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Comment Re: Cloud computing is one the dumbest ideas ever. (Score 1) 71

I was expecting someone who has used the product to help others in this discussion understand why Grab probably chose and continues to choose to develop iOS apps instead of PWAs. The answers might have taken the form:

A. PWAs weren't capable enough 12 years ago for X, Y, and Z reasons, are now, and the engineering resources to port the native app to a web app would exceed the cost of acquiring and maintaining Macs capable of running the latest macOS
B. PWAs still aren't capable for X, Y, and Z reasons

Comment Re:Wow that's expensive (Score 1) 47

I was thinking the same thing. It must have a whole raft of licensing fees on it. If the price keeps enough people out of the market for it then these will turn out to be some of the most valuable minifigs of all time. I wonder what it costs if you buy the same pieces (less the figures) via parts orders.

Comment Depends on what Apple lets PWAs do (Score 1) 18

The right decision would be for a news site and storefront to have platform-agnostic web sites, not applications you have to install.

And the right decision would be for phone operating system publishers to provide functionality in the included web browser to let a website act as a progressive web application. Safari for iOS has a history of lagging behind other platforms' browsers in PWA features.[1] This is particularly evident with respect to what the browser allows websites to do in the background. For example, Apple implemented Push API seven years after Mozilla did, and it requires the user to add the website to the home screen to enable PWA features.[2] Do you want Nintendo Music to pause when you switch to another application? Or if you've chosen to let Nintendo's website notify you when something becomes available, do you want to miss the notification if Safari suddenly decides that your domain's notifications shall be silent (without vibration, without sound, and at the bottom of the list)?

[1] "Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied" by Alex Russell
[2] "Push API" on Can I use...

Comment Re:Revolution isn't a solution (Score 1) 127

By the time Trump's finished with his Cultural Revolution, you can put him up there with Zedong.

Then we can go through our destalinization phase, where the ruling party tries to pretend they weren't full-throated supporters of Dear Leader, but still maintaining a boot on the populace's neck.

Comment Re:Slavery (Score 1) 127

Interesting thing, slavery actually wasn't that bad. At least that's what they taught my nephew in school this week. Talking here strictly about American slavery - African slavery was an entirely different matter. We had to barge in there, bring them to our slavery, in order to make them into happy little negroes.

These days, we even pay them enough to live. Barely.

Comment Re:Finally? (Score 1) 7

Some annoying thing unexpectedly "Going live" in my car is the last thing I want. I already have to tell Gemini many times a week to go away, and it doesn't seem to take the hint. More screens and opportunities for it to stalk me? And they want me to pay for those screens? And not a small amount either.

I've heard that it's mostly the over-50 crowd who are buying cars now. I've also noticed it's the same crowd who just love talking to their phones. Maybe it's not coincidental. They're the group who would be attracted to this sort of 1950s-era sci fi ("But I'm GEN X!") excuse me, Knight Rider sci-fi, and with them out of the way maybe there'll be some vehicles again for people who just need to commute.

Comment Re:Corporate law enforcement (Score 1) 180

And what would you expect that enforcement to look like?

With our soft-on-crime politicians, Safeway should consider getting out of the business of selling legitimate products, and just start scamming people. They've got enough money they'll be immune from prosecution, and if all else fails, they can just get a presidential pardon.

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