it would appeal to a lot more people if they were aware of it. CAD$333 to repair a phone screen doesn't appeal to the masses either. So you have to pick.
Also current phone prices doesn't reflect environmental costs. Factor them in, and repairable phones would become much more attractive.
It's weird, they list Cuba as a country where Canadians needs a visa. Must be included in plane ticket price and pretty automatic. Not sure why that doesn't count as a VOA.
The way I understand TFS, if you pay for Deezer, Spotify and Google Play Music and buy dozens of CDs each year, but ripped a single MP3 from Youtube, you are part of the 38% of pirates.
Also, does it makes you a pirate if you listen to a Youtube music video with your monitor off? If you use an ad-blocker?
so you are saying that it doesn't matter what the second largest emitter of the planet does? And one which happens to be one of the higher emitter per capita?
So? From a CO2 emissions perspective, it doesn't matter if people live in small apartments with no land. Actually it does, people living in small apartments consume less energy and therefore emit less CO2 than those living in big houses in suburbs or rural areas.
My point was that as long as China emits less per capita than the USA, the USA is more to blame for the CO2 problem.
This is obviously impractical for people who live far away from you, which is exactly the point.
I am pretty sure those who share spotify accounts often live in the same city. So this will be a nuisance for many users, and won't even catch more than say, 10% of the violators.
Not counting that GPS position can be faked, and that you can use spotify on a PC without a GPS.
There is this thing called big data analysis, and by looking at your location history it can determine if you are *always* somewhere else.
So? You are not allowed to be a workaholic? You are not allowed to turn off your smartphone at home? You are not allowed to use spotify on a device without a GPS? Or in a basement where GPS doesn't work? Or in a basement somewhere remote where there is no cell phone reception? If you think there is a good way to prevent account sharing, you didn't think it through.
this could work, except that too many people would complain that they forgot spotify running all night with their speaker off. A lot of people probably leave it on like a radio. Also there is a too large variation in usage between users. Some use it only 5 minutes / week and others 24/7. So if one is billed 1$, the other one must be billed $500/month or more.
It might be too late to avoid a 3C raise, but maybe not too late to avoid a 5C raise. And if we can't stop a 5C raise, then maybe it's not too late to stop a 8C raise. Every 0.1C we save is a win. Trump is too stupid to understand that.
Where is the source code for their camera, fingerprint, wifi or cellular network drivers? It must be part of that XNU kernel source, right? Have you actually tried to compile that kernel and run it on an iPhone? It must work, right?
Just because Apple releases some open source software doesn't make iOS open source. It is not only closed source like Windows, but unlike Windows, Apple does everything it can to ban sideloading of software, or at least mass market distribution through that channel.
Sorry if you are not one, but I've seen so many swearing that 3.5" was the perfect size and they would never use something bigger. Then it was 4.7". And now you say the iPhone X has the perfect size.
I think you may change your mind in a few years and realize a larger or smaller phone is better. Your needs can change too.
I bet when Apple increase the size of its smallest phone again you will again say that the new format is the ideal for you. Not long ago, most Apple fans said 3.5" was the perfect size and laugh at the "large" Android phablets (which can now be considered small to medium)
The US does most of the medical research for the world, and pays for it.
Who does? Do you have a monthly bill for medical research? Of course you don't. New advances, especially new drugs, are being sold for profit. Other developed countries pay for drugs too.
"Covered" isn't saying much: at what standard of care?
A standard giving better life expectancy and lower infant death rates. But almost any indicator, the US population health is below the developed world. About on par with many emerging economies.
US government spending on health care works out to ~$12,500 per taxpayer. That's not a small bill. We consume a heck of a lot of medical care in the US ($3.3 trillion in 2016, 17% or our GDP).
How much does your government spend per taxpayer on medical care?
That's actually the problem of the US health care system. Its cost. It's way too expensive by any measure, but it's especially true given its subpar results (life expectancy, infant mortality, obesity rates).
My government (as well as just about any other developed country's government) spend much less for better results overall. With less money (per capita), all the population is covered. It might not be perfect, but nobody wants the US system.
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it would appeal to a lot more people if they were aware of it. CAD$333 to repair a phone screen doesn't appeal to the masses either. So you have to pick.
Also current phone prices doesn't reflect environmental costs. Factor them in, and repairable phones would become much more attractive.
Cars are another example of shitty, non-repairable products where look and feel is more important than reparability or reliability.
And I mean screws visible from the outside, no glue, easy to disassemble.
Because they can't do otherwise. It's a single market. You can take smartphones from any EEA countries and sell them in any other EEA country.
EEA basically means the EU without the voting rights, anyways.
It's weird, they list Cuba as a country where Canadians needs a visa. Must be included in plane ticket price and pretty automatic. Not sure why that doesn't count as a VOA.
The way I understand TFS, if you pay for Deezer, Spotify and Google Play Music and buy dozens of CDs each year, but ripped a single MP3 from Youtube, you are part of the 38% of pirates.
Also, does it makes you a pirate if you listen to a Youtube music video with your monitor off? If you use an ad-blocker?
Except that Intel has what, 80% of the market and Apple 10%?
No. It might be IP based, but it's not "The Internet" in the sens that it only works on Comcast's private network.
so you are saying that it doesn't matter what the second largest emitter of the planet does? And one which happens to be one of the higher emitter per capita?
The 10 countries would still be overpopulated.
So? From a CO2 emissions perspective, it doesn't matter if people live in small apartments with no land. Actually it does, people living in small apartments consume less energy and therefore emit less CO2 than those living in big houses in suburbs or rural areas.
My point was that as long as China emits less per capita than the USA, the USA is more to blame for the CO2 problem.
To solve the environnement problem, China should split into 10 countries. Any of them would pollute less than the USA.
This is obviously impractical for people who live far away from you, which is exactly the point.
I am pretty sure those who share spotify accounts often live in the same city. So this will be a nuisance for many users, and won't even catch more than say, 10% of the violators.
Not counting that GPS position can be faked, and that you can use spotify on a PC without a GPS.
There is this thing called big data analysis, and by looking at your location history it can determine if you are *always* somewhere else.
So? You are not allowed to be a workaholic? You are not allowed to turn off your smartphone at home? You are not allowed to use spotify on a device without a GPS? Or in a basement where GPS doesn't work? Or in a basement somewhere remote where there is no cell phone reception?
If you think there is a good way to prevent account sharing, you didn't think it through.
this could work, except that too many people would complain that they forgot spotify running all night with their speaker off. A lot of people probably leave it on like a radio. Also there is a too large variation in usage between users. Some use it only 5 minutes / week and others 24/7. So if one is billed 1$, the other one must be billed $500/month or more.
so, you are only allowed to use Spotify at home? Never when "visiting" a friend?
It might be too late to avoid a 3C raise, but maybe not too late to avoid a 5C raise. And if we can't stop a 5C raise, then maybe it's not too late to stop a 8C raise. Every 0.1C we save is a win. Trump is too stupid to understand that.
Where is the source code for their camera, fingerprint, wifi or cellular network drivers? It must be part of that XNU kernel source, right? Have you actually tried to compile that kernel and run it on an iPhone? It must work, right?
closed-source
Sigh.
Just because Apple releases some open source software doesn't make iOS open source. It is not only closed source like Windows, but unlike Windows, Apple does everything it can to ban sideloading of software, or at least mass market distribution through that channel.
sorry, I forgot the 4" iPhone between the 3.5 and the 4.7" one.
Sorry if you are not one, but I've seen so many swearing that 3.5" was the perfect size and they would never use something bigger. Then it was 4.7". And now you say the iPhone X has the perfect size.
I think you may change your mind in a few years and realize a larger or smaller phone is better. Your needs can change too.
I bet when Apple increase the size of its smallest phone again you will again say that the new format is the ideal for you.
Not long ago, most Apple fans said 3.5" was the perfect size and laugh at the "large" Android phablets (which can now be considered small to medium)
That's only because the US has a large population and territory.
Per capita, a lot of first world countries accept more immigrants than the USA.
The US does most of the medical research for the world, and pays for it.
Who does? Do you have a monthly bill for medical research? Of course you don't. New advances, especially new drugs, are being sold for profit.
Other developed countries pay for drugs too.
"Covered" isn't saying much: at what standard of care?
A standard giving better life expectancy and lower infant death rates. But almost any indicator, the US population health is below the developed world. About on par with many emerging economies.
US government spending on health care works out to ~$12,500 per taxpayer. That's not a small bill. We consume a heck of a lot of medical care in the US ($3.3 trillion in 2016, 17% or our GDP).
How much does your government spend per taxpayer on medical care?
That's actually the problem of the US health care system. Its cost. It's way too expensive by any measure, but it's especially true given its subpar results (life expectancy, infant mortality, obesity rates).
My government (as well as just about any other developed country's government) spend much less for better results overall. With less money (per capita), all the population is covered. It might not be perfect, but nobody wants the US system.
At least that's what they used to say.