Funny how they sue even though they said they would apply net neutrality rules even without the regulation requiring it because it made good business sense:
NCTA: “An open internet means that we do not block, throttle or otherwise impair your online activity. We firmly stand by that commitment because it is good for our customers and good for our business.”
As much as I appreciate Google's services as an individual, I do not use them for any business-critical need for the exact reasons listed in your article.
The service may be generally reliable, but what is not acceptable is the casual way they handle exceptions. It clearly defines the pecking order. They are the masters, you are the peon, the paying peon but still a peon.
Besides the "me too" copying which is distasteful, the notch and why it implies has many disadvantages.
It looks ugly, unless you reserve the area on each side of the notch to notifications so that the apps and pictures do not have access to it. That is the only condition that would make it acceptable to me.
Even though, having a full screen display impose other issues:
It is difficult to pick up the phone without touching the touch sensitive area, or as Apple recommends the edges of the screen have to be ignored by presses, which makes it even more difficult to write apps which have to be aware of where it's OK to touch the screen and not.
Apple devices have always had side firing speakers, which is probably the greatest sin of all Apple products. Sound is terrible with side firing speakers, Apple or not. A full face display forces side firing speakers so they will be all out of contention for my money.
My Moto-X(2nd gen) has a 73% screen to body ratio, better than most current flagships (yes, I mean you Google Pixel2 and iPhone 8) and to me that leaves just enough room to hold the phone and have decent front facing speakers. Why is it so hard to do better than a 4 year old phone?
What he says is true but not the point. Maybe he should fix that too.
Simply giving the power to the ISPs to do the same is certainly not going to help...
The big difference to me is that while I depend on Google and other big tech services, I am not obligated to use them and if I wanted to, there are alternatives or I could simply stop using them (like I have done with my cable TV provider). However, I have only one ISP in my area (at least only one that has more than 3Mb/s data transfer rate) so I have no option if I do not like what he does. I am stuck with it and this ISP definitely falls into the definition of a common carrier.
1) device metrics: this is ridiculous. The phone knows when the headphone is plugged in, no need for a bluetooth device.
2) Room for a jack: one guy actually installed a headphone jack inside an iPhone 7 without sacrificing anything. He found the room for it inside an existing phone. It even looks good. I know, it sounds unbelievable and it is. Google it for his story. If a guy in his apartment can do it, I am sure that Apple with a few spare million dollars could do it if they wanted.
My guess is that it is the same thing with Google. They are running out of ideas about what to do with a phone to make it sound new, so they come up with that stuff.
This is very clearly an opinion that is not universally shared.
My personal experience, borne of having an iPhone and an Android phone in the car on a regular basis is that the turn by turn directions are consistently better on Android.
If there are areas where Apple maps are superior, I have not found them.
Yeah!
While I hate the loss of the 3.5mm jack, it looks like that is the way of the future and it is not the end of the world since more and more BT headphones are available and quality is getting good (but prices stratospheric). It is still bad for the other types of accessories like card readers and other gadgets that have no BT equivalent. However, I really applaud the front facing stereo speakers because when you have lousy sound like all Apple products (and I know, I have an iPad with beautiful video but terrible sound due to the side facing speakers), there is no fix for it other than yet another accessory.
I had never heard of it so I googled it.
Oh, a new text editor, maybe I can use it. Click on the download link.
163MB for a text editor, ouch!
I do not know about RAM usage but that thing is already a hog on my hard drive...
At the moment, I have 8 email accounts on 5 different systems.
Like others, I use gmail predominantly and gmail provides by far the best user experience and performance. I do have a Yahoo account that I cannot close right away unfortunately, but I have to find a way to wind it down. Yahoo mail has always had a terrible user experience and is excessively crash prone and a CPU hog on the desktop to the point that I no longer use it on the desktop, I do use the Android Yahoo mail app that seems a little more robust but nowhere at the level of the gmail app.
I have given up on independent (like Thunderbird) POP3 (too inconvenient) or IMAP mail clients because of poor or absent synchronization between devices.
Put your pride carefully in your pocket as you might need it later, and use gmail.
I already responded to another post indicating my satisfaction with Cox but every time I see a report of someone having a particular problem with their ISP, I can go back and say that I never had that problem with Cox.
When I had the commercial grade service, one Sunday morning Internet did not work. I thought it was a network problem. A couple of hours later, I get a web page that tells me to call their customer support. It turns out I had been exceeding my monthly bandwidth by a bunch (50% over) for over 6 months (other people in my household watching movies and videos a lot). The guy told me he was going to turn me back on but wanted me to try not to go over the limit so brazenly. A few minutes later, I was up and running. They never asked any money. I appreciated that I did not get a nastygram or other threat. I told the guy I would have appreciated an email to notify me that I was over the limit before turning me off, but honestly considering how the whole thing unfurled, they were nice and did not try to cause me problems.
A couple of years later, I upgraded to the business class service to get rid of the monthly bandwidth and all has been good since.
I have had a similar experience with Cox.
A long time ago Cox indicated that they had been notified of copyrighted material being downloaded through my IP and suggested that if that were the case, I delete any material that could provide liability but never communicated my information to the complainant.
They earned a lot of my respect then and now, 10 years later, I have upgraded to their business service (no monthly bandwidth limit and other advantages) and am still very happy with them.
His tweets are useful as they provide an unfiltered view of his personality, which the more he tweets, the more appears as despicable, petty and narrow minded.
In all other aspects, they are tiresome and generally unhelpful to the US or his own team, if there is such a thing.
My Moto Droid Razr in 2011 supported the Lapdock 100, well before the Atrix itself even though the Atrix received a lot more advertisement for the feature.
A lot of patents are not worth the pdf file they are printed on...
Have two pins, one that normally unlocks the phone, a second one that wipes the phone before unlocking it.
Make sure you do not confuse the two when asked for the pin by CBP.
Problem solved.
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NCTA: “An open internet means that we do not block, throttle or otherwise impair your online activity. We firmly stand by that commitment because it is good for our customers and good for our business.”
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Just what we need...
Nothing to add.
As much as I appreciate Google's services as an individual, I do not use them for any business-critical need for the exact reasons listed in your article. The service may be generally reliable, but what is not acceptable is the casual way they handle exceptions. It clearly defines the pecking order. They are the masters, you are the peon, the paying peon but still a peon.
Funny that we can get this incredible, mind boggling footage and yet, we still don't know if the earth is flat or not...
It looks ugly, unless you reserve the area on each side of the notch to notifications so that the apps and pictures do not have access to it. That is the only condition that would make it acceptable to me.
Even though, having a full screen display impose other issues:
My Moto-X(2nd gen) has a 73% screen to body ratio, better than most current flagships (yes, I mean you Google Pixel2 and iPhone 8) and to me that leaves just enough room to hold the phone and have decent front facing speakers. Why is it so hard to do better than a 4 year old phone?
What he says is true but not the point. Maybe he should fix that too.
Simply giving the power to the ISPs to do the same is certainly not going to help...
The big difference to me is that while I depend on Google and other big tech services, I am not obligated to use them and if I wanted to, there are alternatives or I could simply stop using them (like I have done with my cable TV provider). However, I have only one ISP in my area (at least only one that has more than 3Mb/s data transfer rate) so I have no option if I do not like what he does. I am stuck with it and this ISP definitely falls into the definition of a common carrier.
2) Room for a jack: one guy actually installed a headphone jack inside an iPhone 7 without sacrificing anything. He found the room for it inside an existing phone. It even looks good. I know, it sounds unbelievable and it is. Google it for his story. If a guy in his apartment can do it, I am sure that Apple with a few spare million dollars could do it if they wanted.
My guess is that it is the same thing with Google. They are running out of ideas about what to do with a phone to make it sound new, so they come up with that stuff.
My personal experience, borne of having an iPhone and an Android phone in the car on a regular basis is that the turn by turn directions are consistently better on Android.
If there are areas where Apple maps are superior, I have not found them.
Yeah! While I hate the loss of the 3.5mm jack, it looks like that is the way of the future and it is not the end of the world since more and more BT headphones are available and quality is getting good (but prices stratospheric). It is still bad for the other types of accessories like card readers and other gadgets that have no BT equivalent. However, I really applaud the front facing stereo speakers because when you have lousy sound like all Apple products (and I know, I have an iPad with beautiful video but terrible sound due to the side facing speakers), there is no fix for it other than yet another accessory.
I certainly did not see it coming!
If your work is important to you, backup and don't use it an an experiment to try new tools. Otherwise, don't be a bitch. I made my case...
I had never heard of it so I googled it.
Oh, a new text editor, maybe I can use it. Click on the download link.
163MB for a text editor, ouch!
I do not know about RAM usage but that thing is already a hog on my hard drive...
At the moment, I have 8 email accounts on 5 different systems. Like others, I use gmail predominantly and gmail provides by far the best user experience and performance. I do have a Yahoo account that I cannot close right away unfortunately, but I have to find a way to wind it down. Yahoo mail has always had a terrible user experience and is excessively crash prone and a CPU hog on the desktop to the point that I no longer use it on the desktop, I do use the Android Yahoo mail app that seems a little more robust but nowhere at the level of the gmail app. I have given up on independent (like Thunderbird) POP3 (too inconvenient) or IMAP mail clients because of poor or absent synchronization between devices. Put your pride carefully in your pocket as you might need it later, and use gmail.
When I had the commercial grade service, one Sunday morning Internet did not work. I thought it was a network problem. A couple of hours later, I get a web page that tells me to call their customer support. It turns out I had been exceeding my monthly bandwidth by a bunch (50% over) for over 6 months (other people in my household watching movies and videos a lot). The guy told me he was going to turn me back on but wanted me to try not to go over the limit so brazenly. A few minutes later, I was up and running. They never asked any money. I appreciated that I did not get a nastygram or other threat. I told the guy I would have appreciated an email to notify me that I was over the limit before turning me off, but honestly considering how the whole thing unfurled, they were nice and did not try to cause me problems.
A couple of years later, I upgraded to the business class service to get rid of the monthly bandwidth and all has been good since.
I have had a similar experience with Cox. A long time ago Cox indicated that they had been notified of copyrighted material being downloaded through my IP and suggested that if that were the case, I delete any material that could provide liability but never communicated my information to the complainant. They earned a lot of my respect then and now, 10 years later, I have upgraded to their business service (no monthly bandwidth limit and other advantages) and am still very happy with them.
His tweets are useful as they provide an unfiltered view of his personality, which the more he tweets, the more appears as despicable, petty and narrow minded. In all other aspects, they are tiresome and generally unhelpful to the US or his own team, if there is such a thing.
I can feel America returning to greatness at breakneck pace...
Most frequent lie I tell myself or others.
My Moto Droid Razr in 2011 supported the Lapdock 100, well before the Atrix itself even though the Atrix received a lot more advertisement for the feature. A lot of patents are not worth the pdf file they are printed on...
Have two pins, one that normally unlocks the phone, a second one that wipes the phone before unlocking it. Make sure you do not confuse the two when asked for the pin by CBP. Problem solved.
Can you change your fingerprints when you want?
Actually, I print them in bold letters and stick then on the back of the display, it is even more convenient that way.
That has to be the stupidest idea I have heard of in a while.
That's a shocker...