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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
Wow. So you view corporate employees like serfs bound to the land, not allowed to seek better opportunities for themselves? That’s kind of… dark.
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
The Dutch invented modern capital markets, so it tracks that they might be more US-like in that regard.
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
It should be noted that “autopilot” is the included driver assist feature and “FSD” is the optional extra cost feature.
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
In the USA (where Consumer Reports exists), we don’t have any French or Spanish brands. Italian brands are only exotics and couple near-luxury brands from Stellantis. To a USAian, “European Brand” means something from Germany or Scandinavia
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> - He sued Apple and Google for monopolistic behaviour. He's been fighting for fair access and better deals for all developers, not just Epic Games Store. And yet he did not sue Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft. Each of whom represent
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> The problem here is that Apple have a competing service that doesn't have to pay the money. On the contrary, Apple does pay the money... to the artists . Which is something that Spotify doesn't do as much. https:/&#
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> Why would you think they don't have a problem with the cut game console manufacturers take? Because they haven't sued them in the US nor lobbied the EC to label game console manufacturers as "gatekeepers".
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> I mean more competitors that care about user experience, preserve your privacy to an extent, and aren't using the platform as just yet another way to serve ads and harvest data. TANSTAAFL. User experience costs money. Privacy co
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> It's not a shake down, it's the fucking law which they don't follow and have to pay fines accordingly. Every single business in the EU has to follow these laws, That’s a lie, and you know it. Spotify is not a “gatekeeper
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
But macOS is not primarily a keyboard driven UI?
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
A large percentage of U.S. software jobs (and probably nearly all YCombinator startups) are in California. Other states might be different, but stuff you do outside of work doesn't automatically become your employer's IP in Calif
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
Your memory is different to mine, and different to Motor Trend's, as well: https://www.motortrend.com/cars/toyota/corolla/2005 $15k would buy you a base-trim 2005 Corolla with an automatic or one level u
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> It's hard to imagine any reason for Cloudflare to do it other than because they want to analyze DNS traffic, and then it's in a much more centralized location than to be distributed across every network and ISP. Isn't bo
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
Should they also break the rules against user tracking without consent? Just curious how far you would take this.
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
Wanna buy a bridge? When was the last time you heard Sweeney admit they target dark patterns at children?
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> Why people try to defend Apple I'll never understand, my guess is some people who own an iPhone have decided that's 'their team' and who wants to see their team lose? But I'm not sure. Happy to help! It's
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
I think it's even simpler than that: To run an assembly line, you need all stations staffed at the same time. You can't run the line if you're missing staff for just one station, but you still have to pay all the people who
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> while the court held that the board had to prioritize shareholder profits It's a bit more nuanced than that. The court held that company directors have to be acting for the benefit of shareholders. They still have wide latitude
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
No, Henry Ford's goal was to screw the Dodge brothers (whose other company, Dodge Brothers Company, needed a cash injection), not to help his workers. The Dodge brothers were major investors in Ford Motor Company, and thus entitled to
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> - YouTube videos can’t be played on the lock screen without some tricks Waiwaiwait. Hold the phone. That’s GOOGLE’s decision, not Apple’s. This whole thread is a circle jerk about how Apple doesn’t let developers do what they want. I
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
Really? Most of those sound like positives to me (the consumer) I am not shedding any tears over developers not being able to nag me about why I’m cancelling, for example. Same goes for all the shenanigans mentioned about variable pricing f
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
> Yes to a simple battery system! But you realize this will make cold-weather range suck and on-the-road charging suck, right? Preheating the battery and cabin on "shore power" is something EV buyers just expect at this point b
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
Don't forget to add wide-spectrum dissatisfaction with the economy and incompetence of the incumbent party's campaign team to your list. Harris ran a very left-of-center campaign in the 2020 primary election, and soundbites from t
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by burnerthrow008 1y ago
Huh, you're right[1]. Trump only got 49.80% of the popular vote. Of course, Kennedy (who is in Trump's cabinet, and seems broadly aligned with the MAGA agenda) got another 0.49%... and Oliver (the MAGA-adjacent Libertarian candid
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Losing 20% of global revenue while also losing 20% of global COGS is a much better option than losing 10% of revenue and incurring an extra 10% of R&D.
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> - They can lock the API behind entitlements that must be manually requested and reviewed by Apple > - They can lock the API behind a user approval Not if the EU has anything to say about it. Apple is already in trouble for requirin
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
MacOS already has this for at least 5 years: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/controlling-app-acc...
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> Business model is the same as Firefox: Google pays to be the default search engine. How do you image that working? Google is already banned from paying Apple to be the default search engine, so why would they be allowed to pay Chrome?
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
It isn’t relevant that the thing you want to split off won’t be able to stand on its own two feet? Wouldn’t it be simpler to simply require Google to burn the source code? And what is the point of the breakup if everyone (including consume
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
But what makes you think the DoJ allow Google to continue paying Chrome to have Google as default? Google is already not allowed to pay Apple to be default.

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