for anything more advanced than picking the media you want to consume, and touchpads aren't much better. I don't even comment on Slashdot without a keyboard available.
I'd be fine with paying a premium price for a tablet if I didn't have to pay a premium price for the shareholders of the company that makes the tablet.
Uh, Kodi pretty much *is* the way that these boxes access the content. Also, from the general comments I've seen around the web, people associate Kodi directly with said streaming content.
I expect that these companies will just stop installing streaming addons but make the instructions for installing the addons readily available. In fact, they already are readily available.
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A customer finding a company good for them as an individual is drastically different then a company being good for a general population. Therein lies the problem. You are confusing individual good with common good.
If I found out I was participating in something that was harming society, and that society would be better off if I stopped it then I would welcome the policing. It's nothing to do with to totalarianism, it's just the kind of understanding that is required for as many people in a society to live happily and healthily as possible. All I ask is for the same rules to apply to everyone.
Using your definition of ' targeting ', any new law technically targets innocent people. So what you are really mandating here is a society without laws. Unless you think a person who owns a gun has more rights then, say, a person who wants to open a restaurant with vermin crawling around in the kitchen or an airline that wants to save money by skipping maintenance.
Would more restrictions have made it impossible? No. Would more restrictions have made it more difficult and less likely to succeed? Hell yes. If arson was easier, then this would have been an arson. Furthermore, violent deaths due to arson in the US would be higher than violent deaths by firearms.
It's a good thing all Americans can get guns. Because, you know, protection and all that. Really, this attack as terrible as it was is only a 1/3 uptick in the number of violent gun deaths in America today.
Consumers are not interested in the greater good. They're not supposed to be. Nor are individual drivers. The government is interested in greater good and that is why the regulations were created in the first place. It's kind of like saying you should be able to eat nothing but McDonalds food because McDonalds can do business so it must be good.
You're talking about two trees, I'm talking about the forest.
Fair enough.
Personally I think Apple should sue the shit out of everyone with a device that weighs the same as an iPhone. Because, well, that's pretty much what they're being allowed to do anyway.
I don't think you know what monopoly means. I live in a small city and I have a choice of companies to call for a cab ride. The term you're looking for is 'regulated market'. Yes, some markets need regulation in order to function properly.
Not to mention an element of safety for the general public and the people in the industry, as well as equal opportunity for anyone to be a customer; not just the more profitable.
The problem with capitalism is that a company can be successful even if it's bad for everyone.
No I actually did check. Unless I'm thinking of the wrong software. A business partner made a presentation for me and I wanted to read it but there was not linux or windows version and it cost $30 in the Apple store.
Hey if the opportunity is there I'm going to take it. When capitalist business people do that it's called good business.
I strongly urge you to try Elementary OS. Built on Ubuntu 14.04 but they finally did the UI right. Seriously, I've tried all the major distros and I don't know what Linux devs are thinking. There is something inherently wrong with their memory management with all the choppiness and touch optimized crap. Elementary OS got it right. I didn't even feel a need to replace the built in dock although it could admittedly use a bit more eye candy.
Paintbrush was the one I tried, it wouldn't draw anything on the screen and then it crashed. I didn't say MS Paint was good software, on the contrary it is a minimal piece of crap; but my point was it is more than Apple provides for their users.
Some software I do pay for, sometimes I donate to open source. All I'm saying is, if a platform isn't worth the time of people who are donating their hours to develop it then I don't want it either. On the other hand, if the software is worth the money then people shouldn't have to be forced to purchase it.
I have trouble with a lot of open source software on mac. So if I go with windows or linux usually I can get functionality for free. Inkscape is one terrific piece of software that comes to mind. Heck, even if you want to get an equivalent of MS Paint on a mac, usually you have to shell out some dough. There is one version for Mac that someone tried to do but it was terrible.
How many attacks have you experienced as a result of not having the latest updates on your Samsung Android phone? My bet is less than 1.
The problem is user interface devices. Nothing has replaced a keyboard and mouse as a decent way to do lots of work. Using a touch screen is laughable for anything more advanced than picking the media you want to consume, and touchpads aren't much better. I don't even comment on Slashdot without a keyboard available.
I'd be fine with paying a premium price for a tablet if I didn't have to pay a premium price for the shareholders of the company that makes the tablet.
Instead of attempting to lure code-literate teachers away from Silicon Valley, we need to revolutionize the way coding is done
This statement really confuses me. So if kids need experts to teach them, it just means they're doing it wrong? How does that makes sense?
Rifles can tenderize the hell out of a side of beef. Just sayin.
Uh, Kodi pretty much *is* the way that these boxes access the content. Also, from the general comments I've seen around the web, people associate Kodi directly with said streaming content.
I expect that these companies will just stop installing streaming addons but make the instructions for installing the addons readily available. In fact, they already are readily available.
It's just because the article is written like it is novel and interesting, but it's not. Often these articles are about apple products but not always.