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by quitit 3y ago
Bingo. It's easy to pay for influence, especially if one can spin a story for clicks. I see a lot of cheerleading and parroted talking points against the interests of developers, particularly small and independent developers. A lot of
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Yes it's old news(1) but it has come up again in numerous HN and reddit posts for a few reasons (if you flick through HN you'll see various versions of this story holding lower ranks.) Also noteworthy is that Google were also doin
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>My experience in the UK is that dysfunctional organizations try to hide issues by bullying their own customers. I noticed this from Royal Mail. I reached out to them multiple times regarding a scam carried out using one of their tracked
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> Be patient.. It doesn't affect me on a personal level so it's not a discussion about idealism and having patience. What I'm describing is a symptom of failed and naive legislation. It's also an exceedingly slow legi
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> Meta and other nefarious… in order to skirt Apple's privacy rules This isn’t hypothetical, it is precisely what Meta (then Facebook) and Google both already did. https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/fac
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by quitit 3y ago
I see this as a failure of the legislation and entirely foreseeable. That’s why I blame the EU because “evil capitalists” existed back then too. I use that example because if the EU wanted to encourage websites to not abuse user data, their
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by quitit 3y ago
It's a bit like the EU thinking that by forcing websites to surface their advertising partners/personal data practices it will encourage people to visit less privacy-invasive websites, when instead it's now rare to find a web
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by quitit 3y ago
It’s because the majority of tech firms with sufficient capital are not willing to invest in the development of a full product, nor frankly, do they have the leadership to do so. I also believe they don’t have the smarts to capitalise on di
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by quitit 3y ago
Getty-Images* will barefacedly "license" you public domain images at significant cost (i.e. thousands per image.) Worse, they've attempted to extract licensing fees from people who use such public domain images, in one unfort
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by quitit 3y ago
Correct! Such as Tweets: https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic Blogposts: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/free-fortnite-faq Press junkets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKsNf5b
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You 1 minute ago: > All sides are marketing You 10 seconds ago: Nah, only one side is marketing.
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Yep I'm aware of the tweet.
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Epic led with an ad campaign while Apple stayed silent. Then did it again by publishing their correspondence with Apple. Tell me more.
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Apple's statement: “Following conversations with Epic, they have committed to follow the rules, including our DMA policies. As a result, Epic Sweden AB has been permitted to re-sign the developer agreement and accepted into the Apple D
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We already have this with endorsement marketing (or to use the current era lingo "influencers"). The solution has always been to do research prior to purchase and look for trends in negative reviews. (One could also use their own
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For mac/iOS users on Safari, Firefox or Chrome: StopTheMadness is also a handy utility that tames these and other website bad behaviours. https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/
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by quitit 3y ago
While we're just shooting the breeze, there is still something to what you're saying here. It's a long held complaint that Google's ad/analytics/tracking scripts slow down page load/page render times. It&#
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This is a bit tongue in cheek, but it is also kind of true: The easiest way for Google to detect spammy, low-quality content is to ... simply add up the number of Google Ads placements on the page. Those flooding the internet with garbage c
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Physical buttons can break and be permanently affected by moisture.
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It is mind-boggling that we are at this point. I understand that reducing buttons has a cost-saving and reliability benefit, but it's unfathomable that core and frequently used controls are reduced to touch screens while emphatically s
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>somehow their customers will back them in the face of the "consequences" Apple applies Could you elaborate on this point? I'm not sure what their customers would even be able to do in apple's favour? Discussions on t
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I was going to add to my comment but it was dragging on a bit: the real test is simply to put it on and wear it.
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It is needlessly smug and overconfident. The core problem is that taking a photo with a camera isn't a valid comparison to the optics of the human eye. Unlike digital cameras which are designed to bring colour into focus on a single pl
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Just like Apple's 3-months free trial for the Apple Music service, keeping the Webkit-only PWAs were going to be seen as anticompetitive by Apple's opponents. Making the change early is a strategy to exploit Apple's opponents
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The parent comment you're replying to draws the wrong conclusions from the data. Australia already obtains the majority of its power from coal, altogether fossil fuels represent 91% of Australia's consumed energy, with coal as the
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Standard solar installs for households are designed to pay themselves off in 5 years. After that point they represent a net saving to the home owner. Source, Australian government via: https://www.energy.gov.au/solar/sw
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Adobe have the same problem - it then becomes a self-perpetuating cycle, as people won't adopt the new software because they can't risk losing years of their work or their skills becoming irrelevant. The only way both can stop thi
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In your favour is the fact that AI can "hallucinate", and generate realistic, but false information. So that does raise the question "why are you using AI when seeking factual reference material?". However on the other h
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From the link: Additional leagues will become available on Apple Sports over time, including MLB, NFL, NCAAF, NWSL, and WNBA for their upcoming seasons. No word on tennis yet.
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It's not entirely fair for the author to draw conclusion on this particular topic, especially ones as provoking as "cost cutting". Shopping trolleys are one of those topics where the more you look, the more you find: especial

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