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Privacy, by one of the biggest NSA data providers?

Encroaching on even more territory, using its market position to strangle other businesses.

At least his comment contributed something to the discussion, agree with it or not. Yours (and now mine) is just noise.

6 months by law in the EU.

A brick and mortar business normally sees more than 5% loss so if that is a real number it is great.

Sure you see it. This is just a way to try to get rid of waste for free. Both Google and Facebook (Apple too I believe) delivers heated water to heat up houses from their datacenters. The one near me (Facebook) takes in wind energy and produces 25MW an hour and heats up 12.000 houses by wind energy and waste heat.

There are towns in Denmark getting heat from Google and Facebook datacenters so I don't see why it shouldn't work elsewhere. The way MS does it here the heat is 100% waste and should be taxed like other waste. Not to mention what about the noise? The sea is already noise polluted.

Here's a source (in Danish). Wind energy in -> 25 MW/h of heat out (to heat up 12.000 houses):

https://www.computerworld.dk/art/252732/facebook-vores-data-...

Sad that the awareness makes very little difference. Looking at CryptoAG, Maximator, etc. Germany is one of the worst sinners right below UK and US.

It is comments like this that really shows how HN is sinking to Reddit levels. FUD is spreading like a Corona virus on a tourist ship.

How many users Facebook or Instagram has is beside the point which is that Apple is most definitely abusing its market position.

Swap China with USA and Tiktok with Google and see how insane it is. I hope China doesn't back down to US aggression. This is like a child throwing a tantrum. It needs to be put in its place by a grown-up.

The whole problem with PayPal is exactly that it isn't a bank so they can get away with all kinds of stuff a bank cannot. I doubt a bank backed competitor could survive against a business that can just lock an account with money in it and never pay them back. Not really a level playing field.

But PayPal specifically isn't under banking laws which is how they cover their ass normally (like if you have money at PayPal and they terminate your account you never get your money , which there are thousands and thousands of cases of PayPal doing which would be illegal for an actuall bank), so banking law has nothing to do with PayPal.

Isn't it location specific you are thinking about? EU norm is 30km/h for mopeds and bikelane only, and car drivers-license for 45km/h on the road. 45km/h on a moped would cause a fine if the police sees you. Unless it is in a country not following the EU norm of course.

This is about tracking via gps. Exactly the same rules as Google play.

Pretty much anything except location tracking via GPS, unless the users clicks allow. So exactly the same as Google.

It's opt out.

> My android phone has a phone stack. The only stuff that comes in via my phone number is basically recruiter cold calls. It's a small internet device with some quaint legacy features that I rarely use.

Funny how people live in totally different bubbles. I see you are based in Berlin (I'm in Denmark) and I have no idea how it is there but here I -as a geek with very geeky friends- don't know anyone who use their phone as you describe. Sure a few calls are via Facebook with video and some messages too (though many are starting to refuse to use social media) but the overwhelming majority of use is normal old phone-calls, SMS and MMS. Inside my bubble things like you describe (internet based stuff) is where "old people" have moved and younger people are moving away from. Especially those who hate all the data mining done by Apple, Facebook, Google, etc. I don't have a single app on my phone with those capabilities you use and I'm not missing out. Of course I'm sure other very different bubbles are right next door :-)

>Operators trying to build walled gardens is a pattern that repeated itself

Apple, Facebook...

If you follow that thought through to other industries, what do you think Denmark learns of US military movement and equipment from the armies biggest heavy lifter, Danish Maersk shipping? It can't be much since outside the software world companies don't sift through every single piece of "cargo" and goes to show why you shouldn't trust foreign software companies at all, allies or not.

How about all the slaves working for American prosperity, hidden away in foreign countries? No need to look further than at home for the worst examples to pop up.

Americans in Japan raping Japanese would be an easy example to look at as it still happens, but I doubt anyone would be allowed to.

It's basically malware.

I thought internet in Norway was cheaper than in Denmark. Interesting. For comparison I pay 449 DKR/month for 1000/1000 unlimited fiber with a guaranteed bandwidth of minimum 950 (they are upgrading the network atm. hence not a guarantee on the full 1000 yet as some customers equipment is too old).

Is it a normal connection or a business connection perhaps?

Opens advertising.com. User tracking and fingerprinting.

>a blind assumption that something that has become a part of your workflow is a necessary part of every OS just seems arrogant to me

Like no copy and paste in iOS? Apple has a history of not adding features just because no matter how useful they would be and no matter how much it is holding back its users. That is arrogant, not the user asking for features that is standard for most.

> the OS thinking that one of its several interfaces is the "primary" one that you have to plug into first, and it won't even consider outputting on another interface without being explicitly told to.

This is just wrong. Windows since at least windows xp shows something on all screens as default. You sound like a Mac user who doesn't know Windows. FYI I use Linux primarily so unlike you I'm not biased (I think both has it uses but both also suck).

>Could unions and professional associations fill that gap?

This and the below

>journalism as a profession has a problem with letting itself become political

Unions are by definition political, so that wouldn't solve the problem you describe.

>Vitamin D is already known to be safe if not taken at too high a dose.

There were some posts on here by a doctor that have seen problems with people who were inside the norm of D.vit. so I wouldn't trust the above. I have to take D vitamins because there's something wrong with me and doctors want to monitor my blood levels because of it. Calcium levels are one thing that can become too high with normal range d.vit. if taking supplements. Vitamin D supplement is medicine which most people seem to forget. Using medicine means seeing a doctor to make sure it is safe, at least a blood test every 6 months.

Edit: here's one of her threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24138590

A 10 minute walk is more realistic to compare the two. Jumping to a 15 minute drive makes it very apparent you are an American.

It is hilarious to read threads about Apple's app reviews. Every single time there's something about Google Play lots of commenters praise Apple but in reality it is at least just as bad.

Then how is Amazon's Apple Fee 15% and not 30% like everyone elses? The bigger you are the less "Rule" and more "Guideline" they are.