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Comment Re: ...simple, because we like Google Services. (Score 2) 60

Google earth gave them mapping data, business and street numbers which gave them streetview which in turn gave them in car navigation on android which in turn gave them vital tracking information on where you travel to and where you are. it also gets you to keep gps on on your phone so they can pin gps locations on wifi ssids.

Comment Re: Not sure what the problem is... (Score 1) 235

He's not incorrect with what he said though. It mostly affects old and the weak and in shitty countries the old and the weak have already passed away even without covid. From your first link: > While people 65 years and over have accounted for 79% of the at least 223,984 COVID-19 fatalities in the U.S. recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (whose tally lags behind other institutions that are tracking the death toll), a number of younger people have died from the disease. At least 410 people in the 15-24 age group have died while young adults ages 25-34 have accounted for at least 1,725 COVID-19-related deaths, according to the CDC. And even the youngest Americans (children under 15) have not been invulnerable to the disease -- 81 died at last count, according to the CDC. so he's right generally speaking.

Comment Re: Lol (Score 3, Insightful) 114

the hub will probably reverse the rule changes since it was only done to appease visa and mastercard and they kicked the hub off anyway so at this point the hub is only punishing itself by keeping them. If there is truth to the allegations (and im not saying there isnt) visa and mastercard should hand the evidence over to the authorities and let them handle it as its supposed to work. Trial by public opinion sucks and lets be honest here visa and mastercard are only booting out a major client because theyre frightened of the negative public backlash having the hub as a customer. But how do we even know visa and mastercard are correct. what if blacklisting the hub isnt enough? Is anyone going to jail? Is anyone getting compensated? thats why we have the authorities who can properly investigate the matter thoroughly, get evidence where mastercard and visa card cant and can dish out real punishments. Let the authorities do their job. What is the world coming to when corporations play judge dredd?

Comment Re: I hope this makes PC ports better as systems b (Score 1) 60

The best thing they could do to make PC ports better is mandate compulsory kb&m controls in all games. Since the last 2/3 generations consoles support kb&m but most games don't. Its sad when a pc game is ported to console and the km&m controls are gutted out. If more console games supported kb&m along with controllers it would be more viable for consoles to take on pc gaming. Then all Sony has to do is add a dev mode/other os/bootcamp for stuff like word processing/spreadsheet/serious browsing and microsoft will be shittin their pants. A pcie cartridge slot at the top of the console would be nice too. Then everytime I upgrade my pc I have a use for my old gpu instead of just stuffing it in a box as a backup.

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