Samsung lost 2% market share but Huawei won 4.8%. So less than half can be "at Samsung's expense".
Apple's marginally increased its market share (0.7%) to 12.1%. Which means close to 88% of smartphones sold ran Google's operating system. Google may be the real winner here.
Xiaomi is probably the next one to overtake Apple in market share.
I do care. I'm fine with both options (regulate or not) but what I can't stand is a two tiered system where some taxi drivers have to buy medallions and/or get special plate/permit and others do not.
If we don't want the city to regulate this, we can elect politicians who will dismiss the regulation. I have no problem with that. But until then, Uber should have to buy medallion like every other cab company.
The city sets the rules. The rules are there will be a limited number of cabs and the price will be fixed. Cab companies compete as they can within that framework. If we no longer need that framework, just cancel it. We don't need a two tiers system with some companies allowed not to respect the framework. And Uber is a taxi company, despite what they pretend to be.
How often do you update your router? If your up time is over 60 days you are missing updates and are insecure.
I don't know any home/small business router company (TP-Link, Linksys, Netgear,...) updating routers every 60 days. More like 1-2 times per year, for 1-2 years. And then nothing.
Honestly why would Google loose any time with thousands of manufacturers selling a few hundred devices combined per year? Go ahead, take the AOSP and sell millions of phones and I am sure Google will talk to you at this point. Google has no interest in keeping this a small circle. It's quite the opposite. If there are only 5 Android phone makers, they could ally against Google and/or one of them could become big enough to drop Google (Samsung tried it with its own OS but failed).
A 20% market share of 100% Apple manufactured phones vs 80% market share for Android spread across dozens of manufacturers, none of which can claim 20% of the market or anything close to Apple's profits.
First it's not 20%, it's less than 15% worldwide. And then, Samsung alone regularly sells more phones than Apple, although it can vary by quarters. I think yearly Samsung sells more phones overall, so Samsung along has more market share than Apple.
This experiment gives $17000/year to the poors. Without that experiment, they were receiving less than that in social care. So of course they are going to do better with more money. But that shouldn't be the point of the experiment. The experiment should be about comparing how to give $X to the poor in the most efficient way. Is it more efficient to give them a sum with no strings attached? Or to put conditions such as "you loose that money if you earn more than $Y". Sadly, this experiment isn't going to teach us anything. We already know the conclusion: poor people do more when they are not longer that poor.
on Apple iPhones, there is not really the expectation of being able to put Android on it.
Why not? If I want to try? Or develop my own OS? How is it any different whether it's a pocket-sized computer (aka phone) or a full computer (laptop/desktop)? By your logic, there no expectation to wipe Mac OS and install Linux or BSD on an Apple laptop either.
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you are calling TouchID a product? Seriously?
Samsung lost 2% market share but Huawei won 4.8%. So less than half can be "at Samsung's expense".
Apple's marginally increased its market share (0.7%) to 12.1%. Which means close to 88% of smartphones sold ran Google's operating system. Google may be the real winner here.
Xiaomi is probably the next one to overtake Apple in market share.
you are forgetting two important parts:
-the pollution
-the roads
Uber drivers don't pay their faire share for either.
I do care. I'm fine with both options (regulate or not) but what I can't stand is a two tiered system where some taxi drivers have to buy medallions and/or get special plate/permit and others do not.
It would be a free market if drivers paid for their own roads and their own pollution.
If we don't want the city to regulate this, we can elect politicians who will dismiss the regulation. I have no problem with that.
But until then, Uber should have to buy medallion like every other cab company.
The city sets the rules. The rules are there will be a limited number of cabs and the price will be fixed.
Cab companies compete as they can within that framework.
If we no longer need that framework, just cancel it. We don't need a two tiers system with some companies allowed not to respect the framework. And Uber is a taxi company, despite what they pretend to be.
We can. Different taxi companies all compete with each other.
How often do you update your router? If your up time is over 60 days you are missing updates and are insecure.
I don't know any home/small business router company (TP-Link, Linksys, Netgear, ...) updating routers every 60 days. More like 1-2 times per year, for 1-2 years. And then nothing.
Honestly why would Google loose any time with thousands of manufacturers selling a few hundred devices combined per year? Go ahead, take the AOSP and sell millions of phones and I am sure Google will talk to you at this point. Google has no interest in keeping this a small circle. It's quite the opposite. If there are only 5 Android phone makers, they could ally against Google and/or one of them could become big enough to drop Google (Samsung tried it with its own OS but failed).
A 20% market share of 100% Apple manufactured phones vs 80% market share for Android spread across dozens of manufacturers, none of which can claim 20% of the market or anything close to Apple's profits.
First it's not 20%, it's less than 15% worldwide. And then, Samsung alone regularly sells more phones than Apple, although it can vary by quarters. I think yearly Samsung sells more phones overall, so Samsung along has more market share than Apple.
A free version, bundled with Google search and Chrome
A paid version, without them.
Next question, could the paid version be sold for $1000/device? What price would be considered reasonable? $50?
Google is giving Android away for free. I guess google could offer two versions of Android. A paid one, and a free, search supported one.
WPA2 with CCMP (not TKIP) is still secure enough
This experiment gives $17000/year to the poors. Without that experiment, they were receiving less than that in social care. So of course they are going to do better with more money. But that shouldn't be the point of the experiment. The experiment should be about comparing how to give $X to the poor in the most efficient way. Is it more efficient to give them a sum with no strings attached? Or to put conditions such as "you loose that money if you earn more than $Y".
Sadly, this experiment isn't going to teach us anything. We already know the conclusion: poor people do more when they are not longer that poor.
E.T. is going to pay for it. And for the wall between the space and the USA.
You understand that if the government makes money with the carbon tax, other taxes can be reduced instead?
So you are against carbon tax, we get it. Which form of tax do you prefer? Income tax? Sale tax? Import tax?
If you really were scared of CO2 emissions, you would be fine with 100% of nuclear power costs being subsidized, to reduce emissions.
Why? sounds much more practical to tax fossil fuels instead. And use that money to reduce other less efficient taxes, such as income taxes.
You bought into Apple 's proprietary connector. You deserve to be fucked.
So basically you'd like these firms to make a cartel?
for how long?
shouldn't it be enough to cool the brakes like it does on every other car?
So what was it then? Why can't the car brake quickly twice in a row?
except that CR drives the car at slow speed to allow the brakes to cool down between each test. No excuse.
on Apple iPhones, there is not really the expectation of being able to put Android on it.
Why not? If I want to try? Or develop my own OS?
How is it any different whether it's a pocket-sized computer (aka phone) or a full computer (laptop/desktop)?
By your logic, there no expectation to wipe Mac OS and install Linux or BSD on an Apple laptop either.