A reason could be that Apple has a market share of about 20% and Android one of about 80%.
In other words, I doubt the EU would go after Google if Android didn't represent 4/5 of the total market. You might have noticed that Microsoft was under fire for its position in the Desktop OS and Browser market, but nobody talked about their (not in any way different) practices in the mobile branch.
It's kinda hard to establish a new service, even a better one, if there is already one so entrenched and fortified that it's near impossible to generate the user base to make it viable. In other words, to see why your diatribe fails, replace "Google" with "Comcast".
Want to bet that DeBeers would find another way to protect their de facto monopoly? It's not like they are the only ones who could sell diamonds due to availability, but curiously, some reason exists...
Nah, not from me giving up 150 billions. But from watching what a society without any kind of financial worries would become. Would they get "creative"? Would they be bored to death? Would they start developing some other way to decide who gets to look down at someone else? Would they build an utopian place without worry or a brave new world, craving soma to fill the void?
Then I guess more intel would be needed before pulling him over. Don't get me wrong, if you have any tangible evidence, throw the book at him. But simply fishing for clues and hoping to find something is not enough. By that logic, I can pull anyone over randomly and start searching until I find something.
And trust me, I find something incriminating in your car. If everything fails, that zip tie over there looks exactly like the one we found on a murder victim 20 years ago.
Personally, I heard enough of those kids in the cave in the past week and Musk (not only in the past week) to last me more than a lifetime, maybe we can last for a week without hearing about him?
If it's then used for the benefit of the population, where's the corruption?
I know it may be counter intuitive to someone from the US, but over here in Europe, we tend to consider governments that do stuff for the people that vote for them instead of corporations that promise them cushy jobs after they are done driving the country into the ground to maximize shareholder profits "good".
And they fail miserably at offering any kind of "feel" of how big it is. Do you know what 74 gallons look like? Whether it's much? Can you, off the top of your head, tell me whether it's more than a bathtub? And how far that tub has to be filled?
Saying that it's a cone of X diameter and Y height would offer a much more tangible size. Even if X and Y were given in the funny imperial units.
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A reason could be that Apple has a market share of about 20% and Android one of about 80%.
In other words, I doubt the EU would go after Google if Android didn't represent 4/5 of the total market. You might have noticed that Microsoft was under fire for its position in the Desktop OS and Browser market, but nobody talked about their (not in any way different) practices in the mobile branch.
You might see a pattern.
It's kinda hard to establish a new service, even a better one, if there is already one so entrenched and fortified that it's near impossible to generate the user base to make it viable. In other words, to see why your diatribe fails, replace "Google" with "Comcast".
Failing? The rest of the planet wishes they'd fail like us.
Sucks to be on the receiving end, no?
THAT in turn would make Ireland an accomplice and the EU would squeeze the Irish dry. I kinda doubt they love Google enough to foot their bill.
But ... not in the sky but in the ground?
Well, they have been known to create artificial scarcity by limiting supply due to stockpiling...
So ... you say the religious are right? Hell is right below us?
Want to bet that DeBeers would find another way to protect their de facto monopoly? It's not like they are the only ones who could sell diamonds due to availability, but curiously, some reason exists...
What makes you think that your premiums would get any cheaper?
Nah, not from me giving up 150 billions. But from watching what a society without any kind of financial worries would become. Would they get "creative"? Would they be bored to death? Would they start developing some other way to decide who gets to look down at someone else? Would they build an utopian place without worry or a brave new world, craving soma to fill the void?
I'd really want to know.
Because this president doesn't smoke cigars.
Hey, it's my money, and I've always been someone to try something instead of relying on people claiming something cannot be done.
Tax the rich? What are you, a commie?
I'd consider it fun to watch capitalist theorists go bananas.
Then I guess you could submit the story and if it's interesting it will be upvoted.
Then I guess more intel would be needed before pulling him over. Don't get me wrong, if you have any tangible evidence, throw the book at him. But simply fishing for clues and hoping to find something is not enough. By that logic, I can pull anyone over randomly and start searching until I find something.
And trust me, I find something incriminating in your car. If everything fails, that zip tie over there looks exactly like the one we found on a murder victim 20 years ago.
So we need one more? Whatever. But this isn't the firehose, wrong subpage.
Then why would I wanna hear it here, too? I come here because it's not just another news outlet that drones the same bullshit as all the rest.
At least that's what /. used to be. A long time ago.
Have you looked at what's "on sale"? I have seen less useless junk in 1-dollar stores. Just cheaper.
Personally, I heard enough of those kids in the cave in the past week and Musk (not only in the past week) to last me more than a lifetime, maybe we can last for a week without hearing about him?
If it's then used for the benefit of the population, where's the corruption?
I know it may be counter intuitive to someone from the US, but over here in Europe, we tend to consider governments that do stuff for the people that vote for them instead of corporations that promise them cushy jobs after they are done driving the country into the ground to maximize shareholder profits "good".
And they fail miserably at offering any kind of "feel" of how big it is. Do you know what 74 gallons look like? Whether it's much? Can you, off the top of your head, tell me whether it's more than a bathtub? And how far that tub has to be filled?
Saying that it's a cone of X diameter and Y height would offer a much more tangible size. Even if X and Y were given in the funny imperial units.
I already don't want to know what the chocolate actually is.
The revolution wasn't a mistake. Ending it was.