Oh I have never wondered why, I know exactly why. And it isn't their stated reason of "so you can share articles with your contacts". That lame reason is so transparent it isn't even funny.
Well that just makes no sense, whatsoever. its basically charging arbirtarily different prices in different regions and pocketing the difference. I am sure a US app maker will still get paid in USD.
What a giant FUCK U to their users and developers. I wonder if a government will finally step in and end region locking?
Most frameworks like Extjs and jQuery reimplement most of the js built-in functions. (Calling js a library would be too generous.) Either because runtimes implement them inconsistently (node, phantom and browsers) or because the functions themselves are shitty.
Its just like the resistance to digital music distribution. The sports leagues will need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
In the case of the NHL which is #4 out of the 3 major professional sports (after Nascar in revenue), they will be lucky to survive. Instead they keep expanding the league and watering down the content.
Its a legal grey area. It violates the TOS for NHL so they could disconnect you for using it. Otherwise why would they region lock local games?
I don't know if they bother trying to block it, though. Maybe it is some agreement to the cable companies to not cannibalize their local revenue, but maybe they don't take it seriously.
Either way, they act like they don't want my money, so they are not getting my money.
And now it is 20 minutes of basic-cable level commercials before the 10 minutes of trailers for movies that are entirely unrelated to the one you are there to see.
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When that logo garbage is just right...
Ok I guess I am confused. I though the article says that they are "synchronizing prices" such that a .99 USD app in the US will cost .99 GPB in the UK.
Wait, all this is doing is shifting VAT and taxes from the developer's burden to the purchaser?
Why the fuck did the article not say this? I already know why, because making the taxes fair would not generate outrage and clicks. I have been duped.
fbpurity.com Facebook is useless without it.
Shit, even youtube emphasizes content creators making shitty videos every day instead of one great one every month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
But how do I know you are telling the truth about this? :)
Oh I have never wondered why, I know exactly why. And it isn't their stated reason of "so you can share articles with your contacts". That lame reason is so transparent it isn't even funny.
I am sure the "law enforcement authorities" part is complete scaremongering bullshit though.
Well that just makes no sense, whatsoever. its basically charging arbirtarily different prices in different regions and pocketing the difference. I am sure a US app maker will still get paid in USD.
What a giant FUCK U to their users and developers. I wonder if a government will finally step in and end region locking?
Ensures inconsistency across functions too.
And there are lots more shitty JavaScript only "programmers" than real programmers that can program in the best language for the task.
And I don't want to download a potentially horribly insecure app to view content that is better and more securely viewed in a browser.
And considering how insecure browsers can be, this is saying something profound
Most frameworks like Extjs and jQuery reimplement most of the js built-in functions. (Calling js a library would be too generous.) Either because runtimes implement them inconsistently (node, phantom and browsers) or because the functions themselves are shitty.
Oops I forgot one. NHL is #5 out of the 4 major sports in North America. Football, Baseball, Basketball, Nascar, Hockey.
Its just like the resistance to digital music distribution. The sports leagues will need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
In the case of the NHL which is #4 out of the 3 major professional sports (after Nascar in revenue), they will be lucky to survive. Instead they keep expanding the league and watering down the content.
Its a legal grey area. It violates the TOS for NHL so they could disconnect you for using it. Otherwise why would they region lock local games?
I don't know if they bother trying to block it, though. Maybe it is some agreement to the cable companies to not cannibalize their local revenue, but maybe they don't take it seriously.
Either way, they act like they don't want my money, so they are not getting my money.
And now it is 20 minutes of basic-cable level commercials before the 10 minutes of trailers for movies that are entirely unrelated to the one you are there to see.
And Sling is notoriously bad for not supporting their own hardware.
There is no way they are getting a cent of my money if I have to go through legally questionable hoops just to watch the games that I pay for.
There is no amount you can spend to see local NHL games legally on any streaming service or on demand.
Yeah there are some Panasonic/Zeiss lenses out there. You can guess which company made them, and which company's standards they are made to.
Not that I hate Panasonic lenses, but you can tell they are simply paying Zeiss to slap their name on them.
Hahaha you think newly made redundant employees will survive a merger.
They are a maker of expensive camera lenses.