Why not? You too could have a super expensive sports car if you just blew your money on shit like that without any care as to savings or your future livelihood.
I think you're missing the point. Those are legitimately funny things that made the show great, yet I know every one of them and I stopped watching in Season 5. And from what I've heard there's been nothing new added to this formula for the past 7 years.
I would argue that the wide-ranging impact that extends far beyond Apple's ecosystem means that it is; you argue that it isn't, without giving any specific reasons.
No I countered that there is no wide-ranging impact in the first place and by extension not an abuse of market power since Apple doesn't have market power in the area to begin with. They are a minority player in the mobile world with 20% market share. A developer wanting to target that specific customer doesn't change the state of the industry in that regard.
Again your premise is the thing I disagree with. There's nothing preventing a company using whatever payment processor they want for their software when they don't distribute it with Apple, and the fact that Google has a competing payment processor is perfect evidence of that. Abuse of market power would be preventing the use of this competing processor outside of Apple's ecosystem.
Meanwhile, I hope you don't mind too much if us sensible people head down to the pub after work for a couple of pints with our friends, maybe served up by a cute waitress or bartender.
Oh I'll join you. Drinking is a lot of fun. Just don't be a twat and pretend that without alcohol we would be out there killing each other.
Aren't you the little dick who's advocating engaging in fake violence to channel your aggressions?
I wasn't the one saying without alcohol people would die.
Face it, you've been so thoroughly pwned by so many people here your poor bum must be feeling like you got on the wrong end of a horny rhinoceros.
Yeah so thoroughly pwned that 4 people said something nonsensical including you, and I'm positively moderated. Are you a fake news Trump supporter? Or maybe you've just had too much alcohol.
knowing that charging that battery would be a problem?
Why is charging the battery a problem? You are talking about a function of time. Just because a person can only charge 1/10th of that amount over night doesn't mean they don't have benefits from the battery. After all, who actually drives 250 miles every day anyway.
Evidently they didn't hurt me as much as I hurt them. Poor poor feelings.
I don't need to further amplify what a snotty little prick you are.
I'm sorry you got triggered. Maybe you need to drink your brain in a stupor to deal with it before you go kill someone..... And then get professional help.
Riding the global rise that has been ongoing the past few years and Trump has taken credit for over here too mate, only no Trump to be found. Let's hope he doesn't fuck it up any more than he already has though.
Nonononono. They don't buy shit software. They insist on not buying software and in the process roll their own arse backwards garbage with whatever they have available, and given that most large companies are effectively Windows + Office + Exchange shops they have Sharepoint available pretty much for free.
it doesn't make it good.
I could not agree with you more. I didn't say it was good, or it made sense. Quite the opposite. It is a horrid practice and frankly the companies deserve the shit they have to deal with as a result (e.g. Forced use of IE).
Sorry, i will not be lobotomized like most of those companies already are
Good on you. Unfortunately most of our IT people are. *sigh*
Hint: Apple just got their a**es handed to them in court over one of those
I assume you're talking about Apple v Pepper? You may be interested to know that the appeal currently underway is based entirely on Apple's status as a monopoly in its app store. Like I said from the beginning.
Again, upon what are you basing that legal theory?
Legal fact.
Contracts can create illegal restraint of trade without monopolies being involved.
Contracts can create very specific illegal restraint on trade. There's no general case that isn't entirely moderated by the market power of either party.
How does Apple's payment system not compete with other payment processors?
Because we're moving the goalposts, but the fact is that contractually blocking specific 3rd party services universally to all customers is only illegal when it is considered part of the abuse of market power.
Unfortunately for your argument, the iOS platform is not closed.
Then there should be no legal problem then, except you're wrong the platform is actually closed, no one has power to decide what happens on the iPhone ecosystem other than Apple. Them granting limited access to app developers via contracts doesn't make it open, actually the one sided contracts with restrictions you are complaining about make it the very definition of a closed ecosystem.
manner that extends far beyond their own ecosystem
Negative. There's no requirement contractually that an app present on the App store has any restrictions on another platform or in another store. Netflix are still able to use whatever payment processor they want, developers are fine to hand money over via Google Play. Just restricting a 3rd party for an app on your own closed ecosystem does not mean their power extends beyond their ecosystem. You would actually find that THAT kind of contract is very illegal and Google just got a huge fine for doing something similar.
The odds of Uber ever receiving rent is quite low.
That's entirely dependent on their R&D producing patents.
They were behind and highly unlikely to catch up, more likely to slowly fall farther and farther behind.
Really you should know better than to make claims like that in the technology sector, especially where technology is in its infancy and development depends on R&D + poaching the right people from the competition or getting in first to capture some new PhD research.
Also the amount of profit generated by the alchohol industries is greater than the cost of the damage caused by alchohol
Only because an incredible number of laws banning the use of alcohol in certain scenarios and to certain amounts in an effort to protect people from themselves.
It's less than 10MB on my phone. It's amazing how small Facebook can be when you strip the animations, video playback, streaming, gaming, marketplace, and all that other completely worthless shit out of it.
Global economy is weak. Tarriffs are causing issues.
Something tells me if Trump resigns or is impeached then the US markets may see a very sudden uptick.
Any turbulence with the running of the country could cause a stock market shock
When you throw a stone in a rake it causes a ripple. When you do it during the fucking thunderstorm that is known as the 45th US Presidency then you won't even notice. There's been several cases in the past of the US government suddenly losing its figurehead in both good and bad economies, for both good (natural death / resignation) and bad (assassination) reasons. The only thing that is certain is that this form of upset in the government can't predict market outcomes.
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Why not? You too could have a super expensive sports car if you just blew your money on shit like that without any care as to savings or your future livelihood.
I think you're missing the point. Those are legitimately funny things that made the show great, yet I know every one of them and I stopped watching in Season 5. And from what I've heard there's been nothing new added to this formula for the past 7 years.
I think POTUS gets too much credit for the state of the economy.
Unfortunately I think POTUS *takes* too much credit for the state of the economy, and not just Trump. They all ride the high when it happens.
I would argue that the wide-ranging impact that extends far beyond Apple's ecosystem means that it is; you argue that it isn't, without giving any specific reasons.
No I countered that there is no wide-ranging impact in the first place and by extension not an abuse of market power since Apple doesn't have market power in the area to begin with. They are a minority player in the mobile world with 20% market share. A developer wanting to target that specific customer doesn't change the state of the industry in that regard.
Again your premise is the thing I disagree with. There's nothing preventing a company using whatever payment processor they want for their software when they don't distribute it with Apple, and the fact that Google has a competing payment processor is perfect evidence of that. Abuse of market power would be preventing the use of this competing processor outside of Apple's ecosystem.
I agree. Drinking is even better after a sport, just don't pretend you need to drink or you're going to go and kill someone like the GP did.
Meanwhile, I hope you don't mind too much if us sensible people head down to the pub after work for a couple of pints with our friends, maybe served up by a cute waitress or bartender.
Oh I'll join you. Drinking is a lot of fun. Just don't be a twat and pretend that without alcohol we would be out there killing each other.
Aren't you the little dick who's advocating engaging in fake violence to channel your aggressions?
I wasn't the one saying without alcohol people would die.
Face it, you've been so thoroughly pwned by so many people here your poor bum must be feeling like you got on the wrong end of a horny rhinoceros.
Yeah so thoroughly pwned that 4 people said something nonsensical including you, and I'm positively moderated. Are you a fake news Trump supporter? Or maybe you've just had too much alcohol.
Thanks for playing.
You're welcome, anytime.
The failure of the courts to enforce the bill of rights doesn't change what it says.
Nope it doesn't change what it says, it simply invalidates it wholesale like an unenforceable contract.
knowing that charging that battery would be a problem?
Why is charging the battery a problem? You are talking about a function of time. Just because a person can only charge 1/10th of that amount over night doesn't mean they don't have benefits from the battery. After all, who actually drives 250 miles every day anyway.
where should he or she obtain a TLS certificate to use with said device in order to suppress "Not Secure" messages in web browsers?
You know they could just click okay and move on with their lives.
The AC's dealt with you effectively enough.
Evidently they didn't hurt me as much as I hurt them. Poor poor feelings.
I don't need to further amplify what a snotty little prick you are.
I'm sorry you got triggered. Maybe you need to drink your brain in a stupor to deal with it before you go kill someone. .... And then get professional help.
Why do you need to pretend to beat up people to decompress?
Did I assault you with words?
Riding the global rise that has been ongoing the past few years and Trump has taken credit for over here too mate, only no Trump to be found. Let's hope he doesn't fuck it up any more than he already has though.
just because large company buy shit software
Nonononono. They don't buy shit software. They insist on not buying software and in the process roll their own arse backwards garbage with whatever they have available, and given that most large companies are effectively Windows + Office + Exchange shops they have Sharepoint available pretty much for free.
it doesn't make it good.
I could not agree with you more. I didn't say it was good, or it made sense. Quite the opposite. It is a horrid practice and frankly the companies deserve the shit they have to deal with as a result (e.g. Forced use of IE).
Sorry, i will not be lobotomized like most of those companies already are
Good on you. Unfortunately most of our IT people are. *sigh*
Hint: Apple just got their a**es handed to them in court over one of those
I assume you're talking about Apple v Pepper? You may be interested to know that the appeal currently underway is based entirely on Apple's status as a monopoly in its app store. Like I said from the beginning.
Again, upon what are you basing that legal theory?
Legal fact.
Contracts can create illegal restraint of trade without monopolies being involved.
Contracts can create very specific illegal restraint on trade. There's no general case that isn't entirely moderated by the market power of either party.
How does Apple's payment system not compete with other payment processors?
Because we're moving the goalposts, but the fact is that contractually blocking specific 3rd party services universally to all customers is only illegal when it is considered part of the abuse of market power.
Unfortunately for your argument, the iOS platform is not closed.
Then there should be no legal problem then, except you're wrong the platform is actually closed, no one has power to decide what happens on the iPhone ecosystem other than Apple. Them granting limited access to app developers via contracts doesn't make it open, actually the one sided contracts with restrictions you are complaining about make it the very definition of a closed ecosystem.
manner that extends far beyond their own ecosystem
Negative. There's no requirement contractually that an app present on the App store has any restrictions on another platform or in another store. Netflix are still able to use whatever payment processor they want, developers are fine to hand money over via Google Play. Just restricting a 3rd party for an app on your own closed ecosystem does not mean their power extends beyond their ecosystem. You would actually find that THAT kind of contract is very illegal and Google just got a huge fine for doing something similar.
The odds of Uber ever receiving rent is quite low.
That's entirely dependent on their R&D producing patents.
They were behind and highly unlikely to catch up, more likely to slowly fall farther and farther behind.
Really you should know better than to make claims like that in the technology sector, especially where technology is in its infancy and development depends on R&D + poaching the right people from the competition or getting in first to capture some new PhD research.
I'm both heavy and advanced Facebook user and it's enough for me. Seriously you get the "full" Facebook experience without the shit in the normal app.
Also the amount of profit generated by the alchohol industries is greater than the cost of the damage caused by alchohol
Only because an incredible number of laws banning the use of alcohol in certain scenarios and to certain amounts in an effort to protect people from themselves.
Android manufacturers are waiting for Apple to release a car they can copy.
They may be waiting for an Apple to copy, but when released they'll be able to Paste too.
And can run on any hardware without any drivers and on top of another OS using portable Javascript. Yes that IS progress.
Emulation has costs.
Today, the Facebook app is 496.1 MB.
Windows 95 doesn't include a web browser. The Facebook app (for reasons stupid as heck) does.
It's less than 10MB on my phone. It's amazing how small Facebook can be when you strip the animations, video playback, streaming, gaming, marketplace, and all that other completely worthless shit out of it.
I'm sure it still phones home like all the others but for anyone interested: https://play.google.com/store/...
I find it sad that an OS from 95 offered roughly the same functionality offered today but took much less space. Our tech is degrading.
You only find that sad because you remember nothing about the OS from 95.
Global economy is weak. Tarriffs are causing issues.
Something tells me if Trump resigns or is impeached then the US markets may see a very sudden uptick.
Any turbulence with the running of the country could cause a stock market shock
When you throw a stone in a rake it causes a ripple. When you do it during the fucking thunderstorm that is known as the 45th US Presidency then you won't even notice. There's been several cases in the past of the US government suddenly losing its figurehead in both good and bad economies, for both good (natural death / resignation) and bad (assassination) reasons. The only thing that is certain is that this form of upset in the government can't predict market outcomes.