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Yay Microsoft for allowing those on Windows! Yay Google for allowing it on Android! Yay Canonical for allowing it on Ubuntu!

shawndumas 16y ago
When someone makes a bad decision I like to encourage them when they do an about-face.
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- someone_here 16y ago
  No, you're right. When someone makes a bad decision let's hate on them for life; even if they do an about-face. Apple is a corporation, and isn't human. Don't be fooled; they are only responding to market pressure.
  - dzlobin 16y ago
    Market pressure? Apple acted the same way for two years until this recent change in policy, and they were doing swimmingly. No need to call out the man, just applaud a company for taking a step in the right direction.
    - drpancake 16y ago
      Perhaps they know something we don't i.e. their own sales figures in intimate detail. I think this sudden openness is a response to Android.
  - mechanical_fish 16y ago
    Don't be fooled; they are only responding to market pressure. Sure. But market pressure, when examined through a powerful microscope, turns out to be composed of thousands of individual atoms of customer feedback. Like the one above.
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- jacquesm 16y ago
  Agreed, but the GP has a point, you should keep perspective and realize that they can make the about-face because they were f'ing up earlier. So we should encourage them not to make the same mistakes again, but it's not a reason to sing their praise.
  - tvon 16y ago
    It's a great reason to sing their praise and encourage them to do more of the same. I don't see why it wouldn't be. edit: but no reason not to give them shit for anything bad they do, of course.
    - jacquesm 16y ago
      > I don't see why it wouldn't be. Because it technically rewards bad behaviour, you wouldn't be singing their praise now if they had not messed up first. 1) mess up 2) do an about face 3) reap praise.
      - tvon 16y ago
        fair point
- dejb 16y ago
  > When someone makes a bad decision I like to encourage them when they do an about-face. The bad decision is only being reversed on a case by case basis - this isn't good enough.
tvon 16y ago
You forgot "Yay Apple for allowing it on OSX" Also, can't wait to use VLC on Windows Phone 7!
- jbk 16y ago
  One of the only platform noone is working on from the VLC dev team is WinMo7. Some people are working on Android, some on Maemo, some on WinMo6, but noone on WinMo7 since it requires .Net and C#

shawndumas 16y ago

When someone makes a bad decision I like to encourage them when they do an about-face.

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someone_here 16y ago
No, you're right. When someone makes a bad decision let's hate on them for life; even if they do an about-face. Apple is a corporation, and isn't human. Don't be fooled; they are only responding to market pressure.
- dzlobin 16y ago
  Market pressure? Apple acted the same way for two years until this recent change in policy, and they were doing swimmingly. No need to call out the man, just applaud a company for taking a step in the right direction.
  - drpancake 16y ago
    Perhaps they know something we don't i.e. their own sales figures in intimate detail. I think this sudden openness is a response to Android.
- mechanical_fish 16y ago
  Don't be fooled; they are only responding to market pressure. Sure. But market pressure, when examined through a powerful microscope, turns out to be composed of thousands of individual atoms of customer feedback. Like the one above.
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jacquesm 16y ago
Agreed, but the GP has a point, you should keep perspective and realize that they can make the about-face because they were f'ing up earlier. So we should encourage them not to make the same mistakes again, but it's not a reason to sing their praise.
- tvon 16y ago
  It's a great reason to sing their praise and encourage them to do more of the same. I don't see why it wouldn't be. edit: but no reason not to give them shit for anything bad they do, of course.
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    > I don't see why it wouldn't be. Because it technically rewards bad behaviour, you wouldn't be singing their praise now if they had not messed up first. 1) mess up 2) do an about face 3) reap praise.
    - tvon 16y ago
      fair point
dejb 16y ago
> When someone makes a bad decision I like to encourage them when they do an about-face. The bad decision is only being reversed on a case by case basis - this isn't good enough.

tvon 16y ago

You forgot "Yay Apple for allowing it on OSX" Also, can't wait to use VLC on Windows Phone 7!

jbk 16y ago
One of the only platform noone is working on from the VLC dev team is WinMo7. Some people are working on Android, some on Maemo, some on WinMo6, but noone on WinMo7 since it requires .Net and C#