It sounds like he's making excuses for their decision. His love of all things Apple does explain a lot as well. Sounds like he's hoping they can develop an OS with an 'ooooh shiny' factor that makes people forget their ideals.
They actually do have a 'send us money' option when downloading now, and many of us have paid for it. I like this approach a lot better than having a privacy invading default setup. I think it would get them a lot more money from their users in the end as well.
I didn't actually say I was against it, I only said that Canonical doesn't care what its user base's opinions are. I actually don't mind this, but an very much against a default behaviour that sends all searches to Amazon.
I actually don't have much of a problem with this, but I really dislike them sending searches to Amazon by default. It should be an opt-in behaviour, not default.
I'm hoping it will be both a console and a solid Linux desktop system. It would be a nice introduction to Linux desktops for a lot of people, without any of the potential hardware problems that you run up against when you install on random hardware.
I'm not talking about Macs here... they're not the ones pushing the industry in a bad direct (yet). On the contrary, I think all laptops should have screens like that available. Unfortunately, they're made by the same company that make the iOS 'eco-system', and that part makes them most of their money. I can't in good conscience reward them for their laptops when they seem hell-bent on talking away people's rights to use their own devices as they please. I think the end of openness for th Mac is coming as well. Currently, there are certain features you can only use if you install software through their market.
Sometimes it's not so bad... I like when people share their opinions on products, both good and bad. The important part though, is that they're products. They're not a religion, and if you blindly defend their faults, you're treating them like they are. It's not a personal insult if someone doesn't agree with you. Also, these companies are not going to be as likely to correct bad behaviour if people keep blindly defending them and throwing money at them, even if you don't like the way they're behaving. .
I've gotten to prefer using runtime exceptions with a general policy of "Throw as early as possible, catch as late as possible". Only catch if you can do something about it. It works very well, and keeps the code very clean.
Google also has secretive deals with NSA, CSI and FBI. They have gongressman that are willing to step in for them. They played their way in to all the government agencies.
I'd also add that this is the only company that I know of that *does* provide a summary of the requests they've got from government agencies and how many they complied with. They're not the only one that gets the requests.
How about;
Microsoft and Apple, the two companies that don't leak all your stuff all over the internet!
I'm not completely sure, but I'm pretty sure both of those companies have had more security problems with personal information than Google. Overall though, all three have a decent record with personal information as corporations go. Their general behaviour is a different matter.
FUD; true, or half-true statements like:
You know what's the newest role in this? Their "AdChoices" tracking platform. Not only are you now served ads on a single page but they actually follow you around! Whatever I've searched for on Google is now advertised me on Slashdot and all the different websites I go to!
It's true, but can easily be turned off.
I consider privacy the ability to keep what information I want to myself. I use lots of Google services. I know I'm trading personal information for them. To me, as long as they keep my personal information to themselves, I'm happy. I don't even mind if they sell it as long as it's *completely* anonymous. They've got a very good record for security and keeping private information private. Privacy-wise, the ones I'm personally more concerned about ISPs.
I actually do generally use Ubuntu, but using KDE rather than Unity. Admittedly this is more because of Unity than privacy problems. Still, with Unity you know the privacy violation is happening and can disable it through a simple setting. Microsoft (back in the Vista days at least) was quietly sending things from your machine to them without announcing it in any way, and without any benefit to the users. I actually originally started looking at the behaviour because I thought it was a virus.
He is not 'spot on' with his comments. He is spreading unfounded statements and general FUD. He is most likely marked troll because there is no 'paid shill' moderation.
I've said it before; The man was such a douche-bag that his coffin probably still smell smells springtime-fresh. We're going to be a very long time before the industry recovers from what he started with the latest run at the closed eco-system. Unfortunately, we're still on the downhill slope, as now Microsoft has a closed system for their wonderful new interface as well.
SkyDrive, like SharePoint is just another attempt at Microsoft lock-in. Personally I prefer it when people create suites of products that I *want* to use, not that I *have* to use. The Apple ecosystem is the same.
All Android phones can do that, and they're treated as normal file systems, as they should be. The problem is that the Nexus 4 does not have a removable SD card. Even though it doesn't advertise it, apparently it does have LTE though. Type in a sequence of characters on the phone and it turns it on. I'm really hoping the next batch still uses the same underlying hardware.
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It sounds like he's making excuses for their decision. His love of all things Apple does explain a lot as well. Sounds like he's hoping they can develop an OS with an 'ooooh shiny' factor that makes people forget their ideals.
Those should be the defaults, in my opinion.
They actually do have a 'send us money' option when downloading now, and many of us have paid for it. I like this approach a lot better than having a privacy invading default setup. I think it would get them a lot more money from their users in the end as well.
I didn't actually say I was against it, I only said that Canonical doesn't care what its user base's opinions are. I actually don't mind this, but an very much against a default behaviour that sends all searches to Amazon.
I actually don't have much of a problem with this, but I really dislike them sending searches to Amazon by default. It should be an opt-in behaviour, not default.
As the Canonical developer's Unity DE shows, Canonical is not really that interested in the opinions of its current users.
They wanted laws, not censorship. There is a difference.
I'm hoping it will be both a console and a solid Linux desktop system. It would be a nice introduction to Linux desktops for a lot of people, without any of the potential hardware problems that you run up against when you install on random hardware.
Because Microsoft will want a percentage of sales.
I'm pretty sure that only applications from their market can integrate with iCloud.
If Apple did the equivalent of Google Fiber you would only be allowed to use it with Apple devices.
I don't care who does it as long as it remains open/free.
... and iCloud.
I'm not talking about Macs here ... they're not the ones pushing the industry in a bad direct (yet). On the contrary, I think all laptops should have screens like that available. Unfortunately, they're made by the same company that make the iOS 'eco-system', and that part makes them most of their money. I can't in good conscience reward them for their laptops when they seem hell-bent on talking away people's rights to use their own devices as they please. I think the end of openness for th Mac is coming as well. Currently, there are certain features you can only use if you install software through their market.
Not really chosen ... it typically falls out of the design approach.
Perhaps they can use them against the probable "X, but on a smartphone" patent trolls.
Sometimes it's not so bad ... I like when people share their opinions on products, both good and bad. The important part though, is that they're products. They're not a religion, and if you blindly defend their faults, you're treating them like they are. It's not a personal insult if someone doesn't agree with you. Also, these companies are not going to be as likely to correct bad behaviour if people keep blindly defending them and throwing money at them, even if you don't like the way they're behaving. .
I've gotten to prefer using runtime exceptions with a general policy of "Throw as early as possible, catch as late as possible". Only catch if you can do something about it. It works very well, and keeps the code very clean.
Unfounded:
Google also has secretive deals with NSA, CSI and FBI. They have gongressman that are willing to step in for them. They played their way in to all the government agencies.
I'd also add that this is the only company that I know of that *does* provide a summary of the requests they've got from government agencies and how many they complied with. They're not the only one that gets the requests.
How about;
Microsoft and Apple, the two companies that don't leak all your stuff all over the internet!
I'm not completely sure, but I'm pretty sure both of those companies have had more security problems with personal information than Google. Overall though, all three have a decent record with personal information as corporations go. Their general behaviour is a different matter.
FUD; true, or half-true statements like:
You know what's the newest role in this? Their "AdChoices" tracking platform. Not only are you now served ads on a single page but they actually follow you around! Whatever I've searched for on Google is now advertised me on Slashdot and all the different websites I go to!
It's true, but can easily be turned off.
I consider privacy the ability to keep what information I want to myself. I use lots of Google services. I know I'm trading personal information for them. To me, as long as they keep my personal information to themselves, I'm happy. I don't even mind if they sell it as long as it's *completely* anonymous. They've got a very good record for security and keeping private information private. Privacy-wise, the ones I'm personally more concerned about ISPs.
I actually do generally use Ubuntu, but using KDE rather than Unity. Admittedly this is more because of Unity than privacy problems. Still, with Unity you know the privacy violation is happening and can disable it through a simple setting. Microsoft (back in the Vista days at least) was quietly sending things from your machine to them without announcing it in any way, and without any benefit to the users. I actually originally started looking at the behaviour because I thought it was a virus.
He is not 'spot on' with his comments. He is spreading unfounded statements and general FUD. He is most likely marked troll because there is no 'paid shill' moderation.
I originally switched to using Linux full time because of Microsoft's privacy abuses and processes that 'phone home'.
I've said it before; The man was such a douche-bag that his coffin probably still smell smells springtime-fresh. We're going to be a very long time before the industry recovers from what he started with the latest run at the closed eco-system. Unfortunately, we're still on the downhill slope, as now Microsoft has a closed system for their wonderful new interface as well.
SkyDrive, like SharePoint is just another attempt at Microsoft lock-in. Personally I prefer it when people create suites of products that I *want* to use, not that I *have* to use. The Apple ecosystem is the same.
All Android phones can do that, and they're treated as normal file systems, as they should be. The problem is that the Nexus 4 does not have a removable SD card. Even though it doesn't advertise it, apparently it does have LTE though. Type in a sequence of characters on the phone and it turns it on. I'm really hoping the next batch still uses the same underlying hardware.