... but it helps!

Seriously, love to watch the trolls who are calling people "idiots" and "children" who don't accept their way of thinking: that we shouldn't accept Apple's way of thinking.

Bitter, much?

I had heard there was a new Stargate series coming. That Publicist is next-level!

My head hasn't stopped since 2016.

Look, I paid for the feature. They just get to remove it? How does that make sense to anyone but Sony? It was built into the console. If they chose to sell at a loss, that's on them. It sets a dangerous precedent, right?

Second, as far as the piracy aspect, read here: SONY "YET TO IDENTIFY A SINGLE INSTANCE" OF OTHER OS PS3 PIRACY. Show me your source for the "people" who bragged about it online. Very much like complaining about voter fraud without evidence.

I am stunned this got downvoted but I guess that's where slashdot is these days.

In 2007, I was buying my first console, wrestling with XB vs PS3. The primary feature in my choosing the PS3 was their highly-touted "Other OS feature" that let one run an OS other than the Sony's--it was great. And then, around 2010, they arbitrarily and imperiously (because "reasons") released an "update" that completely removed the feature.

They claimed it was "voluntary" but if you DIDN'T install the update, you lost the ability to watch Blu-Ray DVDs or connect to the PS network (which was required for most games, even single-player.)

I will *NEVER* trust any product produced by Sony that can be "updated" into another bait-and-switch con.

Well, I would very much like to know why they're making it incompatible with Mindstorms. My son has a Mindstorm set that he got two years ago -- he wanted it instead of a phone. It was $300+. Since then we've purchased additional sensors and motors. Smells like a pure LEGO money-grab to me.

Yeah. The consumers are all drones, anyway. Seriously, I have been eyeing the DJI line and was getting close to pulling the trigger on the Mavic Pro. Now, I will move on. There's no way I'll put up with crap like that. Plus, the drone market is quite full of high-quality alternatives. I certainly will not purchase from this Orwellian, fascist corporation. They are vastly underestimating their market and the consumers who buy their product. I'm sure it's a drop in the bucket to them but they just lost $1K (+ accessories) with this policy. NOT bending over.

B.S.

It was well known that there were security holes you could drive a truck through. Jobs was the first (ok, maybe ONE of the first) high-profile tech leaders with the clout and guts to declare the Emperor Had No Security (as well as being a huge memory hog.)

I believe he cited (lookie me, ma! I done used it correctly!) statistics from OS X showing that Flash clearly was the #1 cause of their software crashes. And realize that not only was he proven right now, but he was proven right then. Not long after Jobs' dress-down of Flash, Adobe themselves gave up on making it for mobile, saying they could not make it work. There was a version for Android that was pathetic and they couldn't fix it.

So, while I'm sure Jobs' didn't feel bad about gamers having to use the app store instead of Flash, I doubt it was a major motivating factor in his rant. Jobs' perspective started with the user. He generally felt that if you give the user the right experience, the business and money will follow.

Of course, this is all bad news for Zynga...

After reading that, I am stupider. And I find myself strangely expecting a Jägermonster rap solo...

Storing passwords in the cloud... What could possibly go wrong?

Apparently you skipped over the part where he was declared "ebola free" by the same group who are declaring him not contagious.

My issue is that this "cure" appeared recently and from my (admittedly layman's) perspective, it hasn't had enough time to prove it's completely effective. And given the risks involved if someone is wrong, it seems foolhardy to just trust that it will work.

And when I read that the doctors are "stumped" as to why the disease wasn't completely eliminated, it scares the hell out of me. This isn't AIDS. It's faster and far more easily and casually contracted. Not to be trifled with. Until people have been truly "Ebola free" and not contagious for years, I think precautions are warranted.

Well, a stigma deserved, it would seem. I wonder where that Nurse is that refused to isolate herself because she was "cured".