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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Anecdotally, I have seen people calmly and slowly walk out of Target with a full shopping cart of unpaid stuff, on more than one occasion- right past security guards and minders, who do little more than ask “don’t you think you should pay for that?” in an annoyed tone.

I’m not sure what they could have done better but one assumes something. I can’t understate how little the security staff seemed to care about blatant shoplifting. Not a huge surprise they’re closing given that.

Saw this twice at the Galeria one downtown and once at the one over by PDX.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No different than the situation with iPhones and Android phones, really. Apple has made their money once you buy the device, and views your personal data as a liability. Google is an ad company that happens to make hardware, and views your data as necessary monetisation potential.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 years ago

Irgendwann werden sie es auch herausfinden, denn nach mehr als 6 Monaten täglicher Roaming-Nutzung wird dir die Verbindung unterbrochen.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yes but the owners of the OS and app stores are, which is I believe the original commenter’s point. And the text of the bill is not “TikTok you shall pull your app”, it’s “Apple you shall disable the App Store listing”.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 2 years ago

I really like Telegram generally, including for voice and video. Having native desktop clients too sweetens the deal, even on platforms like Linux. Plus it feels fairly native on each platform, so that makes it easier to get people to switch, versus “this app feels too foreign/clunky on my OS”. Signal is a pretty lousy experience on iOS for example.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 32 points 2 years ago (11 children)

For those of you wondering how this is useful, tobacco is often used as a model organism in botany. The utility of this technique is less obvious in tobacco but more obvious in fruits, vegetables, etc. think seedless grapes, etc

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I think the point is rather the opposite, what can Android do that iOS can’t? And the honest answer is effectively nothing. It can’t side load unsigned apps. Literally nothing else. So to claim that Android is so super advanced in the article is disingenuous.

As power users we should be watching both mobile platforms closely and honestly, and demanding parity and improvements in both. The moment we declare one “better” and the other one trash is the moment we stop holding our own platform of choice to account for bettering itself.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apple engineer here, you don’t need the physical port for that either. You need only plug in your device once, to pair it with Xcode, and from then on out you can run and debug the app over the network.

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