The whole point of TV is to veg out and channel surf.
You missed that whole bit about Video on Demand and how a tablet interface would improve this. We're not talking about people who put it on a channel and leave it on, a trickle of drool dripping from the corner of their mouth.
If they're effectively communicating to you that they feel the result is 'too good to be true', then you really don't have a lot to really complain about, do you?
Once word got out that they were only going to allow 3 unlocks, then you'd have to call them to get a code, over thousand ppl went to Amazon and gave it a 1 star review. EA relaxed the rules a bit, expanding it to 5 unlocks plus another concession or two that I cannot recall at the moment.
I'll concede that they didn't get as far as teaching EA a lesson about bad DRM, but only a thousand people got them to take notice and quickly react. It'll certainly be on their mind for the next game. The thousands of people who didn't buy the game didn't cause a reaction at all.
I have an unlimited plan on my phone and so far I have not been throttled. I also have a 2 gig plan for my iPad. Last week I subscribed to Clear, now I have a mobile wifi hotspot. In my area the coverage is pretty good and I can hook up to 8 devices up to it. As a result I am canceling my iPad data plan. In short, even though I wasn't directly affected, I am dropping their service.
I wouldn't have even looked into Clear if they hadn't started messing with their customers.
Boycotting will not actually do anything useful in this context. Bitching loudly about it, now that actually does something. Take a look at what happened to Spore.
Again, you're using a niche platform to play a rental. You're not going to purchase anything from them, then find it doesn't work. You're not going to watch something of theirs then complain it won't work a year from now. Basically, they didn't cater to your platform, so they didn't earn your money.
This is possible for DVDs now, although only as a result of reverse engineering.
There was a case where a laptop was checked by thr TSA*. When they opened the laptop they saw kiddie porn. When the laptop was shut down it needed to be decrypted to show the image again.
That's the idea behind the 'already know' bit.
* I read this a long time ago and likely got the details slightly wrong.
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If Apple's management were such geniuses, then why don't they take that cash and start another business line that will make them even more successful?
Because they'd create a competitor to Apple.
Please pardon my ignorance, but what does that have to do with my comment?
Is it impossible to code a flash-compatible player that can run on iDevices?
Ask all the Android fanboys who stopped using it as a bullet point.
Winning the keyboard and mouse debate is more important than having fun?
The whole point of TV is to veg out and channel surf.
You missed that whole bit about Video on Demand and how a tablet interface would improve this. We're not talking about people who put it on a channel and leave it on, a trickle of drool dripping from the corner of their mouth.
If there is any justice, parent post really should exhonerate me from my -1 moderation.
I'm not on a contract witg Clear. They're welcome to try it.
Why, did they hire Samsung's former product designer?
You read the patent, then?
You really need that explained? Or are you just trying to get me to say something so you can make a speech about what the word important means?
"This result is probably wrong" != "fertilize your lawn with motor oil"
'Fairness' should factor in importance of the drive. Funnily enough, increasing prices does that quite effectively.
If they're effectively communicating to you that they feel the result is 'too good to be true', then you really don't have a lot to really complain about, do you?
The reason for this is pretty simple: There's a lot more teen pregnancy than teen murder.
How about a real woman's breasts undulating in front of you?....
... posted on Slashdot on a Friday night.
Out of curiosity, do you move every time you start a new job?
Only on Slashdot would arn armchair critic post crap about CERN's 'workmanship' late on a Friday night.
Once word got out that they were only going to allow 3 unlocks, then you'd have to call them to get a code, over thousand ppl went to Amazon and gave it a 1 star review. EA relaxed the rules a bit, expanding it to 5 unlocks plus another concession or two that I cannot recall at the moment.
I'll concede that they didn't get as far as teaching EA a lesson about bad DRM, but only a thousand people got them to take notice and quickly react. It'll certainly be on their mind for the next game. The thousands of people who didn't buy the game didn't cause a reaction at all.
In addition, they could also have published clear specifications on when this throttling would occur and relaxed just how limited it was.
I have an unlimited plan on my phone and so far I have not been throttled. I also have a 2 gig plan for my iPad. Last week I subscribed to Clear, now I have a mobile wifi hotspot. In my area the coverage is pretty good and I can hook up to 8 devices up to it. As a result I am canceling my iPad data plan. In short, even though I wasn't directly affected, I am dropping their service.
I wouldn't have even looked into Clear if they hadn't started messing with their customers.
Boycotting will not actually do anything useful in this context. Bitching loudly about it, now that actually does something. Take a look at what happened to Spore.
Again, you're using a niche platform to play a rental. You're not going to purchase anything from them, then find it doesn't work. You're not going to watch something of theirs then complain it won't work a year from now. Basically, they didn't cater to your platform, so they didn't earn your money.
This is possible for DVDs now, although only as a result of reverse engineering.
See what I mean? This is not a DRM problem.
There was a case where a laptop was checked by thr TSA*. When they opened the laptop they saw kiddie porn. When the laptop was shut down it needed to be decrypted to show the image again.
That's the idea behind the 'already know' bit.
* I read this a long time ago and likely got the details slightly wrong.
Between broadband internet, 3d acceleration, dual monitors, and a stable multi-tasking OS, I have NFI what you're talking about.
-Sent from a smartphone that is far superior to the machine I had in 95
Or, how about just shut up and watch the movie.
It was possible with the first three because they were entertaining. The fourth one wasn't, so the nitpickery is much more entertaining.