Our efforts started a long time ago.... long before this article came out. Apple's products are simply no longer as good as they used to be. Their quality is poor, their decisions are poor... everything about Apple's product lineup for the past several years have been poor.
If I wanted to deal with crap products that force me to jump through hoops and put up with bullshit, I'd still be a Windows user.
I've been a Mac user for a long time but the way Apple has been going I am giving Linux a hard second look. Specifically, I've been experimenting with Kubuntu and the KDE PIM suite, and it turns out to be a very capable product. I haven't fully tested it yet, but so far it looks very promising.
This isn't an issue of patience. It's an issue of experience and trust. Over and over and over and over again, corporations have demonstrated that they WILL screw over the average person. They WILL siphon any and all personal data they can get away with. They will do whatever it takes to make a cheap buck, even if (possibly especially if) it saddles the taxpayer with a huge bill.
The people don't need to be patient. Sidewalk Labs need to prove that they arn't going to screw everyone over.
I dunno why climate scientists even bother anymore.
Scientists: "The world is going to overheat if we don't do something!" Everyone else: We don't believe you cause I had to put on a sweater yesterday! And your data is wrong and sketchy!
Scientists: "Ok it's even worse than we thought and we're already starting to see the effects!" Everyone else: Oh well, too late now. Fuck it. *throws environmental standards out the window*
TIL that if a company made you a lot of money, you are not allowed to make perfectly valid criticisms against it. Money should buy loyalty, no matter how corrupt or dishonest the source of that money turns out to be.
With that kind of attitude I'm honestly surprised Facebook isn't joined to Trumps hip.
If my bank wants to share my information with Facebook, they will no longer be my bank. Facebook has demonstrated quite clearly that they cannot be trusted with the data they have already amassed.
Zuckerborg can go fuck himself with a rusty chainsaw.
You just answered the question. The ISPs are paying bills to the upstream peers. The directions that the bits take has absolutely no bearing on anything. The only relevant aspect is that a given network has the capacity to handle the amount of data going through it.
This whole peering agreement thing is again, just a way for upstream providers to double-dip.
Yes yes, we know that argument. It's been passed around for a while now. It's no less bullshit now than it was then. The customers are paying for their pipe. The content producers are paying for their own pipe. Everyone is *already* paying for their access.
The reality that has been demonstrated is that ISPs only want to double-dip, making their customers pay AND make the content-providers pay for the exact same traffic. There is absolutely no evidence that says ISPs ever have or ever will lower prices for consumers by having content-creators pay the difference.
Windows 10 Home is so gimped that it's almost the equivalent of Windows 7 Starter Edition. Windows 10 Pro has been gimped so that it's barely better than Windows 7 Home. Everything else has been pushed to Enterprise edition, which is $15 a month (CAN$).
It's no wonder Chrome OS is gaining popularity. It's no wonder Apple is making money hand over first regardless of how stupid they make their hardware.
I doubt there will ever be a YOTLD thought. Not unless they collectively narrow a number of critical gaps in the ecosystem and the OS, compared to the other current commercial OSes (which I really don't want to get into a discussion over).
Windows 10 is shit. Or rather, Microsoft's management of it is shit. The way Microsoft is obnoxiously ripping control away from users unless they pay the stupidly expensive price for Enterprise edition, is total bullshit.
Microsoft has finally given people a reason to want to get away from Windows. And those that arn't tied to windows-exclusive software are doing exactly that.
I have yet to see a single instance of a performance problem like that, that couldn't have been easily solved by doing basic optimization.
D: "We need a faster database. It takes too long to log in the user!" Me: "Why TF are you doing a select * on the entire users table when you only want one row?"
I am routinely shocked by the average developer's inability to basic optimization. And not just with database queries. I once saw java code where someone *iterated* through a hashmap to find their desired value.
I stopped reading when it talked about having your passwords exposed if someone got to your local copy of 1password. He clearly has no idea what he's talking about.
Having Google manage your passwords is like having a fox guard the henhouse. 1Password encrypts everything at rest, and you have to put in your master password to access your database. By default it auto-locks again after just a few minutes. The only way someone would be able to get into your 1Password vault would be if you set your master password the same as a previously hacked account. And if you did that, then you missed the entire point of having a password manager.
If a Chromebook servers the author's needs, then all the power to him. I just can't wait to see him melt down when his internet connection goes down.
(How the heck do you develop on the web anyway? Unless he works exclusively in Javascript I don't see how that would work)
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Facebook is going to use it's purchased products to harvest your personal information?
I cannot believe Facebook would double-dip like that! I'm shocked!
(Yes, that was sarcasm)
Our efforts started a long time ago.... long before this article came out. Apple's products are simply no longer as good as they used to be. Their quality is poor, their decisions are poor... everything about Apple's product lineup for the past several years have been poor.
If I wanted to deal with crap products that force me to jump through hoops and put up with bullshit, I'd still be a Windows user.
I've been a Mac user for a long time but the way Apple has been going I am giving Linux a hard second look. Specifically, I've been experimenting with Kubuntu and the KDE PIM suite, and it turns out to be a very capable product. I haven't fully tested it yet, but so far it looks very promising.
This isn't an issue of patience. It's an issue of experience and trust. Over and over and over and over again, corporations have demonstrated that they WILL screw over the average person. They WILL siphon any and all personal data they can get away with. They will do whatever it takes to make a cheap buck, even if (possibly especially if) it saddles the taxpayer with a huge bill.
The people don't need to be patient. Sidewalk Labs need to prove that they arn't going to screw everyone over.
For World Domination?
Yup, that's Facebook alright.
I dunno why climate scientists even bother anymore.
Scientists: "The world is going to overheat if we don't do something!"
Everyone else: We don't believe you cause I had to put on a sweater yesterday! And your data is wrong and sketchy!
Scientists: "Ok it's even worse than we thought and we're already starting to see the effects!"
Everyone else: Oh well, too late now. Fuck it. *throws environmental standards out the window*
It's awe inspiring. It really is.
If he keeps pissing off people at the rate he's been doing, he may well become holey soon.
Sounds like they were doing honest to god real science there. Nothing says "real science" like unexpected results and blowing up their lab.
Cave Johnson would be proud.
TIL that if a company made you a lot of money, you are not allowed to make perfectly valid criticisms against it. Money should buy loyalty, no matter how corrupt or dishonest the source of that money turns out to be.
With that kind of attitude I'm honestly surprised Facebook isn't joined to Trumps hip.
I would use Evernote more if they could provide better assurance that they're not harvesting my data for god knows what.
I'm fed up with companies treating me like the product, ESPECIALLY when I'm already paying them money for their services.
If my bank wants to share my information with Facebook, they will no longer be my bank. Facebook has demonstrated quite clearly that they cannot be trusted with the data they have already amassed.
Zuckerborg can go fuck himself with a rusty chainsaw.
"Oh shit we've opened ourselves up to another antitrust lawsuit!"
I'm somewhat disappointed that they reversed course. Microsoft desperately needs to be slapped around with how they've managed Windows 10.
Call me when it actually goes commercial. Until then it's vapourware.
I have to say I agree with this.
There's nothing worse than smelling donuts or cotton candy, and you turn the corner thinking "Mmmm I'm gonna treat myself to something tasty!"
But no... It's just Brad and his cloud of LIES.
You just answered the question. The ISPs are paying bills to the upstream peers. The directions that the bits take has absolutely no bearing on anything. The only relevant aspect is that a given network has the capacity to handle the amount of data going through it.
This whole peering agreement thing is again, just a way for upstream providers to double-dip.
Yes yes, we know that argument. It's been passed around for a while now. It's no less bullshit now than it was then. The customers are paying for their pipe. The content producers are paying for their own pipe. Everyone is *already* paying for their access.
The reality that has been demonstrated is that ISPs only want to double-dip, making their customers pay AND make the content-providers pay for the exact same traffic. There is absolutely no evidence that says ISPs ever have or ever will lower prices for consumers by having content-creators pay the difference.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/...
Microsoft wants to be a cloud provider but they can't keep their infrastructure up worth a damned.
I honestly don't understand how they can be in second place considering how often they have major news-worthy failures.
They've already jumped on that bandwagon.
Windows 10 Home is so gimped that it's almost the equivalent of Windows 7 Starter Edition.
Windows 10 Pro has been gimped so that it's barely better than Windows 7 Home.
Everything else has been pushed to Enterprise edition, which is $15 a month (CAN$).
It's no wonder Chrome OS is gaining popularity. It's no wonder Apple is making money hand over first regardless of how stupid they make their hardware.
I doubt there will ever be a YOTLD thought. Not unless they collectively narrow a number of critical gaps in the ecosystem and the OS, compared to the other current commercial OSes (which I really don't want to get into a discussion over).
Lets also not forget the other big reason:
Windows 10 is shit. Or rather, Microsoft's management of it is shit. The way Microsoft is obnoxiously ripping control away from users unless they pay the stupidly expensive price for Enterprise edition, is total bullshit.
Microsoft has finally given people a reason to want to get away from Windows. And those that arn't tied to windows-exclusive software are doing exactly that.
Heaven forbid NASA decides what it should do based on facts and which location would give them the most favourable result.
But no, all the state politicians care about is making sure they get the pork.
To save people effort googling:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I have yet to see a single instance of a performance problem like that, that couldn't have been easily solved by doing basic optimization.
D: "We need a faster database. It takes too long to log in the user!"
Me: "Why TF are you doing a select * on the entire users table when you only want one row?"
I am routinely shocked by the average developer's inability to basic optimization. And not just with database queries. I once saw java code where someone *iterated* through a hashmap to find their desired value.
I stopped reading when it talked about having your passwords exposed if someone got to your local copy of 1password. He clearly has no idea what he's talking about.
Having Google manage your passwords is like having a fox guard the henhouse. 1Password encrypts everything at rest, and you have to put in your master password to access your database. By default it auto-locks again after just a few minutes. The only way someone would be able to get into your 1Password vault would be if you set your master password the same as a previously hacked account. And if you did that, then you missed the entire point of having a password manager.
If a Chromebook servers the author's needs, then all the power to him. I just can't wait to see him melt down when his internet connection goes down.
(How the heck do you develop on the web anyway? Unless he works exclusively in Javascript I don't see how that would work)
For the exact same reason that Apple is always pointed at when something negative happens. (eg: child labor in china, etc)
They're the perceived leader of the given industry, and that makes them the obvious target for finger pointing.
Or maybe there just isn't any positive news about Trump that doesn't come from sketchy wastelands like Infowars and Breitbart?