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Yeah, would be interesting to see more examples of how spoofed devices are used nefariously.

I'd bet people try to get around quotas or rate limits by spoofing different devices. Maybe ad fraud as well?

Fascinating. You'd think the captcha would have implemented a check to ensure it was completed out on the same device.

Honestly kind of a brilliant SEO strategy. Makes me nervous to use any free online tool

It doesn't really surprise me that bing does this - I'm more disappointed that HN censored the original post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27394925). Feel like that's totally against our values.

Each company has said conflicting things. Is one of them straight up lying?

Looks like it was could have been political reasons? See https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20210405224547A...

I've benefited tremendously from open source software and have used an open source library in virtually every project I've done. Totally grateful to the community for enabling me to build faster.

However, I've always been curious - what motivates people to continue to maintain open source software?

Why put up with rude people and improve a package for them, for free? Is the issue because monetizing it is too difficult? Or is there some other reward for doing this that I'm not seeing?

Not sure we want to set a precedent for tech companies getting to silence whoever they choose, but tech companies should have the power to effectively censor SOME things (child porn, for instance).

Snowcrash was kinda crazy in how it predicted where things would go.

This is the best part

Love it! I always feel weird pasting my data into random sites

Feel like it's just a dude trying to release a cool app - he's probably not gonna spend money on a lawyer to write a TOS

Thank you for your take - it's helpful to hear your approach

Thank you, I appreciate your perspective. Sounds like you've worked on this problem yourself by working at it from a different direction, namely starting from what you want to do/why you want it and moving back towards the thing to be doing.

I don't use bitcoin because every method of converting fiat to btc (or vice versa) takes an absurdly high fee. It's even worse when buying stablecoins.

Fantastic idea! If a restaurant offers delivery themselves, it's a no brainer to order directly from them. Usually it's cheaper and faster than ordering through an app. Hope this gains traction.

Very true - I think it's important to be careful we don't generalize our own experience to others.

If people ARE paying 25%, (i.e. 60% of US consumers order at least once a week [1]) then the service is valuable enough to them (for whatever reason) to pay that much.

[1] https://upserve.com/restaurant-insider/online-ordering-stati...

Here's Cornell's email to students if anyone was curious:

https://www.scribd.com/document/468208772/Cornell-Mail-Plans...

What specifically do you think UberEats and Postmates aren't doing as well as the competition?

Wish we could see how many people signed maybe paired with a goal for the number of signatures

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Hi -

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Happy to answer any questions or if you have feedback that’s greatly appreciated.

Moves like these seem obvious in retrospect, but when you consider the conditions at the time (no internet, horrible business climate), this woman’s vision and execution is mind blowing.

Really shows how truly valuable ideas can succeed no matter what state the world around them is in.

It would be cool to see a directory of public JSON feeds you can subscribe to - weather notifications, sports data, transit delays, etc. You could also have premium feeds that require a subscription.

I think many people who aren’t as tech savvy wouldn’t think about doing this. Even if they assumed it could be fixed (which many probably didn’t), in a state of heightened emotions (of embarrassment, fear of possibly breaking the law), many people would try their best to comply with the instructions.

It's different because companies don't feel guilt. Instead, they are motivated purely by revenues and profits which makes a carbon tax a viable incentive for them to decrease carbon emissions. As of now, there are almost no real repercussions for companies who destroy the environment.

I think the fact that you can’t turn off read receipts is a kind of shady way to keep you using the app. You also can’t turn off notifications for a chat without going into it and notifying the participants you’ve read the message.