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by pb7 3y ago
You understand other people can read and learn, right? >And stock does go up. It's Microsoft. Otherwise you can... just not use the option. And lose the equity portion of your compensation, unlike stock grants. You don’t seem to get
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by pb7 3y ago
Thanks for explaining it but I know how it works better than most here, hence the comment. If you get $100K in stock options at a certain price and the price doubles, you make $100K. If it stays the same, you make nothing. If you leave, you
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by pb7 3y ago
You can sell X% of your stock every year and pretend it’s a X% dividend. It’s the same thing. It’s not like you get any voting rights.
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by pb7 3y ago
It’s actually not that pedantic, it’s like calling JavaScript “Java”. For stock options to be profitable the stock has go up. Stock grants are simply cash in a currency that may be more or less valuable than originally granted.
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Firebase Extensions Hub(extensions.dev)
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Firebase: What's New at Google I/O 2023(firebase.blog)
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by pb7 3y ago
In today’s episode of “people from countries that create nothing whining about not having access to other countries’ technologies”…
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by pb7 3y ago
It’s not opt-in, it’s the default. What people do with their money is none of your business. The reason Epic got fined was because people whose credit cards were saved and charged didn’t consent to the purchases and Epic refused to refund e
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by pb7 3y ago
You still don’t get it. There are thousands like Epic. They’ve shown (the FTC’s opinion, not just mine) that they will stoop low to make an extra buck and the only thing stopping them on iOS are Apple’s rules. You wanting app stores to not
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by pb7 3y ago
What have you done for me? I already send much more than 25% of my annual expenses for the privilege of using the US's platform. I don't even use most of the features but I can't seem to opt out of paying this commission. Wha
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by pb7 3y ago
"Monopoly power" is not a monopoly and in the UK, public schools are actually private schools, so maybe we shouldn't compare terminology across countries.
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by pb7 3y ago
Doesn't hurt consumers, doesn't matter to government. Simple as. Apple is allowed to make money off the platform they built. Developers knew the terms before they started developing for it - the terms haven't changed since th
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by pb7 3y ago
No, they're not, and I just showed you why. Epic is a scummy company that employs dark patterns to extract as much money as possible from easily manipulated consumers and Apple kneecaps those strategies on iOS by having control. If Epi
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by pb7 3y ago
Have you read the details of the judgment? Most of the dark patterns Epic used aren't possible on iOS. In fact, the reason they hate Apple's walled garden so much is because they add too much friction to the dark patterns they wan
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by pb7 3y ago
I'm glad you didn't get your wish. https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2022/12/245-milli...
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by pb7 3y ago
You are complaining about companies mistreating consumers and you wanted Epic to win? They're as shitty as they come. https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2022/12/245-milli... Apple has prov
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by pb7 3y ago
>tax irregularities Tax evasion* Taxes are already progressive. You don't get to decide what you pay or don't pay, it's already incredibly little.
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by pb7 3y ago
Or the complaints about getting paychecks for $5 after working a week even though all that means is that their tips were so high that the entire base wage went towards tax withholding. Service industry workers lie and they lie a lot. Their
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by pb7 3y ago
That's because complaints about tips are bald-faced lies. Tipped employees make much more with tips than they would otherwise, doubly so because cash tips are chronically unreported to the IRS. Income numbers are skewed across the boar
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by pb7 3y ago
Alaska, California, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington all have the same minimum wage for both tipped and non-tipped employees. Unsurprisingly, people see you as no less of a monster if you don't tip there.
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by pb7 3y ago
Tipping on electronics purchases is deranged.
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by pb7 3y ago
Only a matter of time before people think you're a monster for not tipping 20% on your iPhone too.
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by pb7 3y ago
Unions in safe jobs once again showing why they're mostly a clown show.
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by pb7 3y ago
>Europe is absolutely at the cutting edge of technology. What technology? Do you have any examples, especially enough to make such a broad statement?
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by pb7 3y ago
Counterpoint: I used it to learn by following the step by step explanations. With enough problems complete, I would know every pattern. That's not to say that GPT can't do that too.
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by pb7 4y ago
Their target demographic is kids whose brains haven't developed yet and are unable to resist buying shiny digital things with their parents' credit cards and Epic makes sure to add as little resistance as possible. It's no su
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by pb7 4y ago
Then what you meant to say is that it's a good business , not a good [video game] company . Good video game companies make good video games, of which there are many others. Epic, Activision, and EA have high valuations because their
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by pb7 4y ago
Epic is neither of those so it doesn't matter. >Epic is also a great company, but beyond those two when it comes to major developers/publishers there's far more bad than good I listed all major developers, many of which ar
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by pb7 4y ago
Yeah, I have no idea how GP thinks Epic is the gold standard. There are way better developers with extremely successful games that don't have this bullshit: Naughty Dog (Last of Us, Uncharted), FromSoft (mentioned, Elden Ring), Portkey
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by pb7 4y ago
>Epic is also a great company No, it's not. It does the exact same shit that Activision does except it targets an even younger more vulnerable demographic. Did you forget about this? https://www.ftc.gov/business-guid

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