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by ballenf 6y ago
I don't understand why you'd dump an OS over limitations of its default browser. Edge even has a MacOS version if that's your browser of choice.
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by ballenf 6y ago
At least you'd have due process and couldn't be deplatformed for legal activity. Now you have neither. The current system has zero privacy, so no change there. Not seeing the downside. Federally illegal activity like marijuana wou
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by ballenf 6y ago
It would be more like rent is free if you're unemployed, otherwise x% of your income.
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by ballenf 6y ago
I love that we still live in a world where different countries can make different choices about how they want to structure their societies. Kind of telling that North America immigrants were largely people escaping European utopian society.
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by ballenf 6y ago
Hopefully using satellites like this is a temporary solution for the next decade or two until we have a better solution. Their limited lifespan is what makes me much less pessimistic than I would be. They have relatively high maintenance co
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by ballenf 6y ago
As it is, I'd like to encourage what feels like the only large corporate entity that cares even a little about users' privacy. If there was even a single other large consumer company with a slightly better record on privacy than A
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by ballenf 6y ago
Apple tried and failed with iAds. I think they just waited too long, which Windows Phone learned from.
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by ballenf 6y ago
I think one of Apple's biggest mistakes was in not setting the precedent of taking a cut of app's advertising revenue. It creates an artificial subsidy for privacy-invading ads and is responsible for app bloat and App Store spam t
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by ballenf 6y ago
> Frankly, Amazon snooping on users is to be expected Snooping on users during e-commerce transactions, sure. But recording user's detailed interactions with every ebook? I hope that's a big surprise to your average Kindle user
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by ballenf 6y ago
Is that how they know how close to the surface of the water they are?
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by ballenf 6y ago
Ask the guy who buys a lot of hammers whether hammers work. Ask the company who uses lots of nails whether hammers work. I mean maybe the purchaser employee at the company has some conflict of interest around the question -- if they're
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by ballenf 6y ago
https://selfcontrolapp.com That blocker / screen time app (MacOS only) worked for me. Also having trusted person set the screen time password on iOS is an approach I've heard people using.
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by ballenf 6y ago
There are a handful of natively written apps on iOS that have maintained the discipline to avoid bloat. One that I always admire is Overcast for podcasts. It's 5.9 MB and takes < 5 seconds to download and install. It always makes me
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by ballenf 6y ago
Here's the article: https://psmag.com/magazine/the-lucrative-art-of-chicken-sexi... Yeah, subconscious decision making is probably the wrong term. "Instinctual" decision making?
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by ballenf 6y ago
I also think there's value in tools that allow our subconscious to override our conscious mind when it comes to making tricky decisions. (But never in support of probable cause.) I'm reminded of the chick sexing story from a while
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by ballenf 6y ago
You can't really search on Twitter while logged out. Browsing while logged out is nice, however, because the little annoyances remind me that the physical world is a better place to exist than there.
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by ballenf 6y ago
That makes sense, but I'm confused how you make loan payments without tenants paying rent. Not to mention property taxes, maintenance, utilities and other overhead. Kind of feels like the cliché "make it up in volume" when yo
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by ballenf 6y ago
I'm not sure it's fair to equate smartphones to general computing platforms, regardless of the marketing speak surrounding the newest iPads. Personally, I like iPhones precisely because they're not general purpose platforms
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by ballenf 6y ago
Has apple ever blocked or threatened anyone for developing a rival OS? For an OS that could run on iPhones to be developed, it seems pretty clear that Apple would absolutely have to "support those means" in terms of publishing low
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by ballenf 6y ago
And coffee? What about sugary sodas? Energy drinks with supplements? I think even your examples make clear there is a spectrum here and not absolute equivalence. You can’t assess these things in a vacuum from their position in society. If a
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by ballenf 6y ago
Could that be the result of trade with lockdown countries falling?
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by ballenf 6y ago
Apple's first wish from the genie in a bottle was for unlimited wishes. So it doesn't really make sense to argue over whether Apple only has x-ray vision or also the ability to walk through walls yet. Gatekeeper is our benevolent
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by ballenf 6y ago
> If it breaks actual encryption (a la DeCSS) then yes, it oversteps. I'd counter that if the audio and video get to your eyes and ears, then the content provider has already provided you a decrypted copy of the media and/or th
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by ballenf 6y ago
The requests the app makes would not be coming from "Apple". The rest of the scenario is plausible, but it wouldn't be bots it would be humans connecting the dots and sending a manual claim to Apple.
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by ballenf 6y ago
- Developer was hacked and is unaware of it. - Developer accidentally clicked "revoke my cert" (no idea if that's a real button, but that's not the point). - A national security agency sent one of those scary letters pre
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by ballenf 6y ago
Do you really think replacing the hat with a snowflake was coincidence?
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by ballenf 6y ago
I believe your account, but I still wonder whether the opposition to FB is more about it having the power to upset the status quo and how that is a threat to these mega brands.
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by ballenf 6y ago
Apple didn't change the rules after they sold you the phone. It was locked down when you bought it just like Disney is. We absolutely don't fully own iPhones in the FSF sense. Same for your refrigerator with DRM water filters. Or
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by ballenf 6y ago
"Harmful business model" is a reductive, meaningless argument. I don't buy many games and have 2 latest gen consoles. I would be harmed by your suggestion. How do you choose which group's harm is more important? And who
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by ballenf 6y ago
How does Amazon replacing the local bookseller eliminate a “middleman”?

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