Most people with 2 cars would be perfectly fine even if one of them was a range-limited EV. I would also say that most people wants clean air to breath.
Uber's only value is its network effect. Anyone can copy the Uber app and model and competes against it. Most will fail because the network effect is a big barrier to entry.
When you put a case on it, it's better if the phone is as light as possible so again plastic is better when you have a case. Since it's also better when you don't, phones should never be made of metal.
Smartphone market share studies are not political polls. And no, your graph is not better than an average political poll because again, there is a huge selection bias.
The main problem is that too much phone manufacturers pandered to those who value form over function by making phones in heavy metal. These phones are denser and have more chances to break when they reach the ground. Plastic can bend and absorbs some shock. Metal will transmit the shock to the display and other components. Plastic phones are much better, but some reviewers decided they "felt cheap" (whatever that means).
A lite plastic phone with gorilla glass has high survivability to drops. Just don't make it in metal.
You graph is again anecdotal evidence. Both platforms are nowhere near as close in global market share. If there were a significant amount of switchers from iOS to Android, Android couldn't keep > 75% market share for years. If only half of Android users switched to the iPhone, the iPhone would have more market share at some point. The main problem with the dataset of Slashdot is not only that it isn't significant, but that it is highly biased. The average user don't choose names such as "macs4all".
The problem is that your dataset is both flawed and too small. The real data set is worldwide devices sold. Android has about 84% in Q1 2016. There is no reliable data set on users who used both.
It's not free, it comes included with the Mac. The EULA says you can't run it on non-Mac hardware. That remains to be seen if this is legally binding or not. I believe it isn't in my country, and it shouldn't be anyways. If I bought the product, I am free to do what I want with it, including taking some parts and reusing them in another PC. They are free not to give me any support, however.
And no, two or three water systems wouldn't be anymore efficient than a single one. How is a second or third player supposed to enter the market exactly? Digging in all streets?
Internet, at least the last mile, is a natural monopoly, or duopoly at best. It doesn't make any sense to have dozens of different companies laying cables to your house and compete to get you as a subscriber. Therefore there will never be real competition.
Also you can use iMessage with SMS fallback on a Mac or an iPad with no cellular connection as long as you also have an iPhone around (iMessage then will use your iPhone to send a SMS from your Mac or iPad).
Yet another stupid artificial limitation. There is no reason why an Internet connected computer should ever need a smartphone to send a message.
There is no such thing as a data-only SIM. There are data-only plans. At this point, it's a billing issue, not a technical issue. The same SIM card in your iPad could work in a cell phone or and Android tablet and be used to send/receive SMS. Of course, the carrier is free to block SMS for that account, but again, it has nothing to do with the hardware.
Google Hangouts is a lot less vendor locked because
1. it works on all platforms, so no hardware vendor lock-in. 2. last time I checked, it worked with 3rd party clients, if it's still the case, it means no software vendor lock-in. 3, i've heard they disabled XMPP federation, which means it's now only network vendor locked-in
It requires a cellular radio for the fallback to SMS mode. And without this mode, it is pretty useless has it only allows you to contact other people with Apple products, which is a small minority of people.
I've used a few USB-cellular adapters. They all came with their proprietary software to connect and send/receive SMS. I think all cellular tablets can send/receive SMS. If tablets can't, it's only a software issue, it's not because of a technical limitation. Maybe your carrier is blocking SMS on tablets but again, there is no technical reason to do so.
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Most people with 2 cars would be perfectly fine even if one of them was a range-limited EV.
I would also say that most people wants clean air to breath.
Uber's only value is its network effect.
Anyone can copy the Uber app and model and competes against it. Most will fail because the network effect is a big barrier to entry.
Just like Facebook.
When you put a case on it, it's better if the phone is as light as possible so again plastic is better when you have a case. Since it's also better when you don't, phones should never be made of metal.
Smartphone market share studies are not political polls. And no, your graph is not better than an average political poll because again, there is a huge selection bias.
The main problem is that too much phone manufacturers pandered to those who value form over function by making phones in heavy metal. These phones are denser and have more chances to break when they reach the ground. Plastic can bend and absorbs some shock. Metal will transmit the shock to the display and other components. Plastic phones are much better, but some reviewers decided they "felt cheap" (whatever that means).
A lite plastic phone with gorilla glass has high survivability to drops. Just don't make it in metal.
You graph is again anecdotal evidence. Both platforms are nowhere near as close in global market share.
If there were a significant amount of switchers from iOS to Android, Android couldn't keep > 75% market share for years. If only half of Android users switched to the iPhone, the iPhone would have more market share at some point.
The main problem with the dataset of Slashdot is not only that it isn't significant, but that it is highly biased. The average user don't choose names such as "macs4all".
The problem is that your dataset is both flawed and too small.
The real data set is worldwide devices sold. Android has about 84% in Q1 2016. There is no reliable data set on users who used both.
You are seriously using anecdotal evidence to say that "most" prefer iOS?
It's not free, it comes included with the Mac.
The EULA says you can't run it on non-Mac hardware. That remains to be seen if this is legally binding or not. I believe it isn't in my country, and it shouldn't be anyways. If I bought the product, I am free to do what I want with it, including taking some parts and reusing them in another PC. They are free not to give me any support, however.
And no, two or three water systems wouldn't be anymore efficient than a single one. How is a second or third player supposed to enter the market exactly? Digging in all streets?
Two or three would be an oligopoly, just like ISPs in most places. Not a competitive market.
You think it would be efficient to have dozens of different water systems going to your house?
Internet, at least the last mile, is a natural monopoly, or duopoly at best. It doesn't make any sense to have dozens of different companies laying cables to your house and compete to get you as a subscriber. Therefore there will never be real competition.
Also you can use iMessage with SMS fallback on a Mac or an iPad with no cellular connection as long as you also have an iPhone around (iMessage then will use your iPhone to send a SMS from your Mac or iPad).
Yet another stupid artificial limitation. There is no reason why an Internet connected computer should ever need a smartphone to send a message.
There is no such thing as a data-only SIM. There are data-only plans. At this point, it's a billing issue, not a technical issue.
The same SIM card in your iPad could work in a cell phone or and Android tablet and be used to send/receive SMS. Of course, the carrier is free to block SMS for that account, but again, it has nothing to do with the hardware.
Google Hangouts is a lot less vendor locked because
1. it works on all platforms, so no hardware vendor lock-in.
2. last time I checked, it worked with 3rd party clients, if it's still the case, it means no software vendor lock-in.
3, i've heard they disabled XMPP federation, which means it's now only network vendor locked-in
Apple iMessage is locked-in for all 3 criteria
the problem is that some of us do use and even promote titty_emoticon_IM
Apple never tried to open the protocol, and they were sued for infrenging patents, not for opening their protocol.
well at least you admit your snobism
It requires a cellular radio for the fallback to SMS mode. And without this mode, it is pretty useless has it only allows you to contact other people with Apple products, which is a small minority of people.
It must be a software issue. There is no technical reason why a cellular iPad can't receive SMS.
I've used a few USB-cellular adapters. They all came with their proprietary software to connect and send/receive SMS.
I think all cellular tablets can send/receive SMS. If tablets can't, it's only a software issue, it's not because of a technical limitation. Maybe your carrier is blocking SMS on tablets but again, there is no technical reason to do so.
That's why messaging protocols worth using don't rely on SMS at all.
Wrong, PCs and Android tablet with cellular radio can send/receive SMS just fine.
I agree, but I think more people have a Gmail account than a Blackberry account to begin with.