Read 52 books last year. Just 2 were paper books. All the rest were Kindle. I just find it easiest to handle while on a cardio machine, using only one hand, and sweating. All means I don't have to make room on a book shelf, fill a landfill, or deal with dropping them off for donation when I'm done.
Your point is accurate. We do need to add in additional sales for those that switch from iOS to Android and vise versa, along with replacements for lost phones, and those coming of age who get their first phone. There are also those like some of my friends who will switch through several phones in a single year. But you're right, at some point you hit a critical mass where significant increases in sales aren't possible and shouldn't be expected.
You seem to have a total inability to understand why companies offer "unlimited" options. It's all about marketing, but that point seems to be so far over your head that you can't even begin to comprehend. But keep crying about it, it's pretty funny.
Take that stance all you like. The point is to stop crying that companies are putting caps in place. If some didn't choose to be abusive of them, we'd all still be enjoying things without any caps, should there be times when our usage is more than normal.
Clearly it was more than as simple as a rounding error, as they shut down the consumer service due to the abuses. If you have a small group that cost your company a disproportionately large chunk of the total cost, that's an issue. They're certainly not stress testing as they provide such services to huge businesses on their commercial size which are doing that for them already. Nothing is truly unlimited and those that can't recognize that and see it for the marketing move it is are only kidding themselves and setting themselves up for disappointment. At some point those that take advantage of these things to the max will cost all of us such offerings.
And they did offer just that. They never limited things. It was when a small group of users pushed things to the point it was unprofitable for the company that they closed their consumer business. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Comcast, and others never would have put in caps on their own service if it weren't for those that go far and away above the general user. It's those users that cost all of us.
It was always unlimited as promised, until it hit the point of being financially unprofitable for the company and they closed the service for all consumers. At the end of the day, that cloud storage costs CrashPlan money to buy from Amazon, Microsoft, etc. They never went back on the unlimited claim, but as very frequently happens, a small group of users really taking advantage of things, ruined it for everyone.
CrashPlan closed their consumer-facing unlimited storage cloud backup option because of people like this. It wasn't the 98% of the people using the service but the small minority of folks that backed up terabytes of data in collections like those here that made it unprofitable for them to continue operating. The digital hoarders really killed that service, ratter than the regular users.
I've seen as much as a 98% drop in responses online due to the addition of a single form field. Even the very smallest additions can have a HUGE impact on response rates. As small of a task as it seems to require people to start their review while in the theater lobby, it would likely be a huge barrier and cut down significantly on the number of reviews (not to mention all those who forget to start their review while there). Again, RT wants as many reviews as possible, so it'd be a determent to their site to require such. There's a reason Amazon and other sites don't require you to purchase from them in order to review a product.
It's already hard enough to get people to leave reviews for nearly anything online. The more hoops you make them jump through, even very very small ones, create a barrier to entry that will cause a SIGNIFICANT drop in the number of reviews. For a site that is based on reviews and needs as many as possible, even a small step like using an app or submitting a photo would likely cut their reviews by more than 90%.
I have a friend that views movies before they're released several times a month. He provides reviews of them on Facebook all the time. He would have a legit reason to review a movie before the theater release but now couldn't share that review with RT, as he does with his Facebook friends.
Apple replaced it with the far more effective prevention of cross-site tracking. No one obeyed Do Not Track from the start. Google didn't even abide by it. No one is going to come back and point to Apple's sole use of it as proof that consumers don't care.
I too misread the title. Saw Hubble, thought "How would they point it at Earth?" and read on. Not til close to the end did I realize that's just the name.
These certificates can give complete access to everything on your phone. They can allow Facebook to read their text messages, view all their photos, see all their phone calls, etc. All depends on the permissions certificate requested at install. My company requires such a certificate installed in order to have email within the Mail app (can still access it via webmail instead), which is why I don't bother having it on my personal phone. I'm not giving them that kind of access.
The data usage in doing such is minimal. If you're worried about the couple KB of data that could potentially be wasted in the initiation of a video call, you shouldn't be using video calling in the first place.
Happened to me. All the colleges were saying you'd make $60k minimum out of college with a degree in anything computer science, so everyone signed up. Then right before graduation the bubble burst and everyone was left taking anything they could find.
The FTC has Endorsement and Influencer guidelines which require disclosure any time a product is received for free or as part of a paid endorsement. They haven't been strictly enforcing them but have begun to issue warnings. I'm sure in the future we'll see stricter enforcement and maybe even fines as part of their requirements.
It's like complaining that the monthly updates Microsoft release for Windows don't bring new features. "I don't want bug and security fixes, I want stupid new feature I won't ever use!"
Worked for a company where the CEO would ask new hires to leave a positive review just a week in. Of course by that point you have little to base your experience on and when the CEO asks you and is watching, of course you'll leave a positive review. He also asked everyone to email and submit them for a "Best Workplace" award. Again, at a small company where the CEO's office is just down the hall, most felt intimidated and required to do so. It was much more of an order than anything.
AT&T and Verizon have provided services like this for over 2 years (Sprint may also). AT&T Call Protect is an app you can download to do so and it's free.
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Read 52 books last year. Just 2 were paper books. All the rest were Kindle. I just find it easiest to handle while on a cardio machine, using only one hand, and sweating. All means I don't have to make room on a book shelf, fill a landfill, or deal with dropping them off for donation when I'm done.
Your point is accurate. We do need to add in additional sales for those that switch from iOS to Android and vise versa, along with replacements for lost phones, and those coming of age who get their first phone. There are also those like some of my friends who will switch through several phones in a single year. But you're right, at some point you hit a critical mass where significant increases in sales aren't possible and shouldn't be expected.
You seem to have a total inability to understand why companies offer "unlimited" options. It's all about marketing, but that point seems to be so far over your head that you can't even begin to comprehend. But keep crying about it, it's pretty funny.
Take that stance all you like. The point is to stop crying that companies are putting caps in place. If some didn't choose to be abusive of them, we'd all still be enjoying things without any caps, should there be times when our usage is more than normal.
Clearly it was more than as simple as a rounding error, as they shut down the consumer service due to the abuses. If you have a small group that cost your company a disproportionately large chunk of the total cost, that's an issue. They're certainly not stress testing as they provide such services to huge businesses on their commercial size which are doing that for them already. Nothing is truly unlimited and those that can't recognize that and see it for the marketing move it is are only kidding themselves and setting themselves up for disappointment. At some point those that take advantage of these things to the max will cost all of us such offerings.
And they did offer just that. They never limited things. It was when a small group of users pushed things to the point it was unprofitable for the company that they closed their consumer business. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Comcast, and others never would have put in caps on their own service if it weren't for those that go far and away above the general user. It's those users that cost all of us.
It was always unlimited as promised, until it hit the point of being financially unprofitable for the company and they closed the service for all consumers. At the end of the day, that cloud storage costs CrashPlan money to buy from Amazon, Microsoft, etc. They never went back on the unlimited claim, but as very frequently happens, a small group of users really taking advantage of things, ruined it for everyone.
They offered unlimited storage, and these hoarders took advantage of it.
CrashPlan closed their consumer-facing unlimited storage cloud backup option because of people like this. It wasn't the 98% of the people using the service but the small minority of folks that backed up terabytes of data in collections like those here that made it unprofitable for them to continue operating. The digital hoarders really killed that service, ratter than the regular users.
You're telling me there are companies capitalizing on our obsession with a current buzzword?
I've seen as much as a 98% drop in responses online due to the addition of a single form field. Even the very smallest additions can have a HUGE impact on response rates. As small of a task as it seems to require people to start their review while in the theater lobby, it would likely be a huge barrier and cut down significantly on the number of reviews (not to mention all those who forget to start their review while there). Again, RT wants as many reviews as possible, so it'd be a determent to their site to require such. There's a reason Amazon and other sites don't require you to purchase from them in order to review a product.
He's in a well known punk rock band and a bartender, but maybe professional film critic could be added to that list.
It's already hard enough to get people to leave reviews for nearly anything online. The more hoops you make them jump through, even very very small ones, create a barrier to entry that will cause a SIGNIFICANT drop in the number of reviews. For a site that is based on reviews and needs as many as possible, even a small step like using an app or submitting a photo would likely cut their reviews by more than 90%.
I have a friend that views movies before they're released several times a month. He provides reviews of them on Facebook all the time. He would have a legit reason to review a movie before the theater release but now couldn't share that review with RT, as he does with his Facebook friends.
People who are in better health tend to have lower health risks. Who would have thought.
Slashdot tracks ya (even with Ghostery and other protections). Has that stopped you from coming here?
Apple replaced it with the far more effective prevention of cross-site tracking. No one obeyed Do Not Track from the start. Google didn't even abide by it. No one is going to come back and point to Apple's sole use of it as proof that consumers don't care.
I too misread the title. Saw Hubble, thought "How would they point it at Earth?" and read on. Not til close to the end did I realize that's just the name.
These certificates can give complete access to everything on your phone. They can allow Facebook to read their text messages, view all their photos, see all their phone calls, etc. All depends on the permissions certificate requested at install. My company requires such a certificate installed in order to have email within the Mail app (can still access it via webmail instead), which is why I don't bother having it on my personal phone. I'm not giving them that kind of access.
The data usage in doing such is minimal. If you're worried about the couple KB of data that could potentially be wasted in the initiation of a video call, you shouldn't be using video calling in the first place.
Happened to me. All the colleges were saying you'd make $60k minimum out of college with a degree in anything computer science, so everyone signed up. Then right before graduation the bubble burst and everyone was left taking anything they could find.
The FTC has Endorsement and Influencer guidelines which require disclosure any time a product is received for free or as part of a paid endorsement. They haven't been strictly enforcing them but have begun to issue warnings. I'm sure in the future we'll see stricter enforcement and maybe even fines as part of their requirements.
It's like complaining that the monthly updates Microsoft release for Windows don't bring new features. "I don't want bug and security fixes, I want stupid new feature I won't ever use!"
Worked for a company where the CEO would ask new hires to leave a positive review just a week in. Of course by that point you have little to base your experience on and when the CEO asks you and is watching, of course you'll leave a positive review. He also asked everyone to email and submit them for a "Best Workplace" award. Again, at a small company where the CEO's office is just down the hall, most felt intimidated and required to do so. It was much more of an order than anything.
AT&T and Verizon have provided services like this for over 2 years (Sprint may also). AT&T Call Protect is an app you can download to do so and it's free.