> Apple builds the handset, the OS and the store
Remember, when iPhone came out there was no App Store.
That was a separate business that came later, competition was prohibited, and by prohibiting competition rents were extracted.
This is called "illegal tying" in the law.
They're gonna install malware on your device but heaven forbid your website sets the wrong cookie, then they're fining you 6% of annual revenue.
When did East Germany win?
Sounds like some good learnin', but Republicans, "Conservatives" and MAGA don't really want a well-rounded, well-educated electorate who can think for themselves, especially if it would disadvantage those in charge.
Sure, they might have the lead in most things that will effect the future.
But did they maximize shareholder value? I think not
. U-S-A! U-S-A!
Over the next quarter or five-ten years? 'Cause U.S. companies only really seem to care about the former, while the Chinese seem to care more about the latter.
The US gives the rich tax breaks, the rich hoard their wealth,
To be fair, they don't all hoard all of it; some buy really, really expensive yachts - and slightly less expensive backup yachts for those yachts - or media companies, like TikTok and Paramount, a Nth back-up mansion, or donate money to the President for favors, etc...
Slashing science budgets and gutting higher education somehow doesn't seem like it's going to close the gap.
Don't worry, all the cuts and changes by RFK, Jr. will even things out.
Or are Slashdot stories becoming just one marketing release after another? I mean, it's been a problem for some time, but now it's just getting ridiculous.
It's over.
Pay $20 a Month For Its AI Browser
People will have to pay $20/month for a browser w/o AI.
l think this comment wins the thread.
The time has come for a European University CSE department group to reverse-engineer HDMI 2.1 and publish a compatible implementation on Github.
There's a solid history of this category of work going back 30 years.
They have certain legal protections for compatibility and public interest work.
This 1990's licensing model is antiquated and obsolete.
IEEE and ITU have abdicated their responsibility so sombody like Valve needs to do for transport spec what AV1 did for codecs and linux did for operating systems.
"A rising tide lifts all boats" is common among free marketeers and communists but opposed by fascists.
> Is there a huge difference between a criminal organization and a multinational corporation?
Yes, huge difference.
The common-law criminals running corporations get statutory protection from liability for the crimes they commit under corporate letterhead.
A regular mafia has individual liability.
OMG!
As the saying goes, the defender has to get it right every time, but the attacker only has to get it right once. AI is good at getting something impressive sometimes, not so good at always getting it right.
Yep. Although some Nazis saw Fraktur as an expression of German "kultur", Hitler always personally disliked it. What really pushed it over the edge was the conclusion that it made communicating to populations in the occupied territories more difficult.
Real Programs don't use shared text. Otherwise, how can they use functions for scratch space after they are finished calling them?
