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by jjcon 6y ago
> there are exactly two If we are talking about platforms and not codebases there are waaay more than two. iOS (App store) Android (Google Play) FireOS (Amazon App Store) LineageOS (Fdroid) One UI (Galaxy Store) To name a few. These all
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by jjcon 6y ago
And? All that means is they can refuse to service the device which to me makes sense.
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by jjcon 6y ago
> I am just waiting untill car companies as "platform owners" start preventing you from driving to areas they don't like, or exceeding speed limit. Maybe just don’t buy that car then?
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by jjcon 6y ago
> Let‘s see how valuable everybody thinks the App Store is when they actually have to pay an access fee directly to Apple They do, it’s called buying an iphone
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by jjcon 6y ago
No source, not relevant anyway
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by jjcon 6y ago
I have found too that people get mad if you happen to bring up Germany of 50 years ago though
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by jjcon 6y ago
Bingo - this is not one in ten medical treatments administered, it is one in ten possible medical treatments.
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by jjcon 6y ago
Couple problems with your conspiracy- this began years ago, it’s been in the works for a long time, it is being led by a democrat and has bipartisan supprt
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by jjcon 6y ago
More likely they are just guilty of anti-trust violations
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by jjcon 6y ago
Google has spent by far the most over the past 10 years. https://si-wsj-net.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/si.wsj.net/p...
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by jjcon 6y ago
Not that antitrust has to be based on market share but - it is kinda hard to claim Facebook has a monopoly on much of anything. Facebook is a big player but there are dozens of big alternatives. That is not at all the case for Google. Searc
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by jjcon 6y ago
Hilariously - the protests really are mostly peaceful and the police really are mostly good.
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by jjcon 6y ago
> Since there are no standardised IDs in the US I mean... they have passports don’t they?
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by jjcon 6y ago
Was anything they did ruled illegal? Pretty sure it wasn’t so I’m not sure how that is relevant.
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by jjcon 6y ago
AltStore isn’t really just a workaround at this point and yes you can install any random ipa - you can even add new sources to install from
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by jjcon 6y ago
Just use AltStore - automatically refreshes your apps so they never expire and you can install an ipa just like an Android apk (and again no jailbreak required)
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by jjcon 6y ago
> Let's not look at a model where less than 2% of the population could vote as some brilliant stroke of foresight Yeah umm that is just completely false.
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by jjcon 6y ago
> The whole reason the west was successful is because people can go about their day without having to worry about nominal costs of corruption in day to day life. And I think that is still the case. Get outside, go talk to people, in the
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by jjcon 6y ago
You can already sideload on iOS (with no jailbreak) - it is admittedly janky though. I sideload a YouTube Vanced - like app on all my devices
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by jjcon 6y ago
In the US at least (less so here in the EU) a ton of scientific research is funded and performed with funds earmarked for national security, health and defense (often just called the military budget). That money goes to way more than just p
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by jjcon 6y ago
I switched from g-assist to Alexa because at least in my experience I found that while google was way better at random trivia, Alexa was way better at understanding the narrow set of commands she supports. I think this is both a mic quality
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by jjcon 6y ago
> Just because something causes fear doesn’t mean that it tells us anything about its truthiness. Not inherently but the problem is throwing out unscientific speculation without any evidence. This is often done with Covid because fear sp
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by jjcon 6y ago
> Discussing dangers of possible long-term health effects of contracting COVID-19? Fearmongering. The problem is throwing out unscientific speculation with zero evidence - that is fearmongering. HN is held to a higher standard.
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by jjcon 6y ago
> More and more people are giving up on self driving car tech What do you mean when you say this? I’m seeing more and more of them on the roads not less.
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by jjcon 6y ago
> I would much rather paid this 30% extortion than having a platform where user can, no matter how difficult it may be, able to side load Apps. I dont want any of my family member doing it. I’m confused, why are you opposed to the option
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by jjcon 6y ago
Conversely when I tip someone I like to know that they will actually get the tip (see amazon and doordash) rather than it being directed somewhere else because the point is support that entity. Consistently if I purchase an app I like to kn
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by jjcon 6y ago
I find it hilarious how people here are so proud that Germany is not nationalistic... one might even say their pride borders on... nationalism.
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by jjcon 6y ago
> woosh https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woosh
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by jjcon 6y ago
> The lack of long-term data does not provide any support for (or against) the idea that its long-term impact is similar to the flu. Except when one makes a claim, one needs evidence. The assumption is the status quo unless proven otherw
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by jjcon 6y ago
> It is impossible to establish evidence for long term complications of a novel virus that has been with us for less than a year. Exactly - there is no reason to believe it causes long term problems so fearmongering about it pointless an

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