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811.
by dageshi 6y ago
It only looks like failure of market regulation in retrospect for companies like Facebook and Google (Microsoft is a bit different) because these companies grew businesses that simply hadn't existed before. How do you regulate Google b
812.
by dageshi 6y ago
Air travel isn't an experience for most people. It's a necessary evil to get you from A to B. Most people may as well board a plane and go into some kind of hibernation for however long the flight is, hence why the only thing that
813.
by dageshi 6y ago
The ticket buying public has over the decades indicated that the only thing they really care about is ticket price and little else. I am sure they would be very grateful to you for making advertising illegal on flights and therefore their t
814.
by dageshi 6y ago
Maybe it's because those three are good enough?
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by dageshi 6y ago
Given the frequency I see the meat alternatives in the discounted section in various supermarkets I've visited, I think they have some work on their hands.
816.
by dageshi 6y ago
From what I recall it's illegal to buy without a prescription in the UK as well because it's a hormone and all hormones need prescriptions. But it's not illegal to possess without a prescription, so you can just order it from
817.
by dageshi 6y ago
It was cross platform before the Microsoft acquisition. I think Minecraft is sort of a special case, it's essentially its own genre.
818.
by dageshi 6y ago
They are complying with the privacy regulations... you cannot read the site, your privacy has been protected.
819.
by dageshi 6y ago
For some people, perhaps a lot of people, many meals are just fuel. Those sandwiches are an acceptable unit of fuel, they come in an acceptable variety at acceptable prices and can be bought in an acceptable amount of time. You don't h
820.
by dageshi 6y ago
I'm no expert on the history of audiobooks, but I get the impression they used to be really really expensive? Like double or even treble a hardback. Amazon seems to have gained its dominance by making them cheaper to the point where pe
821.
by dageshi 6y ago
Typically those billions aren't liquid, they're usually shares in some business you've built which you may not want to sell because it'll dilute your control in the business.
822.
by dageshi 6y ago
Probably a couple reasons why it's coming up now. First the Japanese have a pretty good reputation as owners of UK businesses, they own quite a few Scotch distilleries and impressions are they manage things well. Second, I think the wo
823.
by dageshi 6y ago
Amazon would be moronic to do such a thing. Goodreads could've turned around and begun selling books direct, they had the customers buying intent, not amazon. Other sites would've seen this move and begun to pivot away from amazon
824.
by dageshi 6y ago
They're saying that goodreads became an alternate front end to amazon for finding books but users used amazon (via affiliate links) to actually buy the book. Goodreads was better at helping users find new books they wanted than amazon
825.
by dageshi 6y ago
Page builders have come a long way, a lot of agencies will use something like Elementor now because designers can effectively build a lot of pages in real time as opposed to doing the traditional psd->custom theme route.
826.
by dageshi 6y ago
Malware isn't really the primary threat. It's bad actors. It's specifically designed apps intended to rip people off. If an app goes through apples review process and then accepts credit card payment (which is the entire reas
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by dageshi 6y ago
They aren't relatively expensive. There's tons of cheap android phones out there which have 80-90% of the functionality in an iphone, just with a much crappier user experience and terrible cameras, but they work! Somehow people ha
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by dageshi 6y ago
Apple wouldn't want to be responsible for something not in their store. They have all the downsides of verifying an app is safe but none of the upsides, worse they will inevitably be the ones who have to handle support.
829.
by dageshi 6y ago
In the old days we used to complain about Microsoft for not keeping up with standards and holding the web back. We can't have it both ways.
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by dageshi 6y ago
None of those things would've lasted if the users didn't use the things created. Flash enabled video in webpages, games in webpages all things users flocked too and enjoyed.
831.
by dageshi 6y ago
I seem to recall Flash being developed well before HTML5 along with ActiveX components and Java applets? People have been trying to embed "native like apps" into web pages for a long time, they certainly weren't just satisfie
832.
by dageshi 6y ago
Well yes, that's the nature of reddit and has been since subreddits were introduced. There's always been a tension between newbies coming in and making identical posts asking identical questions and the people who've been the
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by dageshi 6y ago
"Nobody goes there any more, there's too many people..."
834.
by dageshi 6y ago
I can say as someone who runs a small niche subreddit, users have been finding my sub at a much increased rate in the past 6 months, I suspect because of the "related subs" boxes that auto insert themselves in the new design. If t
835.
by dageshi 6y ago
Viewed through the lens of "what will cause the most bad publicity" a browser is understood by 90% of the population. The "fediverse" isn't. It can be spun to cause damage in the way a browser cannot. Google don&#x2
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by dageshi 6y ago
I really doubt google cares about federated applications at all. I suspect they're just trying to avoid a potential future shitstorm where they're accused of facilitating something nasty because they "approved" apps to b
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by dageshi 6y ago
People like echo chambers, they go out of their way to self select into them.
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by dageshi 6y ago
QE isn't really the same as direct money printing. Most of the money seems to find its way into financial markets rather than directly into peoples pockets. So people will see their retirement accounts or stock holdings doing OK and ma
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by dageshi 6y ago
Congratulations on only visiting developed countries I guess?
840.
by dageshi 6y ago
Again, I always have to mention this. Go to any country where you don't speak the native language and uber/lyft/grab(SEA) are 10x better than taxis. No haggling. No getting in the taxi for an agreed price and then the driver

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