Wow, that sounds bad.

I'm in the ... 2nd or 3rd largest city in NZ (it changed a while ago, I think) and have 50Mb cable for NZ$75/mo (I think it's US75 to the NZ$1 at the moment, roughly.) I could pay $10 more and get 100Mb, but I actually don't have a need for that. This is all without the data cap that are still common here, but decreasingly so.

Now, I only have one provider I can use via that cable, and they're not terrible. However I also have DSL as an option, and by law the copper and infrastructure provider can't be in the telecoms retail business. As such, I have no idea how many ISPs I could chose from. Dozens maybe.

The country is also getting fibre put down all over (the central city here has had it for years now through another provider, but now it's coming to houses), but it'll be a fair while before it gets to my place, just due to location. But, 50Mb cable will keep me happy until then.

People aren't perfect all the time, all it takes is one slip-up.

Really? How about you set your goalposts to be "whoever is stopping you getting the updates." Sometimes it's the carrier, sometimes it's the hardware provider, sometimes (if you're on a nexus) it's Google. Blaming the appropriate party isn't moving goalposts, it just not being stupid.

Because TI don't support some of the hardware in it, so they can't get new drivers for it. That hardware contract should have had more of a support length built into it.

It is the hardware provider in much of the world. If you have shitty carriers, blame the shitty carriers. Otherwise, blame the hardware providers.

I've used Uber a lot recently as it's just arrived here. The cars are either the same or better than taxis, the drivers tend to be friendlier, and they don't have loud music at all. My several anecdotes trump your one :)

In seriousness, that is what the rating system is for, to give passengers an avenue to pressure drivers to not be dirty, creepy, and annoying.

Yeah, I use it a lot too. Plenty of communities with interesting discussions going on. I don't get the "I had a bad day, sympathise with me" posts that I got sick of on facebook. Also, a lot of friends of mine use it, posting photos of what they've been doing on their travels, etc.

It's not a real argument, but I bet that opening it would expose many vulnerabilities. The code has never seen the outside world before, it's not hardened from experience like other engines.

This said, it's probably the most tested by exploit writers, so maybe it cancels out.

The batteries typically last for 6+ months at a time.

For the other two points, if you can't use a mouse, you have bigger problems than wired or wireless.

The main pro is that there is no cable to catch on the other crap that's on my desk. Also, I use the mouse left-handed, but usually games are set up with a right-handed configuration by default, so I just pick up the mouse and move it for those cases, without having to sort out a cable.

In a pinch, they double as a wireless presentation clicker too.

If it's any consolation, my stats for Civ 5 count towards linux :) Also the X-COM game that I'm terrible at...

You're changing your point.

> and you Linux guys are all about the free?

Demonstrably not true.

AIUI, the Monument Valley stats are incredibly badly done. For example, me buying it, installing it on my phone, tablet, upgrading my phone and installing it there, and so on would count as one purchase and multiple installs, and so a large inaccurate piracy rate.

I am aware that the Linux market is small, but it does have steadily accelerating support from vendors.

Personally, I won't buy it if it doesn't run on Linux (or android depending on the game), as it would be a waste of money. But I'm a fairly small demographic in that respect.

Humble Bundle per-platform stats would disagree. Linux users tend to pay the most, followed by OSX users, with Windows users in the rear.

No Linux support? What is this? 2014?

It has happened, there used to be a site called (something like) jailbreakme that would escape the safari sandbox and jailbreak your iphone. In this case, you had to press a button to confirm, but I think that was simply politeness. I'd bet there were malicious uses of it in the wild too.