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It seems to me that once critical mass is reached, closing registration is a good move. It works for other quality-oriented social sites like Oink too.
What other industries would it be relevant to benchmark like this?
Why is it a poor way of weighing up the hazards?
On the speeding fine you receive in the mail, you indicate that you were not driving at the time and nominate who was. This is a legal declaration.
Now you'd think it's a slam-dunk to just lie and get out of fines this way, however a huge number of people including a Supreme Court judge have been caught lying, and in the case of the judge jailed for then .[1]
There is a severe flaw in what you're saying - Apple didn't design the iPad 1, iPad 2 or iPad 3 with a full case in mind, in spite of the audience using them lots.
Yes I realise they make the smart case. I think of this like the bumper - offering something demanded, but the core product was designed without it. They also introduced it significantly after the iPad 2.
But we have to go through this step before we can advance the technology, so I'm all for these style of robots.
If corporate behemoths want in, they can do the same thing as everyone else and write SN app for it.
That said, you're probably right and it probably is a pretty accurate representation of how bluntly they wanted to grok the iPhone.
There are lots of ways to mitigate this, but would drive up costs considerably.
The solution exists, its in use now and it is mind boggling that for hundreds of dollars in apps, my file vault password, my payment details and of course a remote wipe facility for my hardware it isn't even an option.
Only a very slight difference to the connecting surface itself.
On the FSF website they list high-priority free software projects, but the first three I clicked in the Skype section hadn't been updated since 2011, 2010 and 2009 respectively. Finally I clicked Jitsi and saw a 2012 update. http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/
I have pretty much one chance to move friends and family off Skype, so when/which alternative will it be?
(I, too am not a developer. But I know how to use Google to educate myself.)
Is this another app I will come to love and find invaluable only to one day wake to "we've been bought by Google!"?
Do you have a business plan that involves long-term support for (and monetization) of your users?
If not, I simply won't install something that has the raw potential to be so important to me.
This will probably happen when one of the big Apple Mac app store apps needs an update. Aperture, Logic, Final Cut...
So, what are the alternatives?
Which accents did you have in mind?