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by isykt 3y ago
> You would expect that apple with bigger R&D, bigger product price and much bigger margin would focus more on repairability by itself instead of waiting for EU to force it's hand. Why would you expect that? If the EU is going t
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I understand why they’re pissed off, it’s just not clear to me that they are irreplaceable. Lots of people here are talking about their favorite niche subreddit but is that really where the value is derived, advertising wise? I doubt it. I’
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Netflix grew 4.9% YoY in Q1. They have introduced an ad-supporter tier, so it’s now advertisers that foot some of the bill for content in addition to subscribers and investors. To your point about paying full price —- it would be interestin
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It’s not clear there’s anything “unique” about the set of users that both generate the content and will leave the site because of the API changes. From an investor standpoint, content is content and monetizeable users are monetizable users.
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> It's because the Reddit users that are actually bothered by this are unmonetizable and everyone knows it. Yes, this is exactly the same as the Netflix account sharing controversy. People who aren’t generating the company any profi
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> But in these scenarios, reviewing existing work is usually much faster than starting from scratch. This is true, but it’s also a different skill than writing is. There are people who write well enough but are terrible editors. I fear f
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https://archive.is/mhYIn
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For what it’s worth I’ve had no trouble opting out. A polite but firm request to the gate agent did the trick: “I prefer not to have my face scanned. Will you scan my boarding pass?” I have also opted out of body scans for TSA (before I pon
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This line really didn’t resonate with me: > Many people go online to find a sense of belonging and community, and in the right circumstances, they can find it while they may struggle to do so offline. I understand it’s true, but it doesn
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This will never, and I mean absolutely never, happen in the United States, for three reasons: (1) Weak Federal Government. The US is more a close collection of small nation states than a single country. The kind of infrastructure you’re tal