You're nuts. If anything like that is in any of our corporate documents or emails, we have bigger problems than a TOS. What corporation do you know that needs to be able to Skype "offensive language"?
In the US, corporations are liable for just about nothing. They can do whatever they'd like, with impunity. If an individual accidentally called 911 a fraction of the times that this facility did, that person would be in jail. Without a phone. Problem solved.
We *should* be holding the company's owners responsible, but that'll never happen.
Yeah, lots of batteries and wires would be expensive, but certainly not "impossible". We can send people to other planets. We can build lots of wires and batteries. It is, quite literally, not rocket science. It's just a matter of willpower. Unfortunately, people are incredibly short-sighted, and incredibly selfish.
Yup. This AC. And then academics took over from the government people to make it a place where people could share information and ideas. It got all shitted up ("monetized") when the general public started using it.
That's a shame, if they're not offering their own, non-profit phone OS for people to use. If you're forced to buy from either Apple or Google, you're truly fucked.
Not necessarily. A TOS or any other contract is only as valid as are the contents of it. Just because a company says, "We can take your money and screw you over" in the TOS doesn't mean that it's enforceable.
Regardless, you have no basis, whatsoever, if you're using a free service. Basic law 101: consideration.
Nobody is being forced to use a "smart phone" or a "free" Google or Apple service. If you don't want to agree to (or read) the TOS, then you don't have to use the device. It's your choice.
ISP's should be a public service.
Whatever else you're blathering on about "free speech" doesn't really make any sense.
You're nuts. Facebook isn't ubiquitous. I know plenty of smart, successful people that don't use it. It's just the Myspace of the moment. It'll be over, soon, and then people will jump onto the next thing. People are dumb. Let them throw away their privacy (and dignity) if they want to. The rest of us can continue to function just fine without that garbage.
Automation doesn't work. These dumb social media companies, along with online traditional media companies all thought they hit the goldmine because they could automate their advertising platforms, and fire all of their salespeople and advertising copy editors and ad designers. Well, they don't work, and they need to be held responsible for the crap their pushing. I'm so very sorry that they might have to go back to paying humans to do the job of selling advertising, but I doubt there's another good alternative.
That Facebook ID is used to track everything you do online. It's tied to your phone, if you use it there, or your home, via your ISP. Interacting with anything from Facebook, in any way, gets you tracked.
In electric cars, the wheels are generally all controlled by their own motor and controller, right at the wheel. There's no need for drive shafts. And, you get much better control by having four separately powered wheels.
I know that at Least Tesla uses big, flat batteries that they put along the bottom of the car, for weight distribution, from what I understand.
I don't think there's anything in an electric car to put in the engine bay.
I am, only because I have to. I have to look at my phone all the time in order to answer emails that have to do with running my company. I'm super busy, all the time. I don't Face/Tweet/Chat/Gram. I'm dealing with problems and not fun stuff. I'm always surprised when I see other people on their phones as much as me. I can't imagine being on a phone when not absolutely needing to be. Most people have serious gadget addictions.
There are no pros/cons of "both sides". There is no "both sides". That's bullshit. I'm not going to politely explain to a Nazi why he's wrong. That's insane.
No, not all. You can shop locally and use cash. It works fine. I think that you may mean to say that it's *convenient* for you to do business with all of these soul-sucking shit companies, and less convenient to do business with respectable companies. They're not "ALL" doing this. Just the ones that you see as most convenient.
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You're nuts. If anything like that is in any of our corporate documents or emails, we have bigger problems than a TOS. What corporation do you know that needs to be able to Skype "offensive language"?
In the US, corporations are liable for just about nothing. They can do whatever they'd like, with impunity. If an individual accidentally called 911 a fraction of the times that this facility did, that person would be in jail. Without a phone. Problem solved.
We *should* be holding the company's owners responsible, but that'll never happen.
Yeah, lots of batteries and wires would be expensive, but certainly not "impossible". We can send people to other planets. We can build lots of wires and batteries. It is, quite literally, not rocket science. It's just a matter of willpower. Unfortunately, people are incredibly short-sighted, and incredibly selfish.
Yup. This AC. And then academics took over from the government people to make it a place where people could share information and ideas. It got all shitted up ("monetized") when the general public started using it.
"Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws".
What in the hell is this survey referring to? The US doesn't have any privacy laws!
That's a shame, if they're not offering their own, non-profit phone OS for people to use. If you're forced to buy from either Apple or Google, you're truly fucked.
This is not a free speech issue.
Not necessarily. A TOS or any other contract is only as valid as are the contents of it. Just because a company says, "We can take your money and screw you over" in the TOS doesn't mean that it's enforceable.
Regardless, you have no basis, whatsoever, if you're using a free service. Basic law 101: consideration.
Nobody is being forced to use a "smart phone" or a "free" Google or Apple service. If you don't want to agree to (or read) the TOS, then you don't have to use the device. It's your choice.
ISP's should be a public service.
Whatever else you're blathering on about "free speech" doesn't really make any sense.
If you just pay for your own email service, you do get to keep it forever. Email generally runs about $2/month these days.
"Just because you pay for it" absolutely gives you a basis for a lawsuit.
Generally, if you get something for free, you have no basis for a lawsuit.
I'm not aware of companies taking things away from their customers without being sued. Do you have any evidence this is a thing?
I would imagine what you're describing is a result of most Google + users being Democrats, or at least relatively liberal.
A gun IS inherently bad: It's primary use is to kill people.
Facebook IS inherently bad: It's primary use is to harvest data.
You're nuts. Facebook isn't ubiquitous. I know plenty of smart, successful people that don't use it. It's just the Myspace of the moment. It'll be over, soon, and then people will jump onto the next thing. People are dumb. Let them throw away their privacy (and dignity) if they want to. The rest of us can continue to function just fine without that garbage.
I don't give two shits about making money. That's not why the web exists.
My point is that not all of the web is shit. There's plenty of non-commercial web out there.
There are tons of individual web pages out there that are run by individuals. Tons.
You can easily not interact with the crappy portion of the web.
Automation doesn't work. These dumb social media companies, along with online traditional media companies all thought they hit the goldmine because they could automate their advertising platforms, and fire all of their salespeople and advertising copy editors and ad designers. Well, they don't work, and they need to be held responsible for the crap their pushing. I'm so very sorry that they might have to go back to paying humans to do the job of selling advertising, but I doubt there's another good alternative.
That Facebook ID is used to track everything you do online. It's tied to your phone, if you use it there, or your home, via your ISP. Interacting with anything from Facebook, in any way, gets you tracked.
It makes no sense to quit Facebook and still use Instagram.
It's the same damn company collecting the same damn data.
In electric cars, the wheels are generally all controlled by their own motor and controller, right at the wheel. There's no need for drive shafts. And, you get much better control by having four separately powered wheels.
I know that at Least Tesla uses big, flat batteries that they put along the bottom of the car, for weight distribution, from what I understand.
I don't think there's anything in an electric car to put in the engine bay.
We use some non-consumer level MS products that use XPS natively, and I prefer those. They're smaller and faster to work with.
I am, only because I have to. I have to look at my phone all the time in order to answer emails that have to do with running my company. I'm super busy, all the time. I don't Face/Tweet/Chat/Gram. I'm dealing with problems and not fun stuff.
I'm always surprised when I see other people on their phones as much as me. I can't imagine being on a phone when not absolutely needing to be. Most people have serious gadget addictions.
There are no pros/cons of "both sides". There is no "both sides". That's bullshit. I'm not going to politely explain to a Nazi why he's wrong. That's insane.
No, not all. You can shop locally and use cash. It works fine. I think that you may mean to say that it's *convenient* for you to do business with all of these soul-sucking shit companies, and less convenient to do business with respectable companies. They're not "ALL" doing this. Just the ones that you see as most convenient.