throwayEngineer

Google puts 1 restriction, they are the enemy.

Apple has created priopritary connectors, closed off systems, paid barriers to entry, and banning apps from their store.

Where is Apple and Microsoft on the scale from Friend to Enemy?

I'm not sure when AWS became the standard, but the programming communities have lots of young kids learning their first backends on AWS.

Im not sure this is a good thing, having a generation of developers dependent on a single companies tools seems like the future will be painful.

Same.

There is this pessimist view that Google is evil.

In my life, Google is the single best entity I'm aware of. Incredible amounts of free stuff that makes my life better.

Any addiction to their platform has been due to bliss.

This is something I need. What alternatives exist? 30 dollars isn't bad, but communities of support are also nice.

Shame on who?

Apple? Or the customer for buying a product they can't use without braking apples rules?

Who is committing the evil?

Is there any proof this happens?

The hacked thing is about as scary as it gets, but companies need to keep customers happy.

Btw, ad block is not a solution. Short sighted to mention that.

I use Shift for coffee purchases and don't pay fees.

People built on top of Bitcoin.

Hmm a stalking victim could not use Android / Google maps.

This sounds like potential for profit.

Interesting.

I'm assuming this already exists but 95% of people don't need it?

Why?

Don't you want to hear your different lawyer options, STD check options, gun options, alcohol help, etc?

Or rather, would you rather have useful advertisement or spammy advertisement?

I still could not relate that those would be bad. The only thing I can imagine is blackmail. Which is cultural and not moral.

Edit, remember not to shoot the people asking questions

I'm not sure why that data is so horrifying. I work a job that I willing put on Facebook, and I live in a house i am a registered voter at.

You can probably guess my route to work.

I'm unsure why this is bad, it sounds more useless than anything.

That's a fair critique adding birth control.

But look up Matriarchy. There are lots of shades.

My suggestion is to keep a few close friends for these times. I don't find it hard, but I genuinely enjoy my friends.

By the way, this might seem revolutionary, but there are plenty of societies ( in history) that didn't have rule by Men and an awakening of feminism.

The studies I'm familiar with didn't mention loneliness, but rather the social responsibility.

The Physician takes for granted that his profession has a monopoly on perscriptions and declaring medical necessity.

>Laughably some consider me rich

I know the article is supposed to hate on the 0.1%ers, but since Physicians always say this crap about their income, it's important to know Healthcare costs are terrible because he is paid so well.

Apple has their own apps. Do they collect data on children?

Will they let some high profile devs slip by? Apple is known to be anti consumer.

But they will collect data for APPL

Humans never do. Trump's Russian propagandists is a classic example.

This just gives Apple more power to pick winners and losers

But all Apple apps will continue to do this?

You really need to drink the Apple koolaid to think this changes anything.

Go ahead then. My website is unprofitable but it's a conversation piece.

Did my website get me a 6 figure job or my undergrad in engineering?

1 out of 10 masters classes changed my life. I imagine my peers had 0/10.

A masters degree doesn't pay in dollars, but experience that can set you apart in the future.

>it looks like rationality is fast disappearing from this world.

You'd like history, the masses of humans have always been like this.

I imagine you are doing something truly horrible if you need privacy over quality.

I blog about my research applying industrial engineering to life at home.

Today my website is popular, but it's hard to direct traffic when getting started. I should be the top Google result for Save Money On Food, but I'm beat out by others with bigger name websites.

Academia is not the real world, and they always seem to be struggling to be Useful.

A generalist who can program, market, and run a business is likely going to be better at making good decisions over someone with only 1 of those skills.

Forget about Academia for a moment.

Government lobbying in the medical field, not food sales.

Let me know when CVS beats Walmart in grocery sales.

Plan for the worst of poverty. Not the best.

I study food and I find processed food is lower calorie per dollar, than their fresh alternatives.

It's contrary to advertisments who make you think you are saving money by buying "cheap processed foods".

I imagine in 5 years it will have moved to- Apple only uses your data with companies you enjoy.

They block tons of competition in the App store.