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So more bloatware, except you have to pay for it after 6 months?

Or just go get any number of cheap $20 flip phones from a grocery store and buy a prepay card ...

What? There's already cheap 2g phones you can buy that have those things. This thing is advertised for it's data. If you read the article it says nothing about being "made for countries that still use 2g". The whole emphasis is the price and affordability of the phone. This would indicate this is made for a market where there are more expensive higher quality options.

So what if it's $29. It's worthless without a data plan, which I haven't seen any mention of. The price and quality of the data plan is more important. And hearing it's likely 2g makes it nearly useless for most people.

I've seen them for sale in Urban Outfitters, and Barns & Noble. Probably seen them other places too.

If I had to guess, the main reason Vinyl is popular is because of the enlarged artwork and people wanting to own some memorabilia from an artist they like. I wouldn't be surprised if the people who own these records never play them.

I don't use AdBlock, but would consider using it. Basically, my habbit has been if an ad prevents me from reading what I want to read, I just close the window and go to another site.

Yea sure.

Who modded a post that fails at elementary school math informative?

The conspiracy pretty much ended when Buzz Aldrin punched Bart Sibrel in the face on camera.

Don't you basically have to sign up for Google+ when you get an Android phone just to get to the Play Store and download apps? I'd suspect most people have google+ accounts and are actively using it, so it HAS taken off. It's just not the same as a Facebook account. It's used differently.

If they ban internet fast lanes and tiers then what? Netflix can't pay off the ISPs and they just continue throttling the internet as they see fit? And when Netflix confronts them about their crappy service they just say "it wasn't me.".

Textbook companies think the internet is terribly inefficient, and not expensive enough.

The only reason we used textbooks in the first place was because the internet wasn't invented.

They are expecting their first customer sometime in 2020.