jordon schultz

A very substantial assumption of durability, or lack there of, in the review and a whole lot of whining sense of entitlement in the comments. Cases are an incredibly subjective matter but calling this new one cheap and questioning Apple’s development of it is laughable. You also don’t have to buy it, and quite a short memory we have- the leather case has been plagued with durability questions for a while. 

darkvader said:

Once again, Apple's illegal abuse of their monopoly on app installation rears its ugly head.

As with the Epic case, the solution is obvious.  It's past time for Apple's unlawful app store monopoly to be broken.

If you want to remain within Apple's walled garden for all the apps you no install on your iPhone, that's absolutely your right.  But Apple is abusing their app store monopoly to force everyone with an iDevice into that walled garden, and that is an abuse of their monopoly.

It's past time for governments to step in and force Apple to allow users to load apps from any source of their choosing.

Typical trash “[hmph!] hey that’s not fair, mommy!” reply. When I go out to eat I make a point to ask for things not on the menu and throw a fit when THEY won’t bend to my needs. 

GeorgeBMac said:

Skeptical said:

Pay cuts for doing the same if not similar work from home. Really Facebook? Another reason to hate them. 

Ok...

How about a pay raise for all those experiencing significantly increased spending because they are working in the office?

Those people have to pay commuting expenses (that can run into the thousands), clothing and childcare as well as to take time off from work for child and elder care...

(Conversely though, the company does save on office space and all the supporting hardware (computers, broadband, WiFi, etc...)

As a former cost accountant and analyst, I would love to dive into those numbers and figure out who is saving how much!

I am sure though (or I sincerely hope!) that the large corporations (from Facebook to Goldman Sacs) have already done that study.

But then you run into the intangibles related to personal interaction between peers as well as with supervisors and how it impacts long term employee development and workflow.  For instance, Goldman has long emphasized how its corporate culture is part of being a Goldman employee.  It's one of the reasons why they intend to return staff to the office.

It is an incredibly complex topic that is too often over simplified with the blue collar concept of:  "I insert this screw into this hole for 8 hours each day then I go home" -- so that all work is assumed to be equal because it is so routine.

This is probably the reasoning behind “some positions will be eligible to remote work and others won’t”. All corporations have positions that can be flexible in this way, but plenty that aren’t.