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871.
by actuator 6y ago
Can't FB just point to a newcomer like Tiktok and give a counter example for network effect not being something that stops a new competitor? Also, how do you imagine a network opening up? I doubt FB and Instagram can be converted to a
872.
by actuator 6y ago
Apple and Amazon seem to have ways through which they can be proven to abuse their position and can get decoupled through an investigation. What would be the play on FB? They own three large data silos but do they leverage one to gain compe
873.
by actuator 6y ago
Companies still serving to HK might be screwed anyway. I was saying that wrt companies who had infra in HK which was serving traffic outside HK. It might make sense to not keep that in HK anymore.
874.
by actuator 6y ago
Has there been any precedence of US banning an app/website without some clear violation of law?
875.
by actuator 6y ago
This is just classic whataboutism. You should be careful of all of these companies as well. But you can't really equate the rule of law in both the countries in good faith. I really doubt criticism of Covid-19 handling lands you in jai
876.
by actuator 6y ago
GCP and AWS both have regions in Hong Kong. If anyone was storing data for serving it to any place outside, I guess this might be a good time to shift it to some neighbouring region. Additionally many western companies have their offices in
877.
by actuator 6y ago
This seems interesting. I checked and it seems Sigma makes everything in Japan. Amusingly enough all the well selling digital camera manufacturers(Fujifilm, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Olympus) are Japanese.
878.
by actuator 6y ago
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23751931 @dang can you merge this?
879.
by actuator 6y ago
This has become so absolutely stupid at this point. I can even maybe understand this for future admissions. But from the messaging it looks like they want to deport students who came after a valid visa process. This is just absurd. I hope u
880.
by actuator 6y ago
They will still need to ship the parts which depending on the part might be coming from SK/Taiwan/China but I guess they can still reap the benefit of probably reduced taxes because of local assembly.
881.
by actuator 6y ago
This looks so amazing and I wasn't aware that Playstations are still manufactured in Sony's home country itself. I guess automation helps in keeping the manufacturing cost low. Now I am intrigued about what high selling electronic
882.
by actuator 6y ago
His racing antics and desire to win at any cost aside, Schumi was brilliant. There were way less real time metrics of pit stop strategies, more variables like refueling and less sensors in the car. He was a master strategist and now with ea
883.
by actuator 6y ago
I am neither a FB user, employee or stockholder. FB has taken a lot of steps which I would not support personally; but how likely would it be for FB's bad policies to get more fanned by the old media(newspapers, news TV channels, influ
884.
by actuator 6y ago
I am not sure about medical school but isn't this what interview processes of companies like Google or Facebook do?
885.
by actuator 6y ago
I agree with this. I have had Hey for more than a week now. The UI is nice and feels fresh but that's about it. There are some features which won't work well if you keep an address for long enough. - Screener: This works well at
886.
by actuator 6y ago
The article didn't have more details on it but it seems like EY didn't sign off on accounts after KPMG report indicated fraud. Shouldn't the blame lie on EY as well, as they failed in their job as an auditor, shouldn't t
887.
by actuator 6y ago
It is not super clear from this but is mentions choosing your payment method and using your Apple id: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/use-apple-music-on-android/...
888.
by actuator 6y ago
The whole issue is about choice. If what Apple is offering you is worth the 30% cut they ask for, you will pay it. If it is not, you should be free to use your own method and take care of the details like tax yourself. Cross platform things
889.
by actuator 6y ago
I really don't understand why people are defending Apple on this. It seems shameful of a $1.5 trillion company to do this to developers. Even more so when they themselves don't abide by their philosophy. They are extracting out a
890.
by actuator 6y ago
Well, Apple also benefited from those apps being there, it is not like only the app developers benefited. The biggest complaint against Windows Phone used to be the app ecosystem and eventually that's what killed it as well. Phone mark
891.
by actuator 6y ago
His app Basecamp has been on the App Store way before he testified.
892.
by actuator 6y ago
Yeah, exactly the kind of thing he was talking about. Tidal had the backing of Jay-Z and several other artists.
893.
by actuator 6y ago
It just becomes speculative now but many would argue that did help the other big companies in that group you talked about to grow. https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/9/6/17827042/anti...
894.
by actuator 6y ago
I think I should reword my comment. How is App store revenue example of app being "high end". It just shows it is more profitable for a developer to be on iOS as they probably get 2/3 of their revenue from it.
895.
by actuator 6y ago
I didn't quote the revenue of iPhones, I quoted the revenue of app developers from the respective stores being 2:1 in favour of iOS.
896.
by actuator 6y ago
But aren't they a dominant power already. Android can have 80% market share but the app store revenue reality is 2:1 in the favour of iOS.[1] Isn't it anti competitive for a new service like a movie streaming app to be at a compet
897.
by actuator 6y ago
Well, Spotify doesn't allow it to so that it doesn't have to pay the tax. Everyone wants to make the signup flow as easy as they can, do you think they would not want to increase their userbase. If we didn't have nanny state
898.
by actuator 6y ago
If we are going down this line, I can also make some new arguments. Why do you think MS bundling IE was bad then, sure they had more marketshare than iOS but they were just improving the end user experience and now every platform comes with
899.
by actuator 6y ago
So, if Apple had 85% market share this would have been not fine then? At what marketshare do we decide it is fine for them to not do this? We can always ask the user to look for an alternative. Honestly, this whole think has stunk for a lon
900.
by actuator 6y ago
Umm... pretty sure he isn't lowering his standards because there is his money at stake here. If he had not been affected by this monetarily he most probably would have kept quiet like most humans to keep the good relations.

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