I’d love to have such a plan! I asked my cellphone provider. They say it’s illegal under de new EU provisions. All other cellphone providers agree on that in my country. Care to tell which provider in the EU provides this? Any EU country will do. Preferably a link to their website.
The problem lies in the wording of the law: it’s “roam like home”, so if you has had 1000 units and 1GB package, for inland, then due to the law it would become 1000 units, 1GB in the EU. You can’t have 1000 units and 1GB nationally and pay-as-you-go roaming. That is illegal.
The only way around is “pay-as-you-go” nationally. Since you have no package inland, they don’t have to provide a package in the EU. I’d be perfectly fine with such a plan, if that didn’t mean that data would be metered in the order of 250EUR/GB.
What pisses me off most is that now many plans are national only. Formerly, at least you could use roaming when you needed to. Now, if tou have such a plan: you can’t, no choice. The EU should not have allowed that, but they did... causing exacly the inverse of what they wanted. People on vacation won’t be able to call at all on such plans.
I remain of the opinion that the normal people are now subsidizing the lifestyle of a few. Thank the EU that you are in luck. For most people it either became more expensive or they lost the roaming capability alltoghether. A net loss for most consumers.
In the EU... and as a consequence I now need a more expensive plan or I get the national-only gimped plan that can’t do roaming. Formely I had unlimited inland, and pay-as-you-go roaming for 15€. To keep roaming, I now need the 27€ plan for about the same conditions. Free my arse. Do you have any idea how much pay-as-you-go 12€ gives you? No? Well, last spring I went to Madeira and I used my phone as always. So did my wife: 5€ more that month for both lines!
Free EU roaming isn’t free at all. All over Europe people lost roaming capability because they had to choose cheaper plans that are blocked their country. The law did effectively the inverse of what it intended to do!
So you think that advertisement is not tailored to you?
You might get Miller ads because you are in a certain geographic location, or because you have interest in certain activities (sports?) closely associated with the beer drinking populace.
Shovelwars online games? Interest in video games, computers and technology.
The Samsung ads are a no-brainer: they know you use Apple and Samsung paid them to show their ads to users of their main competitor. That’s one “Duh” right there.
I saw Mythbusters create black powder. I think they effed up the proportions on purpose and they wouldn’t say then. A quick wikipedia search tells you though.
How long do you think that will stay that way when the CD is gone? Once everything is streaming, you will have no more control and... no more fallback.
Apple dragged them kicking an screaming to non-DRM formats. I cannot buy on iTunes, bevause iTunes does not run on my systems. There are also rumors that iTunes will switch to streaming only. Once everything is streaming only, you won’t have any control any more. You won’t have the CD anymore to switch back to.
The real question is: What was the capital investment required to build it and how much time is needed to break even in normal circumstances? From what I understand these are extraordinarily conditions.
Except of course, the iPad Pro is (in my country, I just checked) 715EUR for the smallest version (10,5", 64GB, Wifi-only), for which you can get laptops that are halfway decent. If you want the full package, that is: keyboard and pen, you add in another 173EUR for the keyboard and a whopping 105EUR for the pen. Let's ignore the pen, because most laptops don't have pens, but you would need a keyboard. The cheapest laptop-equivalent iPad Pro would as such be 888EUR.
That's the price category you really have to look at. Laptops around 900EUR. A quick search of one of the online shops I use gives me this: Lenovo Ideapad 520s-14IKB: Intel Core i7-7500U Processor// 8 GB RAM// 256GB SSD// 14" at 1920x1080 for a whopping 849EUR.
Sure, it's a normal laptop and it runs Windows 10, but the resolution is okay, it's got enough RAM and a decent processor. I also understand that the iPad Pro 10,5" comes with a 2224x1668 resolution, so that is indeed better than the Lenovo I picked. Personally, I'd pick the Lenovo any day over the iPad Pro.
My point being: You cannot compare an iPad Pro to the sub-400EUR laptops. If you are in a sub-400EUR budget, you don't buy new. You buy refurb, and get yourself a business class laptop. A Lenovo X220 can be had for less than 200EUR, with a Sandy Bridge i5, 4GB RAM and a spinning disk. Add in another 200EUR to upgrade the RAM and get an SSD and you get much better value for that 400EUR that anything new on the market... or any iPad... for the matter. Granted, you are stuck with 1366x786 on most of those refurbs, but you wouldn't get anything better in the 400EUR budget class any way.
Well, you could look into Chinese brands, but they are a whole different kettle of worms (even though I would recommend them in some use-cases)
Is that so? I haven’t damaged another car in about 10 years, but back then, I just left a note. Worked out fine, even though obviously the owner of the vehicle wasn’t happy.
so I didn’t think PayPal would ever amount to anything
Neither did I, but does it really amount to much? Okay, granted, I'm sure they make a ton of money, and they are a registered European Bank (in Luxembourg).
I remember it being touted as a "Online Wallet", I may remember incorrectly. You'd be able to pay in the real world using PayPal. That never happened. I wonder if there are really many PayPal accounts that have any significant amount of money on them.
From what I see they are mostly a credit card payment processor. Again, it's not that this doesn't make any money, but it isn't exactly something special either. I admit, I only see my use case, but I only use PayPal if no other payment methods are practical, and usually that means having to pay a fee to the seller in order to use PayPal (typically 1€ to 1.5€), so the costs are offset to you. A typical example would be online computer part stores in Germany, that don't accept non-German credit cards.
What PayPal is relatively good at, is to transfer money from one private person to another private person online. That said, if my correspondent is in Europe, I'll just do a wire transfer. Perhaps my view is too Eurocentric and the true advantages of PayPal play out in the US?
Will keep it in mind next time. The iPhone 5 of my wife lasted over 5 years. Two for her, three for me. At a certain point, the battery starts to become a big issue. I did several third party repairs for the battery. Invariably lasted only six months with my usage pattern.
Women have smaller hands and purses. So, yes, it’s me... never denied that. Fact that it’s the cheapest iPhone helps. If I use it four years, I’ll have paid 100€/year. Decent.
As long as they keep the SE in the current form factor. The SE is basically the only iPhone that has good price/value ratio. I had the philosophy of getting my wifes old iPhone when she gets the latest model every two years. Last one she got was a 7 and, as such I got her old 6. Never again. These phones are so thin, I basically let it slip all the time, and within two weeks I let it fall, shatter the screen and TouchId was ruined too. Third party repair was so-so, and a half functioning phone sucks. So, I ponied up for the cheapest SE, getting back the 5 form factor. I couldn’t be happier. First time in over 10 years, I actually paid for a new phone.
Indeed, it's not needed each year. It's the initial "homologation" that needs to be done. I'm short on details, but the different procedures are hard to compare because of national rules. I'm obviously not in the US, and even within European countries rules may vary widely for such things.
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The problem lies in the wording of the law: it’s “roam like home”, so if you has had 1000 units and 1GB package, for inland, then due to the law it would become 1000 units, 1GB in the EU. You can’t have 1000 units and 1GB nationally and pay-as-you-go roaming. That is illegal.
The only way around is “pay-as-you-go” nationally. Since you have no package inland, they don’t have to provide a package in the EU. I’d be perfectly fine with such a plan, if that didn’t mean that data would be metered in the order of 250EUR/GB.
What pisses me off most is that now many plans are national only. Formerly, at least you could use roaming when you needed to. Now, if tou have such a plan: you can’t, no choice. The EU should not have allowed that, but they did... causing exacly the inverse of what they wanted. People on vacation won’t be able to call at all on such plans.
I remain of the opinion that the normal people are now subsidizing the lifestyle of a few. Thank the EU that you are in luck. For most people it either became more expensive or they lost the roaming capability alltoghether. A net loss for most consumers.
Free EU roaming isn’t free at all. All over Europe people lost roaming capability because they had to choose cheaper plans that are blocked their country. The law did effectively the inverse of what it intended to do!
You might get Miller ads because you are in a certain geographic location, or because you have interest in certain activities (sports?) closely associated with the beer drinking populace.
Shovelwars online games? Interest in video games, computers and technology.
The Samsung ads are a no-brainer: they know you use Apple and Samsung paid them to show their ads to users of their main competitor. That’s one “Duh” right there.
I saw Mythbusters create black powder. I think they effed up the proportions on purpose and they wouldn’t say then. A quick wikipedia search tells you though.
Your physical media is the proof of ownership of the license. You should not throw it away.
How long do you think that will stay that way when the CD is gone? Once everything is streaming, you will have no more control and... no more fallback.
Apple dragged them kicking an screaming to non-DRM formats. I cannot buy on iTunes, bevause iTunes does not run on my systems. There are also rumors that iTunes will switch to streaming only. Once everything is streaming only, you won’t have any control any more. You won’t have the CD anymore to switch back to.
Last DRM free media: there are music executives opening bottles of champagne...
I hope so!
So, let me get this straight: This is a server OS, with basic server functionalities removed? In what way is this still a server OS?
The real question is: What was the capital investment required to build it and how much time is needed to break even in normal circumstances? From what I understand these are extraordinarily conditions.
Obviously, it took so long because the Windows 10 upgrade on its computer was installing.
That's the price category you really have to look at. Laptops around 900EUR. A quick search of one of the online shops I use gives me this: Lenovo Ideapad 520s-14IKB: Intel Core i7-7500U Processor // 8 GB RAM // 256GB SSD // 14" at 1920x1080 for a whopping 849EUR.
Sure, it's a normal laptop and it runs Windows 10, but the resolution is okay, it's got enough RAM and a decent processor. I also understand that the iPad Pro 10,5" comes with a 2224x1668 resolution, so that is indeed better than the Lenovo I picked. Personally, I'd pick the Lenovo any day over the iPad Pro.
My point being: You cannot compare an iPad Pro to the sub-400EUR laptops. If you are in a sub-400EUR budget, you don't buy new. You buy refurb, and get yourself a business class laptop. A Lenovo X220 can be had for less than 200EUR, with a Sandy Bridge i5, 4GB RAM and a spinning disk. Add in another 200EUR to upgrade the RAM and get an SSD and you get much better value for that 400EUR that anything new on the market... or any iPad... for the matter. Granted, you are stuck with 1366x786 on most of those refurbs, but you wouldn't get anything better in the 400EUR budget class any way.
Well, you could look into Chinese brands, but they are a whole different kettle of worms (even though I would recommend them in some use-cases)
Is that so? I haven’t damaged another car in about 10 years, but back then, I just left a note. Worked out fine, even though obviously the owner of the vehicle wasn’t happy.
Neither did I, but does it really amount to much? Okay, granted, I'm sure they make a ton of money, and they are a registered European Bank (in Luxembourg).
I remember it being touted as a "Online Wallet", I may remember incorrectly. You'd be able to pay in the real world using PayPal. That never happened. I wonder if there are really many PayPal accounts that have any significant amount of money on them.
From what I see they are mostly a credit card payment processor. Again, it's not that this doesn't make any money, but it isn't exactly something special either. I admit, I only see my use case, but I only use PayPal if no other payment methods are practical, and usually that means having to pay a fee to the seller in order to use PayPal (typically 1€ to 1.5€), so the costs are offset to you. A typical example would be online computer part stores in Germany, that don't accept non-German credit cards.
What PayPal is relatively good at, is to transfer money from one private person to another private person online. That said, if my correspondent is in Europe, I'll just do a wire transfer. Perhaps my view is too Eurocentric and the true advantages of PayPal play out in the US?
You mean like, more than zero? Apart from a planned a kernel upgrade I never reboot. My systems also don’t reboot spontaneously.
You have cheap ears ;-)
Will keep it in mind next time. The iPhone 5 of my wife lasted over 5 years. Two for her, three for me. At a certain point, the battery starts to become a big issue. I did several third party repairs for the battery. Invariably lasted only six months with my usage pattern.
Yup... that must be it :-)
Women have smaller hands and purses. So, yes, it’s me... never denied that. Fact that it’s the cheapest iPhone helps. If I use it four years, I’ll have paid 100€/year. Decent.
As long as they keep the SE in the current form factor. The SE is basically the only iPhone that has good price/value ratio. I had the philosophy of getting my wifes old iPhone when she gets the latest model every two years. Last one she got was a 7 and, as such I got her old 6. Never again. These phones are so thin, I basically let it slip all the time, and within two weeks I let it fall, shatter the screen and TouchId was ruined too. Third party repair was so-so, and a half functioning phone sucks. So, I ponied up for the cheapest SE, getting back the 5 form factor. I couldn’t be happier. First time in over 10 years, I actually paid for a new phone.
Indeed, it's not needed each year. It's the initial "homologation" that needs to be done. I'm short on details, but the different procedures are hard to compare because of national rules. I'm obviously not in the US, and even within European countries rules may vary widely for such things.
No idea. It’s the explanation I heard. Fact is: two Tesla S have been standing here unused for months.