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There is a reason Dell bought Quest for billions of dollars. It is not because they see a bright future for the consumer pc market.
when you aren't trying to build a lasting product, and are hoping to get acquired after a few rounds of funding its pretty easy to not have product managers.
1) you still own your phone. Don't be silly. Jailbreak and builds apps to your hearts content. Vendors can choose who and what they allow in their store. Physical or otherwise.
2) apple makes virtually all the profits on consumer hardware, but has Tiny market share. Really. It's no an abuse of a monopoly if 20 percent of people can't use a private API on their telephone.
3)equating access to private APIs in a private store with morality is a truly warped view of the world and a disservice to actual issues with morality society faces.
The times needs the government officials just as much as the officials need the times. Its a delicate dance and you can't just burn bridges.
Noble goals but come on.
> Editorial: how about some informed opinion pieces? How about starting to peel apart complex topics in multiple parts and report TRUTH?
Literally what Fox news believers say about the times.
They can trade stock knowing certain laws will be passed or bills introduced that will have an effect.
This is also partially why ala carte tv programming and iTunes tv is so expensive: People are not willing to pay anywhere close to how much advertisers/marketing/PR firms are.
Different interests. Different focuses. No one will want to listen to you explain that its for the best, or the current issues with CAs (Also what a CA is). They just want to check their damn gmail.
Is this "emacs" thing similar to django?
This sucks but is all this heartbreak and fighting with a company worth a 500 dollar toy? This whole thing is ridiculous.