I bought an item from a Chinese seller on Amazon last year. The item was defective. Amazon quickly issued a refund. Then a few days later I got a email from the seller offering me another refund. I told him I already got a refund from Amazon. Then the seller curtly told me to take down the bad review.
..Well, you have to admit that Netflix is simply seeing what's happening...
You conflate two unrelated issues. Yes, the general public is buying less physical media, but the general public is not who is subscribing to Netflix DVD service. Why doesn't Netflix replace damaged discs for those paying customers who want to continue to use the service? Going back to my example, Cheers is a classic comedy, some say among the best written comedies. Yet it is absent from Netflix. To me it looks as if Netflix wants their DVD customers to just go away. So why doesn't Netflix just shut down the service instead of letting customers know how poorly Netflix treats its customers?
An addendum --- I won't be going to Netflix for streaming because of the poor manner in which they have been treating the DVD customers who initially built the company...
Though Netflix's service has deteriorated, and the DVD inventory is getting pretty poor. For example, only one or two seasons of a 8-season TV show. Even worse, a show that was most popular in its time, Cheers, is not even available on DVD from Netflix. Cheers!?!?!? Delivery time is up to two days in each direction now because distribution centers have been shut down. To me it looks as if Netflix is just soaking the DVD customers for all they can.
... than to ask permission beforehand. That seems to be Facebook's basic philosophy. Facebook tries to get away with as much as possible, and Facebook apologizes if it caught with its hand in the cookie jar.
So when you appeal to a group of users who just look at an OS as an OS, and not a community, the Linux Mint user base is what you wind up with.
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In order to be widely deployed on desktops, the OS has to be just an OS, not a community cult.
The question is, can Linux become a widely used desktop OS and still retain a community-oriented user base? Linux Mint's experience seems to suggest the answer is no.
"Apparently we're all fighting about how to pronounce 'GIF' again on Twitter," writes technology columnist Mike Melanson:...
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Way to make a strawman when you have nothing else to write about in your column. Make up that everyone is fighting about something. If one hundredth of one percent of "us" are fighting about this, I'd be surprised.
...Did you watch the announcement video? Do you use many other credit cards?...
Yes and yes. I'm still underwhelmed. Of all the things you list, the lack of a late fee is the only one I would call a significant improvement. However, in my decades of credit card usage, I've never paid a late fee, so that would be a feature I don't need. As per usual with Apple, lots of hype, a shiny object, and only minor improvement. But the Apple fans go wild.
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It's a yawn painted up to look exciting. Has Apple really run out of ideas?
...But It really is way, way better than most other credit cards...
The list of things you determine to make it "way, way better than most other credit cards" is really a list of things that make it marginally better than most credit cards, if even that much better. It sounds as if what you are most excited about is the shiny Apple logo on it. So far, nothing I've read about the card would encourage me to get another credit card.
... forget the fancy stuff. Just focus on delivering a secure, reliable operating system that you are able to update without bricking my PC. Is that too much to ask? Based upon the past couple of years, apparently, yes it is too much to ask.
Since the Windows 10 data collection system doesn't run on Macs, is Microsoft using Microsoft Defender as a foot in the door to get data collection installed on Macs?
Key phrases in the article. Looks more like damning with faint praise. Why only "sometimes"? For something that is worn as much as an Apple Watch, it should "nearly always" be able to spot a problem.
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... the more evil Facebook looks.
... the worse Facebook looks. With this latest bit of news, Facebook looks quite evil.
I bought an item from a Chinese seller on Amazon last year. The item was defective. Amazon quickly issued a refund. Then a few days later I got a email from the seller offering me another refund. I told him I already got a refund from Amazon. Then the seller curtly told me to take down the bad review.
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I wonder how far off-base the above is?
What took them so long?
..Well, you have to admit that Netflix is simply seeing what's happening ...
You conflate two unrelated issues. Yes, the general public is buying less physical media, but the general public is not who is subscribing to Netflix DVD service. Why doesn't Netflix replace damaged discs for those paying customers who want to continue to use the service? Going back to my example, Cheers is a classic comedy, some say among the best written comedies. Yet it is absent from Netflix. To me it looks as if Netflix wants their DVD customers to just go away. So why doesn't Netflix just shut down the service instead of letting customers know how poorly Netflix treats its customers?
An addendum --- I won't be going to Netflix for streaming because of the poor manner in which they have been treating the DVD customers who initially built the company...
Though Netflix's service has deteriorated, and the DVD inventory is getting pretty poor. For example, only one or two seasons of a 8-season TV show. Even worse, a show that was most popular in its time, Cheers, is not even available on DVD from Netflix. Cheers!?!?!? Delivery time is up to two days in each direction now because distribution centers have been shut down. To me it looks as if Netflix is just soaking the DVD customers for all they can.
... than to ask permission beforehand. That seems to be Facebook's basic philosophy. Facebook tries to get away with as much as possible, and Facebook apologizes if it caught with its hand in the cookie jar.
Necessary bills for unnecessary outbreaks are being paid by all of us.
https://arstechnica.com/scienc... The true dollar cost of the anti-vaccine movement
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In order to be widely deployed on desktops, the OS has to be just an OS, not a community cult.
The question is, can Linux become a widely used desktop OS and still retain a community-oriented user base? Linux Mint's experience seems to suggest the answer is no.
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Way to make a strawman when you have nothing else to write about in your column. Make up that everyone is fighting about something. If one hundredth of one percent of "us" are fighting about this, I'd be surprised.
But how many have that shiny Apple logo on them?
...To me, the Apple Card was by far the best new product they announced today.....
Damning with faint praise.
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...I'll get one just to get the 3 percent rebate on Apple stuff....
If the rebate were more along the lines of 20 to 25%, then I'd get one to buy Apple stuff. Otherwise, Apple stuff would still be way over-priced.
...Did you watch the announcement video? Do you use many other credit cards?...
Yes and yes. I'm still underwhelmed. Of all the things you list, the lack of a late fee is the only one I would call a significant improvement. However, in my decades of credit card usage, I've never paid a late fee, so that would be a feature I don't need. As per usual with Apple, lots of hype, a shiny object, and only minor improvement. But the Apple fans go wild.
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It's a yawn painted up to look exciting. Has Apple really run out of ideas?
...But It really is way, way better than most other credit cards...
The list of things you determine to make it "way, way better than most other credit cards" is really a list of things that make it marginally better than most credit cards, if even that much better. It sounds as if what you are most excited about is the shiny Apple logo on it. So far, nothing I've read about the card would encourage me to get another credit card.
If the batteries were standardized and replaceable, then Apple would be deprived of an ongoing revenue stream.
Apple looks to be using planned obsolescence across their product lines. Apple has to keep the revenue flowing in somehow.
... forget the fancy stuff. Just focus on delivering a secure, reliable operating system that you are able to update without bricking my PC. Is that too much to ask? Based upon the past couple of years, apparently, yes it is too much to ask.
Since the Windows 10 data collection system doesn't run on Macs, is Microsoft using Microsoft Defender as a foot in the door to get data collection installed on Macs?
Troll? Wow, the Apple fan-boi mods have even thinner skin than the Microsoft fan-boi mods. Who wudda thunk?
... it seems to be yet another data collection vacuum for google.
...Because it’s not a medical device...
Then why is Apple sponsoring studies like this one, which give the implication it might be?
Key phrases in the article. Looks more like damning with faint praise. Why only "sometimes"? For something that is worn as much as an Apple Watch, it should "nearly always" be able to spot a problem.