I’m skeptical of this point. Growing up Baptist, I was taught that temptation itself is not a sin because Christ was sinless and he was tempted in the desert by the devil.
>The agreement outlines that 35% of that local portion that is returned to Cupertino is handed by the city to Apple—to the tune of $107.7 million since 1998. California took notice and launched an audit. So $4m a year?…
It seems like everyone in these discussions sees only two worlds: lawless hellscape of intrusive, data-stealing apps that permit freedom or “walled garden” of good apps that restrict it and users’ freedom. The truth, as…
Not if they are totalitarian and have plans to invade a sovereign nation it borders. You cannot ignore the values of these states in this discussion.
They are lending their brand to Bookshop.org, which profits also from selling books (that’s how they can afford to stay in business). I’m a big fan of Bookshop. I just wish they could break into the DRM free epub…
Is there an update to this story? The story doesn’t cite what law the NLRB claimed was violated, only that doing what starbucks did interfered with their ability to organize. The final paragraph mentions that the case…
> The thing with copyright is, it seems to me: You cannot ask for them to change the rules. You just have to break them. Absolutely. Break them and support the people who facilitate the disobedience. Fuck the copyright…
I think there's room here to have a 'public option' open source implementation with appropriate governance / rules. Give everyone a basic 10 digit @ email.usa.gov. But I also think there should be a government regulated…
I’m skeptical of this point. Growing up Baptist, I was taught that temptation itself is not a sin because Christ was sinless and he was tempted in the desert by the devil.
>The agreement outlines that 35% of that local portion that is returned to Cupertino is handed by the city to Apple—to the tune of $107.7 million since 1998. California took notice and launched an audit. So $4m a year?…
It seems like everyone in these discussions sees only two worlds: lawless hellscape of intrusive, data-stealing apps that permit freedom or “walled garden” of good apps that restrict it and users’ freedom. The truth, as…
Not if they are totalitarian and have plans to invade a sovereign nation it borders. You cannot ignore the values of these states in this discussion.
They are lending their brand to Bookshop.org, which profits also from selling books (that’s how they can afford to stay in business). I’m a big fan of Bookshop. I just wish they could break into the DRM free epub…
Is there an update to this story? The story doesn’t cite what law the NLRB claimed was violated, only that doing what starbucks did interfered with their ability to organize. The final paragraph mentions that the case…
> The thing with copyright is, it seems to me: You cannot ask for them to change the rules. You just have to break them. Absolutely. Break them and support the people who facilitate the disobedience. Fuck the copyright…
I think there's room here to have a 'public option' open source implementation with appropriate governance / rules. Give everyone a basic 10 digit @ email.usa.gov. But I also think there should be a government regulated…