There's a LOT in this for the users. They get to target their advertisements to the dummies even better. Why would you not think that'd be incredibly valuable to the users?
I would be against such a mandate and depend upon customers pressuring their vendors to change their behavior using the most effective tool known: their wallets.
The free market does not solve ever problem. The free market won't solve this problem, either. How many people do you know have declined to purchase an Internet connected gizmo because it had a default password? How much money and time has been lost by default passwords on Internet connected gizmos?
Good little drones! Keep working towards making a real dystopia! One giant mega-corp that supplies you with everything. That'll work out well. Keep giving them your money, dummies. Keep on, keepin' on.
$50,000 indicates that he/she is paid in US dollars, not peanuts. He/she is literally getting paid in US dollars. Maybe you mean he/she is getting paid figuratively in peanuts?
I would love for Google to charge $$ for Google Maps. Right now, they're completely unreliable, with API calls failing frequently. It's completely unreliable. We would love to have some mapping service that we could pay, so that we could have some sort of guaranteed level of service.
Both/all of these companies are garbage companies that take advantage of people. None of them produce anything of any real value, except eyeballs for marketing people. They're all low class.
As far as I know, Microsoft doesn't sell my data. I'm a Microsoft customer. I give them money, and they give me software. Google's customers are its advertisers.
I call bullshit. This is all probably from a hardware vendor. I really doubt that Microsoft is doing this. This a sloppily written "opinion" from a Apple fan:
For comparison, I recently did a clean install of macOS High Sierra on a Mac, and that experience was sublime.
You can't even do a "clean install" on a Mac. You have to buy the hardware, first. You can't buy a "mac OS" DVD and install it on some random hardware, which is what a "clean install" means in common parlance.
Private businesses can operate under private contracts and reproduce all the desirable aspects of what you call a "corporation" through such contracts.
Individuals cannot operate under private contracts that absolves them of financial and legal responsibility, and allows them to act as a single financial entity. A government has to do that.
That's a cute idea, if it makes batteries less expensive or more efficient. It won't, though, make even a tiny dent in the massive amounts of CO2 that humans are pushing into the atmosphere. Each passenger car puts out an average of 9,737.44 lb/year (https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P100EVXP.PDF?Dockey=P100EVXP.PDF).
At least in the "smart" phone market, there is no alternative to Google or Apple (although I still use my Windows Phone). That's kind of a problem for somebody who needs to use a "smart" phone (caveat: most people do not need to use a "smart" phone).
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There is nothing in this for users.
There's a LOT in this for the users. They get to target their advertisements to the dummies even better. Why would you not think that'd be incredibly valuable to the users?
Wait... how the hell did Instagram get my location data?!
From your fucking cellphone.
I would be against such a mandate and depend upon customers pressuring their vendors to change their behavior using the most effective tool known: their wallets.
The free market does not solve ever problem. The free market won't solve this problem, either. How many people do you know have declined to purchase an Internet connected gizmo because it had a default password? How much money and time has been lost by default passwords on Internet connected gizmos?
I'm not going to convince anybody. This country/society/culture is fucked.
Good little drones! Keep working towards making a real dystopia! One giant mega-corp that supplies you with everything. That'll work out well. Keep giving them your money, dummies. Keep on, keepin' on.
$50,000 indicates that he/she is paid in US dollars, not peanuts. He/she is literally getting paid in US dollars. Maybe you mean he/she is getting paid figuratively in peanuts?
I would love for Google to charge $$ for Google Maps. Right now, they're completely unreliable, with API calls failing frequently. It's completely unreliable. We would love to have some mapping service that we could pay, so that we could have some sort of guaranteed level of service.
... or just don't go the websites that abuse the users. If you're stupid enough to use Google/Facebook websites, then you kinda' deserve what you get.
There's something wrong with your keyboard.
The Web isn't broken. It's still there. It's still working the way it always has. Most people have simply chosen to use it badly.
Both/all of these companies are garbage companies that take advantage of people. None of them produce anything of any real value, except eyeballs for marketing people. They're all low class.
If there's software to connect to the Internet, your drive isn't wiped.
All of our business software is Windows-only. We're in retail. There are no usable Linux alternatives.
As far as I know, Microsoft doesn't sell my data. I'm a Microsoft customer. I give them money, and they give me software. Google's customers are its advertisers.
I call bullshit. This is all probably from a hardware vendor. I really doubt that Microsoft is doing this. This a sloppily written "opinion" from a Apple fan:
For comparison, I recently did a clean install of macOS High Sierra on a Mac, and that experience was sublime.
You can't even do a "clean install" on a Mac. You have to buy the hardware, first. You can't buy a "mac OS" DVD and install it on some random hardware, which is what a "clean install" means in common parlance.
If anyone was really outraged, they would get something else.
There is no practical alternative. But no, most people don't care, either.
What's your problem with it? I've been using it successfully for more than two decades.
Private businesses can operate under private contracts and reproduce all the desirable aspects of what you call a "corporation" through such contracts.
Individuals cannot operate under private contracts that absolves them of financial and legal responsibility, and allows them to act as a single financial entity. A government has to do that.
That's a cute idea, if it makes batteries less expensive or more efficient. It won't, though, make even a tiny dent in the massive amounts of CO2 that humans are pushing into the atmosphere. Each passenger car puts out an average of 9,737.44 lb/year (https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P100EVXP.PDF?Dockey=P100EVXP.PDF).
If I were a 30 year old, I wouldn't try to bang anybody even remotely close to 16/18. That's fucked up.
opening them to serious legal trouble even if they went bankrupt
That's not how corporations work in the US. Corporations can just walk away from any and all of their responsibilities.
If I got a chance to live in Europe, I'd happy run out the door as fast as I could, and leave all of my shit just where it was, too.
They're about as tasteful as calculator watches in the 1980's, but less useful (because I've got all that info on a phone). I wear a real watch.
At least in the "smart" phone market, there is no alternative to Google or Apple (although I still use my Windows Phone). That's kind of a problem for somebody who needs to use a "smart" phone (caveat: most people do not need to use a "smart" phone).
She was under age and it was illegal. This guy's going to prison for a long time.
She's a child. She needs help and guidance. He is much older and knows better. He needs to be locked up.