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511.
by actuator 6y ago
That is not exactly what this is doing. A service to service playlist transfer service is what Songshift seems to does, I think it will be worth having an open source alternative to it.
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by actuator 6y ago
Also, it runs afoul of sections of GDPR. I don't agree that Spotify has to let users transfer Spotify curated playlists as that is a business strength. Songshift seems to show Spotify curated playlists on their homepage like Discover W
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by actuator 6y ago
I still wish Spotify wins the Apple lawsuit but Spotify needs to change their stance here. They curate some really good playlists, so they can restrict them but they should allow user created playlists to be exported.
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by actuator 6y ago
I have used DDG for the past five years and I like it as a hedge to keep other search engines honest but this is not in good taste. If they want a product blog, rather than using something like this as a name, they can simply do what other
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by actuator 6y ago
> What’s the endgame here? Open-source encrypted messaging software is widely available. At least on phones with gatekeepers like Apple, they can get them to comply on apps. Thankfully, web is still free for now.
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by actuator 6y ago
As much as I hate it, I think this battle is already lost. Be it a social media company like Facebook or a computing devices company like Apple. They are going to kowtow to the wishes of the state to earn their profits. Also, I don't t
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by actuator 6y ago
> Facebook said it had found 10 networks, some of which it had previously identified publicly. I think this is the more important bit, I don't know how they prevent abuse by the same network again. These guys can just manufacture ne
518.
by actuator 6y ago
I am looking forward to Waymo Via. From an economic profitability standpoint, that looks like the best option at this time.
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by actuator 6y ago
Waymo was started in 2009, they have existed for half of Google's existence. The amount of research and money that has gone into it is not comparable to things like Google Reader. Also, they seem to have the lead over most and the mark
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by actuator 6y ago
I am not dismissing Azure. Outside of AWS or GCP, the only IaaS platform I can think of using is Azure. MS certainly has the competency to run a good competitor alongside AWS and GCP in the long run. I was just pointing out how easily we ca
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by actuator 6y ago
I used to think the same about Azure. Most of the experience I have heard about it is not positive, yet it is comfortably number 2. I think the overall pie is huge enough. So you can have advantages in niches in product or good customer rel
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by actuator 6y ago
> To re-implement Java, Google needed to copy the names and argument types of functions like java.lang.Math.max. If there are "copying" examples like this in the case, I am surprised it wasn't thrown out way earlier.
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by actuator 6y ago
I think it is very much related to Apple. There will be organisations because of their culture or approach to security that will fare better or worse than them.
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by actuator 6y ago
The work they have done here is amazing. Imagine a company like Apple being vulnerable to this extent. That's why when people bring up a new privacy safe/better UX alternative for a sensitive data service I am very skeptical to tr
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by actuator 6y ago
If I look at the SDE salaries for the first four levels in FAANG and map it to your levels, the salaries seem roughly in line with average FAANG base salaries except maybe Amazon. If you want to extend FAANG club, even Microsoft will fall u
526.
by actuator 6y ago
Isn't that the point we are making here? This would eventually lead to a handful of companies dominating so many major markets. Jabra, Spotify are not competing with Apple on just merit. Apple has the advantage of pushing Airpods, Appl
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by actuator 6y ago
> Bose used to be a gorilla in IP and was happy to sue Beats as soon as Apple announced they were buying it Maybe they saw the writing on the wall and chose that path to fight on. > Highly probable any settlement may have included ca
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by actuator 6y ago
I am not a fan of earpod form factor at all but Jabra's wireless earphones are rated better by many sites like Wirecutter and at least I find the sound quality of Jabra much better.
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by actuator 6y ago
You nailed it so well in this comment, I have been pointing out this from when they launched Apple Music. The classic excuse which people hide behind is "but they don't have a monopoly". Sure, they don't have a monopoly
530.
by actuator 6y ago
I hope we get a good alternative to Reddit. Their governance issues aside, their disdain for web and open systems have made me not use the platform anymore. It has been sad to see the platform become worse.
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by actuator 6y ago
I would love if this can be extended to laptops. I have no need for apps like Safari, Apple TV, Podcasts and Music. Apple doesn't give an option in Launchpad for this. I would prefer to rather not force delete application contents from
532.
by actuator 6y ago
While I agree with parts of your comment, I don't think it is honest. > The govt pays large amounts of people to misinform the populace online. Are they using state apparatus to do that? Isn't this true in most parts of world n
533.
by actuator 6y ago
While it might have been true at one time, this is not true anymore. A lot of their products are at price points that are not luxury.
534.
by actuator 6y ago
I am just puzzled about one bit of this, why the hue and cry few days back about this. Don't Android App stores like the Amazon one already exist? What's stopping these devs to even distribute the apps themselves? iOS is a differe
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by actuator 6y ago
> I don't see that same characteristic in Indian culture; of course there is a market for luxury goods but it's not the same. Can it be just because of the difference in disposable income in the countries? I don't know an
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by actuator 6y ago
and user spam as well. I am thankful for new versions of Android giving notification control to the users.
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by actuator 6y ago
Anyone aware about the merit of the gambling claims that the apps were indulging in, as mentioned by the article. While I don't like censorship of any form, if that violates Play Store or AppStore's TOS, the violating app would ge
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by actuator 6y ago
As far as I recall, Walmart bought Flipkart. I haven't seen it mentioned much in the business press related to Walmart after acquisition though.
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by actuator 6y ago
> will display branded story panels curated by partner publishers > “With News Showcase and the new integration of editorial content of media like Der Spiegel, Google shows that they are serious about supporting quality journalism i
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Google to Pay Publishers over $1B for News Content(bloomberg.com)
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