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His statement is correct, and totally irrelevant when considering consumers.
by broodbucket 13y ago
His statement is correct, and totally irrelevant when considering consumers.
- raverbashing 13y ago> and totally irrelevant when considering consumers. That's the most important part, and the mostly often ignored in HN discussions It's the same with the difference between the Apple I and Appple II
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- k__ 13y agoI think the technology and its usability wasn't the problem. The problem was, nobody thought people would be so crazy and store their stuff on the other side of the planet (performance) on the servers of complete strangers (security). But they totally would...
- jiggy2011 13y agoDropbox doesn't really suffer from the first problem since you keep a local copy of everything and people have been trusting complete strangers with their email and bank account details since forever.
- smtddr 13y ago>That's the most important part, and the mostly often ignored in HN discussions Example... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6572743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6572743
- GFischer 13y agoWhen (if) Netflix adds live sports, (and channel-like functions), it'll be the nail in the coffin for cable tv.
- podperson 13y agoChannel-like functions?! Please no. The only thing stopping anyone from streaming live sports is licensing.
- GFischer 13y agoI'm talking in the "curated series of shows" sense, as ctdonath aptly put it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6572450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6572450
- podperson 13y agoActually the thing that's infuriating about Netflix and many of its competitors is the weak or no support for deep linking to content. We don't need channels to curate content if bloggers, etc. can do it themselves.
- esusatyo 13y agoIt's the same with any modern Apple products too. People called iPads and iPhones stupid.
- philh 13y agoIn particular, "linux users" in context doesn't include anyone with a smartphone.