When all lanes are HOV-only (read the article), carpooling works only if both people live in the same place and work in the same place. When a person drives alone to pick up the person who carpools with him, he violates carpool law. When a person drives alone after having dropped off the person who carpools with him, he violates carpool law. Or should people instead choose a roommate based on having the same place of employment?
I bought an Android device that didn't have any of the Gapps.
When
Amazon Fire phone...
So sometime between July 25, 2014, and August 27, 2015, according to the "First released" and "Discontinued" items in the infobox of the device's Wikipedia article. Its warranty has almost certainly expired by now. Therefore, I guess Google faces an EU fine over its behavior since August 28, 2015.
Besides, Amazon had to look for one of the few manufacturers that could build phones but already wasn't building Android phones with GMS. If I recall correctly, Amazon had to go with a laptop maker that hadn't made smartphones before. Therefore Amazon was harmed by Google's decision not to allow one manufacturer to produce both GMS and AOSP devices.
The other big difference with Windows S vs Pro is that S is given away to manufacturers for almost free.
Whether that's considered questionable dumping to gain an advantage elsewhere depends on what requirements Microsoft puts on manufacturers related to UEFI Secure Boot.
PCs sold with Windows 7 and earlier must ship with Secure Boot off.
PCs sold with Windows 8 must ship with Secure Boot on but configurable by the PC's owner.
Devices sold with Windows RT must ship with Restricted Boot (Secure Boot on and locked).
PCs sold with Windows 10 must ship with Secure Boot on, but whether to lock down configuration is at the manufacter's option.
I haven't seen any news either way as to whether Microsoft requires Restricted Boot on devices shipping with Windows 10 S, as it did for its predecessor Windows RT. If so, Restricted Boot would block the PC's owner from switching to GNU/Linux even if the OS is without charge. This means there's a clearer case of dumping the OS to gain ad revenue, the 30 percent commissions through the Windows Store, and sale of its own games without competition from emulators (which the Windows Store Policies prohibit), particularly if every laptop sold in major consumer electronics chains has this restriction.
Sites are starting to catch on to this, such as through minimum subscription term commitments. That's why Amazon Prime, for example, is annual, not monthly. Even for those sites that do not require minimum subscription term commitments, you miss out on water cooler socialization opportunities during the months when you do not subscribe.
it would have to be argued that they're successful in promoting Edge (IE is no longer their focus) and in turn making it difficult for other web browsers to gain market share.
Windows 10 S runs only applications from Windows Store, and Windows Store has only Edge and Edge reskins. I concede that Windows 10 S is not a monopoly as of third quarter 2017, as it's targeted to the education market and not yet dominant in that market.
But there are rumors that Microsoft plans to replace Windows 10 Home on mass-market laptops and desktops with Windows 10 S, requiring users to pay to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro in order to run any other browser. If Microsoft goes this rumored route, it should be straightforward to show that Microsoft is using its Windows monopoly to push Edge.
Apart from the unpopular Motorola Rokr E1 and Slvr L7, Apple's iPhone was the only phone that could play iTunes purchases. iTunes Music Store didn't drop FairPlay DRM until a couple years after the iPhone was out.
The big part is that you also have to run your own app store, and because many key publishers of applications for Android haven't shown themselves willing to publish anywhere but Google Play Store, this leads to customer confusion.
I don't see how 3-year uptime correlates with the oft-repeated "just save your session, log out, shut it down, and start it back up again" workaround for missing or broken hibernate support on particular chipsets in laptop or desktop computers.
Only most people have a choice between cable, DSL, mobile broadband, and satellite broadband.
In practice, this is a choice between cable and DSL because both mobile broadband and satellite broadband have caps that are two orders of magnitude tighter than those described in the article.
Let's say hypothetically that you move to escape substandard home Internet access. And then the day after you move, the cable ISP and DSL ISP serving the area to which you moved substantially tighten their caps. What's your next step?
Anything you can do with animated GIF you can do better with H.264 or similar
I'll believe that once you address these in a useful manner:
A. Browsers expect MP4 container to be in a <video> tag, not an <img> tag. Several websites allow users to add posts containing <img> but not <video>. B. The last GIF-related patent expired in 2004. H.264 is still patented. C. Does H.264 in MP4 container support variable frame rate? GIF frame rates are in units of 10 ms. Could this be worked around by encoding at 100 fps and using repeat frames? D. Does H.264 in MP4 container efficiently store sharp, artifact-free pixel animations? E. Does H.264 in MP4 container allow transparency?
But how would the operator of a new video streaming service
Who cares? That's their problem to solve.
For example, if theweatherelectric were to produce video and exhibit it to the public, it would be theweatherelectric's problem to solve. In such a situation, how would theweatherelectric afford the H.264 encoder royalties?
Don't forget all the investment in hardware and services just to start this streaming service in the first place.
How much does a VPS capable of running MediaGoblin cost lately?
I own a domain through Gandi. So does one of my cousins. I'm not aware of anyone else in my family who does. I concede that my family is too small of a sample for any rigorous statistical inference, but I'm curious as to how many others in the developed world understand the benefits of owning a domain.
No, it will just serve H.264. All video streaming services will encode to H.264 as their baseline
Good for incumbents like Dailymotion, Vimeo, and YouTube. But how would the operator of a new video streaming service, such as a hobbyist operating a video streaming service on his own domain to stream his own videos, afford the patent royalty for use of each encoder used to transcode video to H.264 and audio to AAC?
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Then how would one travel to pick up the other occupants? Or is it only for someone whose roommates work at the same place?
When all lanes are HOV-only (read the article), carpooling works only if both people live in the same place and work in the same place. When a person drives alone to pick up the person who carpools with him, he violates carpool law. When a person drives alone after having dropped off the person who carpools with him, he violates carpool law. Or should people instead choose a roommate based on having the same place of employment?
I bought an Android device that didn't have any of the Gapps.
When
Amazon Fire phone...
So sometime between July 25, 2014, and August 27, 2015, according to the "First released" and "Discontinued" items in the infobox of the device's Wikipedia article. Its warranty has almost certainly expired by now. Therefore, I guess Google faces an EU fine over its behavior since August 28, 2015.
Besides, Amazon had to look for one of the few manufacturers that could build phones but already wasn't building Android phones with GMS. If I recall correctly, Amazon had to go with a laptop maker that hadn't made smartphones before. Therefore Amazon was harmed by Google's decision not to allow one manufacturer to produce both GMS and AOSP devices.
The other big difference with Windows S vs Pro is that S is given away to manufacturers for almost free.
Whether that's considered questionable dumping to gain an advantage elsewhere depends on what requirements Microsoft puts on manufacturers related to UEFI Secure Boot.
I haven't seen any news either way as to whether Microsoft requires Restricted Boot on devices shipping with Windows 10 S, as it did for its predecessor Windows RT. If so, Restricted Boot would block the PC's owner from switching to GNU/Linux even if the OS is without charge. This means there's a clearer case of dumping the OS to gain ad revenue, the 30 percent commissions through the Windows Store, and sale of its own games without competition from emulators (which the Windows Store Policies prohibit), particularly if every laptop sold in major consumer electronics chains has this restriction.
So only pay for one month in three
Sites are starting to catch on to this, such as through minimum subscription term commitments. That's why Amazon Prime, for example, is annual, not monthly. Even for those sites that do not require minimum subscription term commitments, you miss out on water cooler socialization opportunities during the months when you do not subscribe.
Seems like at the moment they want to avoid the community backlash, while nudging people towards UWP.
I'll believe that once Visual Studio goes UWP.
Like iOS, Windows 10 S lacks market power because it lacks usage share.
Apple lacks market power because the usage share of iOS is far lower than that of Android.
nothing stops you from replacing them and calling it something else.
Other than a contract banning selling both Android phones with GMS and AOSP phones without GMS.
I bought an Android device that didn't have any of the Gapps.
When, in what country, and in what store chain? This fine is not about market conditions in 2010 or China.
Edge says: "Hmmm...can't reach this page"
Besides, even if Edge could reach browserchoice.eu, what would it display for Windows 10 S, which can't run any browser other than EdgeHTML wrappers?
it would have to be argued that they're successful in promoting Edge (IE is no longer their focus) and in turn making it difficult for other web browsers to gain market share.
Windows 10 S runs only applications from Windows Store, and Windows Store has only Edge and Edge reskins. I concede that Windows 10 S is not a monopoly as of third quarter 2017, as it's targeted to the education market and not yet dominant in that market.
But there are rumors that Microsoft plans to replace Windows 10 Home on mass-market laptops and desktops with Windows 10 S, requiring users to pay to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro in order to run any other browser. If Microsoft goes this rumored route, it should be straightforward to show that Microsoft is using its Windows monopoly to push Edge.
Apart from the unpopular Motorola Rokr E1 and Slvr L7, Apple's iPhone was the only phone that could play iTunes purchases. iTunes Music Store didn't drop FairPlay DRM until a couple years after the iPhone was out.
The big part is that you also have to run your own app store, and because many key publishers of applications for Android haven't shown themselves willing to publish anywhere but Google Play Store, this leads to customer confusion.
At the cost of a greater area of the planet that becomes inhospitable.
Who wants their processor to be idle all the time?
People who understand that excessive energy use contributes to making the planet's climate less hospitable.
I don't see how 3-year uptime correlates with the oft-repeated "just save your session, log out, shut it down, and start it back up again" workaround for missing or broken hibernate support on particular chipsets in laptop or desktop computers.
Only most people have a choice between cable, DSL, mobile broadband, and satellite broadband.
In practice, this is a choice between cable and DSL because both mobile broadband and satellite broadband have caps that are two orders of magnitude tighter than those described in the article.
Let's say hypothetically that you move to escape substandard home Internet access. And then the day after you move, the cable ISP and DSL ISP serving the area to which you moved substantially tighten their caps. What's your next step?
Anything you can do with animated GIF you can do better with H.264 or similar
I'll believe that once you address these in a useful manner:
A. Browsers expect MP4 container to be in a <video> tag, not an <img> tag. Several websites allow users to add posts containing <img> but not <video>.
B. The last GIF-related patent expired in 2004. H.264 is still patented.
C. Does H.264 in MP4 container support variable frame rate? GIF frame rates are in units of 10 ms. Could this be worked around by encoding at 100 fps and using repeat frames?
D. Does H.264 in MP4 container efficiently store sharp, artifact-free pixel animations?
E. Does H.264 in MP4 container allow transparency?
But how would the operator of a new video streaming service
Who cares? That's their problem to solve.
For example, if theweatherelectric were to produce video and exhibit it to the public, it would be theweatherelectric's problem to solve. In such a situation, how would theweatherelectric afford the H.264 encoder royalties?
Don't forget all the investment in hardware and services just to start this streaming service in the first place.
How much does a VPS capable of running MediaGoblin cost lately?
Thank you. What is your domain?
I own a domain through Gandi. So does one of my cousins. I'm not aware of anyone else in my family who does. I concede that my family is too small of a sample for any rigorous statistical inference, but I'm curious as to how many others in the developed world understand the benefits of owning a domain.
yes, is that really such a massive cost for something so fucking critical in this day and age?
Was "fucking" necessary?
Are you claiming that every man, woman, and child in the developed world ought to own a personal domain?
No, it will just serve H.264. All video streaming services will encode to H.264 as their baseline
Good for incumbents like Dailymotion, Vimeo, and YouTube. But how would the operator of a new video streaming service, such as a hobbyist operating a video streaming service on his own domain to stream his own videos, afford the patent royalty for use of each encoder used to transcode video to H.264 and audio to AAC?
Same place he gets pants from.
Namely?