>Advertising and web-based services that were cookie-dependent are slowly being phased out of our mobile-first world, where more personalized data targeting is done without using cookies. Don't mobile devices have cookie support? Or do mobile devices provide tracking features that are better than what cookies provided?

I'm guessing they're blocking ads? Sorry if this was mentioned somewhere that I overlooked.

Bluetooth headphones are nice and freeing, except when latency matters or when the battery in my headphones need to be recharged. Fortunately I can still use dongles to solve that (at least until the Lightning port gets axed, which is looking more likely now that we have inductive charging.)

I think SSL is good technology, but the certificate authorities are a scam. I believe you can create your own certificates for free and without some third-party having access to the key and make money from selling it to you.

I'm considering upgrading from the 6+ that I got new 3.5 years ago to a two-year-old 6s+ with more storage than my current model. I think the inductive charging on the 8+ is cool, but that's not worth losing a headphone jack over.

I'd be interested to see what exploits it could find in other games.

I'm not a doctor, but I think a touchscreen-based keyboard could cause repetitive strain injuries. I think the springs in keyboards act as shock absorbers. Typing on an un-moving keyboard does not sound comfortable at all.

Yeah, I think I've been using dev tools edit cookies anyway. I don't know of any other way. I don't do it very often though. The shortcut key is Command-Option-I on the Mac version, btw.

I hate phone calls. I hope Apple has the courage to phase out that feature. If Apple dies it, the rest will follow.

One of my favorite graphics editors (Fireworks) was discontinued a few years ago. Open-source is something I'm looking for in my next editor so I don't have to worry about it being discontinued.

I'm curious why you don't feel that a screen is an important component of a portable computer. Does running Linux on top instead of below mean that you want to boot into Linux instead of running it in an emulator?

Apple recently switched to OLED displays in their iPhone X. Although OLED have much better contrast and better blacks, they are supposed to have a shorter life span due to their organic components.

Earth develops the warp engine and can travel 10,000 times the speed of light. A planet is discovered containing extra terrestrials with technology as advanced as the Native Americans were in the 1700s. How do you think the people of Earth would treat them? If the alein planet were found to be rich in a valuable natural resource, do you think this would change Earth's reaction?

I think not owning a car will catch on a lot faster in dense urban areas than more rural areas. It will probably be faster to get vehicle in dense areas. People in denser areas are probably more likely to feel that owning a car is a burden and would find a quick, cheap, driverless taxi more freeing. In rural areas where there's already plenty of parking and everyone is spread out and the taxi fleet is more spread out, the service will probably be slower and less desireable.

I'd like JavaScript to start heading the way of Flash and eventually be disabled by default in web browsers. We'd probably need something to replace it first, though â" something that doesn't have quite the power that JavaScript has. My old laptop runs a lot cooler after installing NoScript and only enabling scripts for domains as-needed.