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waddlesworth··on I built a progressive web app and published it in three app stores
While possible, it's far from ideal. I had this experience, using an old MacBook to build an iPhone app. It repeatedly crashed because I had Atom and XCode open at the same time.
waddlesworth··on The Encryption Debate Isn't About Stopping Terrorists, It's About Solving Crime
Most of the comments here seem to be about the cons of removing encryption or backdooring encryption, but I don't think the author is suggesting that.

I think the article is only advocating for a checkbox in the settings menu to enable encryption for any would-be communication medium, which is turned off by default. I'm not especially against this, so long as there are no detractors to enabling this option.

waddlesworth··on Show HN: Ready-to-use API to convert any web page to PDF using headless Chrome
My main concern is support for the CSS3 Paged Media Module.

I have been using PDFReactor for this reason, as wkhtml2pdf and weasyprint have had problems, as will any webkit or chromium based renderer because these layout systems simply do not support paged printing.

waddlesworth··on Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start
The OnePlus 5 is pretty awesome.
waddlesworth··on Who Owns the Internet?
Blaming the result of the election on piracy seems like... a stretch.
waddlesworth··on Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content
Most apps are published to both iTunes and Google Play. Most songs to Goole Music, Spotify, Apple Music and probably a few others.

As long as it's within 10yrs old, even most games are available for purchase, anywhere in the world, from the different platforms. While the majority is exclusive to Steam, other providers have their own niche markets.

When I make an IP, I want to capture as much of the market as possible, anything else is throwing money away.

The anti-trust comes from the environment where three or four media companies own all of the production and redistribution and each one believes that they can become a monopoly and get all of the money.

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