Well irrespective of what machine you buy, if the drive fails your data could be irrecoverable... There's no excuse not to have backups if you are even remotely concerned about the data.
Apple actually make it much easier than most to do regularly backups.
Didn't do that for me on either mac or windows, it loaded a tool (preview.app) and i had to figure out the appropriate option to make it crop the image - no different to linux.
Apple are moving fully towards x86-64, the latest versions of OSX warn you when running 32bit x86 code and future versions are planning to eliminate support for it altogether.
They don't need to modify the websites to track you, all requests and responses to these websites are already traversing their infrastructure and can easily be tracked passively.
Because you as the user have chosen to give away that data to the carrier... They are not searching data you hold, they are searching data the carrier holds which you have given to them. So it's not placing an unreasonable burden on you, as the end user.
Wether it's unreasonable for the carrier is another matter.
While it's reasonable to expect a working browser (and other such apps) out of the box, you should also be able to fully remove and replace the default one, or choose a distribution which doesn't have it. You shouldn't be forced to keep 2 browsers (or anything else) installed because you don't like the supplied one.
But this problem is not with android... OEMs are free to provide android on their devices, they can remove any of the default apps or replace them with apps of their own choosing.
Separately from android, google make a bundle of their own applications which can be installed on android. If you want to distribute these applications then you must distribute them all, and comply with various other restrictions.
This case is about application software, not about the android os itself.
Apple only exist at the high end of the market competing with flagship phones from samsung and the like, they don't offer any products to compete with the cheap lowend android phones.
Common standards are a good thing, providing those standards are open. Being locked in is never a good thing.
We have common standards for most things where there are many suppliers competing to offer compatible products. Televisions, cars etc. Allowing a single for-profit entity to have control over a market is never a good thing.
You *could* create your own mobile os relatively easily... But you'd be fighting an uphill battle to displace an entrenched platform, as the existing platform has all the mindshare, marketing and third party support.
Microsoft with their billions couldn't make a dent in the mobile market with windows phone... Linux can't make a dent in the desktop market despite being free and having many technical advantages.
Users are locked in, and breaking that lock is extremely difficult.
And you can run your own version of android with your own app store (eg like amazon do)... Google bundle their apps separately from android, if you want to bundle google's apps you have to follow their rules - the fact that these apps are for android is incidental, google could make a suite of apps for windows or ios and impose the same demands on anyone wanting to bundle them with devices.
If you're building a house you will already hire an electrician to do many hours or even days of work, an extra few minutes to install a car charger isn't going to make much difference when he's already wiring up lighting and multiple power sockets to every room. You'll already be paying whatever charges for distance and travel they request in either case.
Many countries have nationalised healthcare, where the costs of alcohol/tobacco related health issues are supposed to be paid for by the taxes on those products...
And who's going to pay the extra cost of implementing this? And what about the added inconvenience for all those who weren't stupid enough to give their passwords away for whom the existing security was working just fine?
This is alarmingly common, legitimate companies which operate in suspicious ways that scream scam... People get used to this behaviour, and don't suspect a thing when a real scam comes along.
Only the plastic bags from stores are not one time use, after using them to carry groceries many people then use them to hold trash. If plastic grocery bags are not available then i have to buy plastic trashbags instead, the amount of plastic being discarded is the same but the cost and inconvenience is increased.
Like many of these policies that are supposed to be about protecting the environment, they end up doing more harm than good.
Pocket of what? Do you suggest always wearing the same clothes so you dont remember to take the bag? In any case, my clothes often dont have much pocket space - wallet and phone about fills them so carrying more stuff becomes an inconvenience.
The reusable bags make sense when you make a planned trip to the grocery store... But unless you carry reusable bags with you at all times, they are useless if you happen to make an unplanned trip to the store. That's my biggest annoyance, I usually don't make planned trips and just go when i need something.
Stores used to have cardboard boxes available (ie left over from when they received deliveries)... These were much better for anyone who visited the store by car as they fit together in the back of the car much better than plastic bags which tend to slip around and spill their contents. Bags are only useful for people on foot who have to carry them.
Exactly, copy protection schemes only ever hurt the paying customers...
I used to buy Amiga games which had those stupid code wheels or required codes from the manual etc... Invariably i would lose the manual/codewheel, lose the original floppies or they would become corrupted etc. Usually i ended up acquiring a cracked copy of the game i had bought so i could continue playing it, eventually i just skipped the redundant purchasing part and went straight to acquiring the cracked copy.
How is the tablet hurting the waiter? It only makes it easier to provide feedback, if the waiter is doing a poor job then the feedback will be bad.
Normally people don't go to the effort of complaining unless the service was especially terrible, for ordinary mediocre to bad service customers will just talk amongst themselves and forget about it once they leave.
Soliciting feedback there and then means the experience is fresh in their minds, and provides them a way to provide feedback without causing them any significant inconvenience. On the other hand, people are still more likely to submit bad feedback if they're annoyed, whereas if they've had good but not exceptional service they are less likely to comment on it.
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Which is great, but doesnt help you if the drive itself is what failed.
Always have backups!
Well irrespective of what machine you buy, if the drive fails your data could be irrecoverable... There's no excuse not to have backups if you are even remotely concerned about the data.
Apple actually make it much easier than most to do regularly backups.
They know your location when you use a fixed line too...
Most organisations will settle for having a physical address to contact you...
Didn't do that for me on either mac or windows, it loaded a tool (preview.app) and i had to figure out the appropriate option to make it crop the image - no different to linux.
How do you crop images? And how did you come to know this without having to figure it out?
Apple are moving fully towards x86-64, the latest versions of OSX warn you when running 32bit x86 code and future versions are planning to eliminate support for it altogether.
They don't need to modify the websites to track you, all requests and responses to these websites are already traversing their infrastructure and can easily be tracked passively.
Because you as the user have chosen to give away that data to the carrier...
They are not searching data you hold, they are searching data the carrier holds which you have given to them.
So it's not placing an unreasonable burden on you, as the end user.
Wether it's unreasonable for the carrier is another matter.
While it's reasonable to expect a working browser (and other such apps) out of the box, you should also be able to fully remove and replace the default one, or choose a distribution which doesn't have it. You shouldn't be forced to keep 2 browsers (or anything else) installed because you don't like the supplied one.
But this problem is not with android...
OEMs are free to provide android on their devices, they can remove any of the default apps or replace them with apps of their own choosing.
Separately from android, google make a bundle of their own applications which can be installed on android. If you want to distribute these applications then you must distribute them all, and comply with various other restrictions.
This case is about application software, not about the android os itself.
Apple only exist at the high end of the market competing with flagship phones from samsung and the like, they don't offer any products to compete with the cheap lowend android phones.
Common standards are a good thing, providing those standards are open. Being locked in is never a good thing.
We have common standards for most things where there are many suppliers competing to offer compatible products. Televisions, cars etc. Allowing a single for-profit entity to have control over a market is never a good thing.
You *could* create your own mobile os relatively easily...
But you'd be fighting an uphill battle to displace an entrenched platform, as the existing platform has all the mindshare, marketing and third party support.
Microsoft with their billions couldn't make a dent in the mobile market with windows phone...
Linux can't make a dent in the desktop market despite being free and having many technical advantages.
Users are locked in, and breaking that lock is extremely difficult.
And you can run your own version of android with your own app store (eg like amazon do)...
Google bundle their apps separately from android, if you want to bundle google's apps you have to follow their rules - the fact that these apps are for android is incidental, google could make a suite of apps for windows or ios and impose the same demands on anyone wanting to bundle them with devices.
If you're building a house you will already hire an electrician to do many hours or even days of work, an extra few minutes to install a car charger isn't going to make much difference when he's already wiring up lighting and multiple power sockets to every room. You'll already be paying whatever charges for distance and travel they request in either case.
Many countries have nationalised healthcare, where the costs of alcohol/tobacco related health issues are supposed to be paid for by the taxes on those products...
And who's going to pay the extra cost of implementing this?
And what about the added inconvenience for all those who weren't stupid enough to give their passwords away for whom the existing security was working just fine?
This is alarmingly common, legitimate companies which operate in suspicious ways that scream scam...
People get used to this behaviour, and don't suspect a thing when a real scam comes along.
Only the plastic bags from stores are not one time use, after using them to carry groceries many people then use them to hold trash. If plastic grocery bags are not available then i have to buy plastic trashbags instead, the amount of plastic being discarded is the same but the cost and inconvenience is increased.
Like many of these policies that are supposed to be about protecting the environment, they end up doing more harm than good.
Pocket of what? Do you suggest always wearing the same clothes so you dont remember to take the bag?
In any case, my clothes often dont have much pocket space - wallet and phone about fills them so carrying more stuff becomes an inconvenience.
The only place it hasn't made major inroads is desktop/laptop computers. It's either a major player or utterly dominant in almost every other area.
The reusable bags make sense when you make a planned trip to the grocery store...
But unless you carry reusable bags with you at all times, they are useless if you happen to make an unplanned trip to the store. That's my biggest annoyance, I usually don't make planned trips and just go when i need something.
So get the thicker plastic bags and only use them once, making the problem even worse.
Stores used to have cardboard boxes available (ie left over from when they received deliveries)... These were much better for anyone who visited the store by car as they fit together in the back of the car much better than plastic bags which tend to slip around and spill their contents.
Bags are only useful for people on foot who have to carry them.
Exactly, copy protection schemes only ever hurt the paying customers...
I used to buy Amiga games which had those stupid code wheels or required codes from the manual etc... Invariably i would lose the manual/codewheel, lose the original floppies or they would become corrupted etc. Usually i ended up acquiring a cracked copy of the game i had bought so i could continue playing it, eventually i just skipped the redundant purchasing part and went straight to acquiring the cracked copy.
How is the tablet hurting the waiter? It only makes it easier to provide feedback, if the waiter is doing a poor job then the feedback will be bad.
Normally people don't go to the effort of complaining unless the service was especially terrible, for ordinary mediocre to bad service customers will just talk amongst themselves and forget about it once they leave.
Soliciting feedback there and then means the experience is fresh in their minds, and provides them a way to provide feedback without causing them any significant inconvenience. On the other hand, people are still more likely to submit bad feedback if they're annoyed, whereas if they've had good but not exceptional service they are less likely to comment on it.