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Comment Re: And nothing of value was lost (Score 2) 49

That seems completely unreasonable.

If Ford decided to stop selling the Mustang, should it give away all the machining, tools, design plans and everything else, so that others can continue making the Mustang if they want to?

Hint: no.

None of that stops using the car. The problem is when a solo game becomes unavailable, due to some online feature being shut down. If the game was sold as an “online solo game”, the customer is aware of what they are getting into. Not so much if is presented a “solo game with online multiplayer mode”.

While ideally online games would become available in LAN hostable mode, the other element is ensuring that games companies aren’t misleading customers (intentionally or otherwise).

Comment Re: Ok, but... (Score 1) 30

Ugh this.

Everyone is trying to get in on the market place action, including stores I likes using specifically because they were not market places. Also FFS why can they not seem to let me order by "actually in stock in the shop", and "available for next day collection or delivery" when that information is available. That would remove basically all the market place listings and it's also why I use the shop in the first place.

Yup, since for certain products types it might change what I select. If the store is only 20 minutes away, then hopping down to pick it up may be favourable.

Comment Re: We're ready for more national firewalls (Score 2, Insightful) 143

Itâ(TM)s all about finding the right balance. In the US itâ(TM)s the opposite, where they are scared of taxing the rich, to the point some have more wealth than some nations. This all while the US is bleeding money and more focused on taxing anyone, but the rich.

Comment Re:The jobs are never coming back (Score 1) 64

Nah, there will be a few dozen jobs watching the robots at any automated factory. They won't be skilled jobs, and they won't pay much. And there will be somebody sweeping up.

But people really DO want to work in factories. I know people who used to make t-shirt fabric, people who used to make bluejeans. They enjoyed their jobs, believe it or not. Those factories are closed now, shut down maybe a couple decades ago. The union (actually used to be ILGWU before it was UNITE HERE!) even closed up shop here about a decade ago, the union hall is a pain clinic now.

But yeah, the people who used to make your Levi's didn't hate their jobs. They're not big fans of the service jobs they're working now for less money, though.

And consumers aren't willing to pay more money, unless its something niche. The problem maintaining a small outfit. unless there are ways to reduce maintenance fees?

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