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by jpttsn 7y ago
Smh. I’ve modelled the economy too. For simplicity, I model every actor as a pool ball on a pool table. Collisions are transactions. While simple, my model really challenged some preconceived notions about how the economy works.
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To the extent permitted by applicable law.
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So: on net, the single distribution channel provides access to paying customers, in turn making it easier—-not harder—-for indies to build a business there. Which makes it wrong to say iOS’s single distribution channel is bad for indies: it
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If the walled garden is that bad for indies, indies should do way better on Android, right?
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Thanos, is that you?
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by jpttsn 7y ago
> Extremely difficult to build an indie business on iOS given that there is a single distribution channel that you don't control. Would this imply it is easier to build an indie business on Android?
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by jpttsn 7y ago
The deep problems of “informed consent” are apparent in medical studies/treatment. Few patients are equipped to be informed because they don’t have a med school degree. Since users ”can’t be informed” about tracking, it doesn’t make se
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That would be laughably ineffective. Police would be off protecting garbage dumps and book club meetings while banks get robbed and protests devolve into violence.
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I’d bet protecting regular thing on a regular basis is rather what staves off “dysfunction”. Not allowing police to protect it might get you some real dysfunction.
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Whoa; that seems to imply police shouldn’t protect any single individual targeted by a large mob?
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Should police only protect public property?
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Being a consumer, you would be part of helping the market filter these out. I don’t want to help my grocer “filter out” spoiled foods too often. I’ll go to a grocer that filters a bit before stocking.
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Personally: Part of what I buy from Apple — the “job” I “hire” them to do — is curation.
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So that actually sounds like a way we can’t solve it.
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Are you saying I bought my hands at Target? Or that people were born with their iPhones?
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Mhm. And shouldn’t they, then, be broken up as well? Which monopoly breaks up the monopoly upbreakers?
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by jpttsn 7y ago
Okay so we all hate this “censorship.” How can they punish all app users for the potential wrongdoing of a few? Meanwhile, remind me, how do we feel about gun sales in the US? If Target takes a rifle off their shelves, will we exorcise Targ
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What platform is big enough to break up the big platforms?
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No, you misunderstand: ignorant has a second meaning, which is “smart”.
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I’m not aware of any “science” on this, it’s gut level for me. Was TFA unconvincing? If you usually need hard numbers to disprove the effectiveness of treatment, be sure to stay away from homeopaths.
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by jpttsn 7y ago
I thing you greatly underestimate the cost of these ineffective actions. Using non-recyclable paper straws, selling my oil shares to someone else, etc. make me feel like I’ve done my part, and I’ll happily kick back for the rest of the day
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We need to pursue _everything_? Your time is surely scarce. Wouldn’t you want to pursue only the most effective things? Every minute you spend arguing for divestment is a minute you don’t spend arguing for nuclear.
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Super curious about why UPS wants l+w+h. Any detail you can link?
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Many things are harder, not easier, for large companies than for small.
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This reminded me of the counties (or whatever) that became reliant on fines from big tobacco. The incentive for the tax collector is, absurdly, to keep the negative externality going. Maybe good economic policy should examine both ends of t
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I’m contesting your claim, not claiming the inverse.
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...fly? Shed skin? Sleep upside down? Survive without oxygen? Travel to mars?
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by jpttsn 7y ago
It’s not possible IRL. If I want my picture gone from the high school yearbook, nobody will help me track down every copy and mask the image. If I want the local grocery cashier not to greet me by name, I can’t make them forget me.
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by jpttsn 7y ago
Would it be long every stock except GOOG and MSFT?
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by jpttsn 7y ago
The bigger issue is when Ford put the motor inside the car. Now I need a mechanic to replace the motor. Horrible. Use to be anyone could just switch it out.

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