Because the Apple device has higher specs? Gee, imagine that. A device with a better processor, more RAM, an SSD vs HDD, has a bigger screen with higher resolution costs more!
The problem that prevents flash from playing fullscreen is that it's closed source crap
So that's why Gnash plays videos so much better? Oh wait, it's actually worse.
not that Linux is in any way incomplete.
No, the problem isn't incompleteness it's the fact that one has to traverse a jungle of incompatible audio and video APIs to make sure it even works at all across the various distributions.
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It's bit too convenient that there are all these reviews of Packt Publishing books coming out from one off reviewers giving the books 9/10. If it smells like a shill review and reads like a shill review it's probably a shill review.
And people bitch at me when I say that Apple is driving towards exactly this.
Because they aren't.
You know it's funny how Linux users constantly bitch and moan about Apple and Microsoft not having something comparable to a respository for their OSes and yet when Apple does something just like that it's now claimed that the OS is going to be locked-down despite the fact that Apple has repeatedly stated that OS X won't be.
Actually, it's worse than lame as they're now locking down Mac OSX just like they do with iOS.
You mean except for the fact that it was explicitly stated that the app store wasn't the exclusive place to get apps for Mac OS X? How can it be locked down when nothing has changed beyond having a new source for downloading apps from?
They have a perception of integration, not lock down.
And the integration is due to the lockdown. As I already stated, the users don't use loaded terms like "locked down device" but the entire basis of the things they rave about the device is due to the lockdown.
I do realize that a lot of people aren't going to need to upgrade their hardware just because MS has pulled support of their version of Windows.
Yeah, because only getting 10+ years of support for a version of Windows is so unreasonable. I mean, I can still get patches and backports of all my apps and kernel changes to a 10 year old version of Debian, right? Oh wait...
I don't recall ever hearing an end user trumpet the fact that it is locked down as an advantage over Android.
That's because they never use such loaded words to describe it, but it is essentially the lockdown that brings the benefits that the users like (vetted apps, platform consistency, etc).
You still didn't answer my question as to why you so vocally hate the FSF.
I don't hate the F$F. I just pity the followers of the cult.
If my "ramblings" are so sad and no sane individual would care about them, why do you get so enraged and bothered by them to make a post whining about it?
Give us an example of a platform where the very fact that the owner is locked out is beneficial to the owner.
Way to twist the GP's words. That isn't what he said. The iPhone is a perfect example of what he actually said because the locked-down platform is seen by many of the users as an advantage of something more open like Android.
It is true that some proprietary software may be seen as better on technical grounds, or even be cheaper to maintain, but name one instance where opening up the code and the hardware specs would be detrimental to the device's owner.
Why should they have to? They never made such a ridiculous claim. Strawman much?
Catering to the market of tinkerers left over after everyone else has moved to the "it just works" appliance crowd, they are exactly the kind of people who will want machines they control 100%.
I already covered that:
You might have a case if the basement-dwelling Linux market was more than a statistical anomaly.
Except what your using as some sort of counterargument has fuck all to do with what I was responding to which was purely about locked down hardware (such as an iPhone) versus something that isn't locked down. People DO know that difference and they still choose iPhones, iPads and iPods because they don't care that the device is locked down in some manner.
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FTFY.
I just looked at the wikipedia entry, and the Acer's processor is 1.8gHz, the Apple is 1.4. So the acer is faster.
Yeah, except your full of it. An Atom is in now way going to beat a Core2 Duo.
The Apple costs three times what the Acer costs.
Because the Apple device has higher specs? Gee, imagine that. A device with a better processor, more RAM, an SSD vs HDD, has a bigger screen with higher resolution costs more!
The problem that prevents flash from playing fullscreen is that it's closed source crap
So that's why Gnash plays videos so much better? Oh wait, it's actually worse.
not that Linux is in any way incomplete.
No, the problem isn't incompleteness it's the fact that one has to traverse a jungle of incompatible audio and video APIs to make sure it even works at all across the various distributions.
It's bit too convenient that there are all these reviews of Packt Publishing books coming out from one off reviewers giving the books 9/10. If it smells like a shill review and reads like a shill review it's probably a shill review.
And people bitch at me when I say that Apple is driving towards exactly this.
Because they aren't. You know it's funny how Linux users constantly bitch and moan about Apple and Microsoft not having something comparable to a respository for their OSes and yet when Apple does something just like that it's now claimed that the OS is going to be locked-down despite the fact that Apple has repeatedly stated that OS X won't be.
Actually, it's worse than lame as they're now locking down Mac OSX just like they do with iOS.
You mean except for the fact that it was explicitly stated that the app store wasn't the exclusive place to get apps for Mac OS X? How can it be locked down when nothing has changed beyond having a new source for downloading apps from?
Exactly. Whinging about the current systems but providing no credible alternative isn't going to get people to come to your side.
Exactly since is the same person who promised to remake another video game using a newer engine and that was never released either.
People are actually willing to pay 35 bucks for a book about a Joomla extension? Really?
They have a perception of integration, not lock down.
And the integration is due to the lockdown. As I already stated, the users don't use loaded terms like "locked down device" but the entire basis of the things they rave about the device is due to the lockdown.
No, but I suggest taking a chill pill.
I suggest you blow me.
I do realize that a lot of people aren't going to need to upgrade their hardware just because MS has pulled support of their version of Windows.
Yeah, because only getting 10+ years of support for a version of Windows is so unreasonable. I mean, I can still get patches and backports of all my apps and kernel changes to a 10 year old version of Debian, right? Oh wait...
No, it's because RM$ promised to let me butt fuck him and after I paid him he gypped me.
Both of which have been show to be false, especially with the App Store.
That may be true, but the users still have that perception which is the entire point you seem to be missing.
But your responses come off as so very angry.
Boohoo. Do you need me to call the waahmbulance?
And you seem to have way too much time on your hand to care so much about my posts.
And you're even more sad for getting so worked up and bothered by my posts. Go outside and get a life if my posts bother you that much.
I don't recall ever hearing an end user trumpet the fact that it is locked down as an advantage over Android.
That's because they never use such loaded words to describe it, but it is essentially the lockdown that brings the benefits that the users like (vetted apps, platform consistency, etc).
You still didn't answer my question as to why you so vocally hate the FSF.
I don't hate the F$F. I just pity the followers of the cult.
If my "ramblings" are so sad and no sane individual would care about them, why do you get so enraged and bothered by them to make a post whining about it?
If that were true Android never would have taken off:
Why? What he said isn't mutually exclusive to that. Notice how he didn't say "all people".
"App developers more bullish on Android than iOS"
Because App developers are representative of an average phone user?
Just see how many exclusive titles Microsoft had to purchase in order to ensure XBOX's success.
As opposed to how many titles Sony purchased to be exclusive to their console?
I use it because it's funny to get people like you so bothered and enraged by it.
Give us examples.
iPhone, iPad, iPod.
Give us an example of a platform where the very fact that the owner is locked out is beneficial to the owner.
Way to twist the GP's words. That isn't what he said. The iPhone is a perfect example of what he actually said because the locked-down platform is seen by many of the users as an advantage of something more open like Android.
It is true that some proprietary software may be seen as better on technical grounds, or even be cheaper to maintain, but name one instance where opening up the code and the hardware specs would be detrimental to the device's owner.
Why should they have to? They never made such a ridiculous claim. Strawman much?
So you actually think any major hardware manufacturer gives a shit about an F$F endorsement? Seriously?!?
Exactly and the first response to my post is a perfect example of said snobs.
Catering to the market of tinkerers left over after everyone else has moved to the "it just works" appliance crowd, they are exactly the kind of people who will want machines they control 100%.
I already covered that:
You might have a case if the basement-dwelling Linux market was more than a statistical anomaly.
Except what your using as some sort of counterargument has fuck all to do with what I was responding to which was purely about locked down hardware (such as an iPhone) versus something that isn't locked down. People DO know that difference and they still choose iPhones, iPads and iPods because they don't care that the device is locked down in some manner.