HillaryBriss

I don't know how big the percentages are but a worker's decision to stick around is a function not only of environment, pay and benefits. It's also a function of the worker's level of interest in the company's subject domain, individual desire for continuity, risk aversion, etc.

> ...both Apple and Google are capricious and inconsistent with their application of their rules...

this got me thinking. how is that handled by a democratic system of government? with an independent judiciary, of course. we need an independent, third party App Court! we need a powerful organization that can referee and literally force Google and Apple to put an app back in their stores.

This kind of story makes me favor a blend of the policy proposals of Andrew Yang and Elizabeth Warren. We recognize that the current automated economy has hurt the little person (Yang), but, at the same time, recognize that a few super large corporations have created this situation (Warren).

So, I propose that all US residents receive $1000 a month directly from Google.

A developer can install any apk using the adb tool from a command line. Jailbreaking the phone is not required.

> The easiest way to identify a monopoly is to look at how badly a company can treat its customers and still get away with it.

+100 This has been my feeling ever since I first started using the android SDK. Google put the developer very low on the priority list, but, at the same time, the end user is also very low on the list.

The only people high on the list appear to be Google shareholders and the Google employees who work on android.

maybe startups should focus on filtering for any reasonably competent person who will actually stick around until the company succeeds or dies

> You should expect to train and mentor ...

I've always thought so too. But it doesn't seem like any companies really buy into this any more.

A surprising effect of currency exchange rates in comparisons like this is that Shenzhen, despite its huge population, massive infrastructure, and gigantic product output has a GDP about the same as the Miami-Fort-Lauderdable-West-Palm-Beach metro area:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._metropolitan_area...

Could victim organizations reduce the damage through dilution and disinformation: create a lot of fake data and intentionally leak it? i.e. is there a deep fake version of medical data?

I find it interesting that the basis of methotrexate's success as a chemotherapy apparently was its ability to reduce a cancer tumor's uptake of folic acid (a vitamin!).

damn. vitamins can be dangerous.

my take on the headline is that Q fixes vulnerabilities that exist in pre-Q versions. this means that those vulnerabilities are still in effect for the vast majority of current users, and will be for some time since it will take years before Q is actually being run by the majority of android devices. the vulnerabilities are very much alive.

I don't think produce is tested. The article states:

... uranium also sticks to potatoes, radishes and other root vegetables if they're not properly washed. (While studies have confirmed livestock and people can ingest high levels of uranium by eating contaminated vegetation, scientists have yet to fully research the dangers involved.)

The article itself mentions the non-radioactive component of the risk:

Though people think mainly about uranium's radioactivity, the danger in water mainly comes from the toxic chemical effects of the metal.

> That's like deciding to design a pen-lighter-laser-pointer-usb-drive-knife-screwdriver into a single device. It sounds cool, but in the end, it's ...

... sorta like a smartphone

> “Some of the details on this are only a half-millimeter big,” said Davis. “They’re incomprehensibly small.”

pretty impressive given they didn't have magnifying glasses in 1500 BCE. i guess the artisan had excellent vision.

the YIMBYism, the pro-tech business mentality, the emphasis on growth, the anti regulation perspective -- all these things make me think a little bit of Houston Texas or Ronald Reagan or the Chamber of Commerce or something.

> they all come from China and I pay Western prices for the privilege of having it shipped to me faster

that's a pretty decent description of the Amazon business model.

(i guess the only thing to add is that Amazon accepts product returns. but almost every retailer does that nowadays.)

i recently searched for a rubber replacement washer for a very common water faucet. nothing exotic.

the only washer collection i could find that was certain to have the desired washer size would have cost $32. again, this is a very common type of water valve. taking a trip to a big box retailer looks pretty attractive in that context.

> in practice they benefit from consumers assuming that everything on the site has some stamp of approval

as you point out, it's kind of surprising that Amazon seems to have entirely abandoned this "stamp of approval" concept. i thought "stamp of approval" was one of the few differentiators that retailers could use to compete effectively.

> Who's getting screwed?

SWE's who do not get hired at all because there are so few competitive ecommerce, search, online advertising, and social networking companies.

From a politician's perspective, it may be a far more powerful vote-getter to have policies where 3X people are employed at $70K than one where X people are employed at $210K.

> People pay good money for “sea salt”

true. and if the salt produced by this process if free of micro plastics, people might pay even more

> they're somehow complicit if they don't

i've noticed over the last several years that thousands of Google employees at least seem to feel complicit for the corporation's choices (e.g. giving a big cash payout to someone who was suspected of sexual harassment, trying to start project dragonfly, working with the US DOD, etc). these employees protest, walk out, demand change.

IMHO, these employees should also be critical of the poor customer service the OP documents. this sort of behavior hurts the public too. and Google seems committed to continuing it.

> I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to over 12+ countries...

c'mon. you must know how many countries you've traveled to. just look in your passport or something.

I guess you can say that. So ... maybe his investment of time and money in the android ecosystem has been taken away. And this should give pause to other such investors.

it's just my opinion. everybody has one.

IMHO, an ethical course of action for Google employees is:

1. quit your job

2. apologize to the global community of users and developers

3. give half your money to a charity

the only way to win is not to play at all

> I can bounce among a hot desk at a variety of locations around the city, do the same in cities across the EU/US ...

what about a consistent user experience? that might differentiate We from competitors: ease of use and familiarity of environment for the workers. I mean, I go into a Starbucks or a Target store and it looks familiar and I already know what I'm gonna get (another Starbucks).

yeah. I wondered about the objectivity because it says "there are complaints that China's involvement tends to bring greater corruption" and because I looked in vain for any positive message about countries that have historically done deals with China. at least some of these deals in some of these countries must have been positive somewhere, but this article does not give that view as much voice.

and, on the other side, where is the objectivity and criticism about the already present US military base? US bases are notorious for polluting the land and water with toxic and hazardous substances. there's a long history of such problems on former US military bases, even those within the US. but this article does not mention it.