erwan @ erwan @lemmy.ml

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That's how corporations think. For them the law is just a set of weapons against their competitors.

I have some tech savvy friends who caved in a took a YouTube premium sub because they didn't know the fix to refresh ublock rules.

So I think YouTube's strategy is working, even if they are not completely blocking blockers they are still converting some blockers to paying users.

Yes, something as expensive as a Steam Deck you want to do a local in person transaction with cash. Nothing else.

They're half kidding but yes, it's a thing.

New Steam Deck has a "new electronics" smell coming out of the vents that is stronger than most devices.

Maybe after we see that new Snapdragon on Windows PC, and enough games run on ARM Windows, then Valve would consider switching chip.

I don't see why they would lead the way on that front, in addition to the software compatibility layer between Linux and Windows.

There is no PC as capable as the Steam Deck at the same price point.

Mac are only competitive on the smallest configuration, as you start to add the same options to each the Mac pricing goes through the roof while this one's price will only increase by a bit.

The FOSS part of Android has been shrinking as Google let the FOSS apps die in favor of their proprietary apps.

And the worse they did is Play Services, meaning a lot of apps won't run on a pure FOSS Android.

Those were before the smartphone era.

Humans like to talk to each other, but when an easier choice exist the slightly harder one doesn't stand a chance.

They won't if they want to keep any benefit compared to airplanes

Starting with a $250k investment from your parents is a pretty power cheat code

That's why I'm rooting for RCS.

Please do it! That would help me convince my reminding friends to move to Signal.

I met their standards, it's just that they realized those standards were too low after the backlash.

Yeah procedurally generated would be the correct description.

But the end result is kinda the same, it's a lot of similar images generated with little effort.

Because as you said, it's impossible to create an alternative app store that works and auto update like the Play Store does.

Google has is in a duopoly with Apple for smartphones OS. They are abusing their dominant position on mobile OS to ensure a dominant position on mobile app stores.

That's exactly what the antitrust laws are about: abusing your position in one domain to kill competition on another.

Yes Apple is worse, that means the situation needs to change on both platforms.

Illegal actions can happen, and usually that's how it started in countries with laws that protect workers.

The government didn't nicely hand them over, workers had to fight for them.

Yes it's all business.

Partnership team finds the biggest bidder for the default search.

Marketing teams find the best argument against their biggest competitor.

At no point anyone is pondering if Google is "good" or "bad" because companies typically don't care.

Just like regular taxi, they reduce the need for parking spots. Personal car taking valuable real estate all day long are a big problem.

And as a bonus you have less customers to provide support to!