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Comment The problem here (Score 4, Interesting) 49

The problem is that, if the likes of Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and others have their way, you will not own your computer; those companies will effectively own your computers, and will be good enough to let you use it. They will also be good enough to let you to keep data on said computer as they see fit. The process already is quite advanced in some cases.

Comment Re:Maybe I’m just being an old guy (Score 1) 141

but remember when “they” were saying the same thing about HDTV being no better “at normal viewing distances” than standard-def NTSC?

I think that you are being an old guy: HDTV was immediately and obviously sharper than NTSC and its 525 lines at normal viewing distances, and if anybody claimed otherwise that was not widely circulated, for obvious reasons.

Comment They will never learn (Score 1) 46

Content owners: piracy makes content easily, immediately, with no constraints and on demand available at no cost. Do the same thing, at a reasonable price, and piracy will practically disappear. Fat chance: your heads are stuck way too deep into that place where the sun never shines, which guarantees that piracy will continue, largely unabated.

Comment Re:for the 6 people that still use Chrome (Score 2) 13

Does anyone really care about this browser anymore? It's so intermingled with the advertising and tracking and surveillance economy that most people who have more than 1/2 a brain have run away screaming.

That may be so. The most recent figures, however, reveal that about 80% of visits to web sites through browsers are done using this particular browser.

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