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Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 345

That is impossible today. You can bet that the major social networks and databases out there have a file on you at the time of your birth. People who have never used the internet most likely have "ghost files" in these companies because they have been talked about by family and friends. How do you protect stuff like that? Even your new smart TV is logging what you are doing and sometimes what you are saying. Just mentioning your grandma is having a birthday next weekend and you are traveling to "destination" will give them her surname, birthdate, and location. You can just start searching to find all the other relevant information on her to create a very detailed file. If you don't know that "Company A" has a ghost file on you, how do you contact them and delete it? Yes, it is that scary.

Comment This will end.... (Score 0) 31

Google just played the epic Ace card by announcing that the new OS for their cell phone systems will allow for 3rd party payment processors and 3rd party App stores to compete with their own offerings. Apple will no longer have any excuse to use anti-competitive features on their devices while saying it "helps" consumers. Let the free market rule!

Comment Dead on Launch (Score 1) 65

It could make me morning toast but it will dead on launch if Facebook requires a Facebook account to use it in the future. Thankfully there are rumors that FB may not be able to do this (at least in a few countries) that have laws on the books forbidding "bundling" services that are not directly related to each other.

Comment Re:The choice between two evils. (Score 1) 109

I was there when Microsoft was sued by the US government for doing FAR LESS. Apple has gotten away with taxation of their customers AND app developers without any additional added benefit to either. Just look at what they did today: HERE. The removal of the earphone jack gives Apple the ability to charge anyone using a secondary device connected the the bluetooth system (and they do). Every new "feature" they add seems to be another way to lock in their customers to a walled garden. Hell, the Chinese government could probably take a page from their playbook.

Comment Re:The choice between two evils. (Score 1) 109

Try to purchase something in game if you don't want to use Apple Pay and send them 30% of the funds. Try using any of the programs you WANT to use that are available on Android and not on Apple because the developers do not want to pay the "Apple Tax". Try changing the interface or replacing any of the built in Apple programs with competing programs that you like better. Try finding a charging cable when they only use the "Apple" proprietary cable. Try plugging in a 3 dollar earphone you bought at the airport when you forgot yours. Try anything on their brick products that Apple makes forbodden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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