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721.
by zepto 5y ago
> with sufficient supply. You keep saying this as if supply can be increased arbitrarily. It simply can’t. You can increase density for short while until you hit limits, but network effects will keep demand increasing as you do. Obvious
722.
by zepto 5y ago
Which increases supply temporarily, and demand will keep up because of network effects.
723.
by zepto 5y ago
For a short period of time you can increase the supply, but the demand will keep up with it.
724.
by zepto 5y ago
> only a small handful of people needs that amount of security Everyone is vulnerable to fraud, identity theft, blackmail etc. Everyone needs a secure device. If your argument is that insecure devices are ok for most people, you’ve alrea
725.
by zepto 5y ago
Accusing people of being emotional seems more like doubling down on psychological warfare than an antidote. Once you have declared someone’s position invalid because of their emotional state rather than their logic, that person can no longe
726.
by zepto 5y ago
> It’s a long-term play, repeated game theory, all that. What are you referring to as the long-term play? What’s the goal?
727.
by zepto 5y ago
Kathleen stock is no more right wing than either Boghossian or Ali - arguably to the left of them.
728.
by zepto 5y ago
Which ones are right wing nuts?
729.
by zepto 5y ago
Very weird. Whether this is a misguided project or not, the issue of censorship is extremely relevant to HN, and is often discussed at length. How did this end up getting flagged?
730.
by zepto 5y ago
I don’t know anything about the other person’s emotions. I know that you are reading emotion into their comments. It’s my observation that people make comments that ‘don’t make sense in the way that I understand the space’ very frequently,
731.
by zepto 5y ago
For those who haven’t seen this before, this kind of accusation of ‘emotion’ is a stock response to comments critical of the crypto space.
732.
by zepto 5y ago
That article doesn’t make the claims seem credible at all. And certainly doesn’t support your claim that the security is terrible. As far as I can see you are in fact lending credibility to a racist meme to support your own assertion about
733.
by zepto 5y ago
They are if it is at the expense of security.
734.
by zepto 5y ago
> A world where we can buy only Apple is a nightmare hellscape How is this in any way related to the discussion on repairability?
735.
by zepto 5y ago
Sure - but of course ifixit profits from devices that break easily, whereas Apple benefits from making devices more and more indestructible, which is why they keep working on that.
736.
by zepto 5y ago
Right, because people overestimate the need for repairs, and underestimate the value of security. You can’t seriously think that most people do a good job of assessing cybersecurity risks accurately.
737.
by zepto 5y ago
> consumers can check reviews or rely on past experiences to determine the quality of the repair before choosing a shop that works for them You can’t be serious about this. Where are these high quality reviews?
738.
by zepto 5y ago
Who leaves their phone behind at a bar when going to the bathroom?
739.
by zepto 5y ago
Or just introduce compromised components into the supply chain to repair facilities…
740.
by zepto 5y ago
A lot of people who have iPhones indeed have lower budgets. They got their phones as hand-me-downs or secondhand. This is only possible because of the durability of iPhones. It is in apple’s interests to extend the life of iPhones and not
741.
by zepto 5y ago
> iFixit's business incentives are more aligned with the interests of consumers A device that breaks and needs repair is the last thing consumers want. The best thing for consumers would be for ifixit’s business to become irrelevant
742.
by zepto 5y ago
Much as I am suspicious of Epic, this kind of move is way better than their silly stunt with the App Store. The way to beat Apple is to develop better technology than them. It will take billions of dollars to do this, but Epic has the mo
743.
by zepto 5y ago
Accusing a business of being motivated only by money is completely trivial and in informative. For example iFixit clearly cares absolutely nothing for user security and is only motivated by money. They simply don’t care if devices are secu
744.
by zepto 5y ago
They did, and they have written about that kind of choice. It’s a false choice. If you give it to people, they will be manipulated into choosing ‘repairable’.
745.
by zepto 5y ago
That’s why they need to be protected.
746.
by zepto 5y ago
> I'm sure they've fixed it by now, So it’s not true anymore and yet you seem to be claiming it is, > but I recall an early story of an asian woman giving her phone to a coworker and being startled by the phone unlocking.
747.
by zepto 5y ago
It’s obvious whether you are firing a blank or not.
748.
by zepto 5y ago
> Its specifically the role of politicians. Is it? Since when? Certainly they will tell you it’s their role, but why do you think they have ever been the ones to solve societies problems? Also, how are politicians ‘qualified’? > I
749.
by zepto 5y ago
“Big Tech’s elite engineers might be brilliant — but that doesn’t mean they are qualified to organise our lives” Ok, but it’s not like journalists, politicians, economists, or activists are better.
750.
by zepto 5y ago
> Dev jobs are objectively very comfortable. Who’s to say dev jobs are objectively very comfortable? > Problems exist in all industries/occupations, who's to say they aren't equally frustrating. The claim that the probl

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