22july2013

pichael said:

s.metcalf said:

Don’t be evil, Apple.

As for us users, take the effort to buy your subscriptions outside the app where possible and you’ll likely pay less.  A small bit of effort but it goes a long way when you add up the savings over time.

Fantastic idea… and then you can use all that money saved to continue paying for the subscription after the point you want to cancel it as there is no easy way to unsubscribe. Or their weak card processing system gets hacked and you lose all your financial details. 

You and I agree, but many people (e.g., "s.metcalf") want to force business models on us that we don't want to deal with. If I wanted to deal with Google's model, I would buy phones that run Google software. I want the freedom to be able to choose Apple's model. If Apple is forced to follow Google's horrible model, there would be little reason for me to buy from Apple.

"The firmware ain't done until Linux won't run."

I smell fear.

lwr32 said:
And how often was Obama on the golf course?

Obama played golf 333 times during his 8 years, which is more than Trump. Trump's golf tally is harder to count, because one of his homes is on a golf course, and he's not always playing golf when he's at that home.

Stabitha_Christie said:

The three batches of government are equal, none of them have ultimate authority. Unfortunately congress has abdicated its power and is letting the executive branch do what it wants with no oversight. 

Congress isn't "abdicating" its power when it doesn't pass laws to limit the President. Congress isn't "required" to stop every President.

By the way, Congress has seven oversight committees which are working, and half the members on those committees belong to your favourite political party, whatever that may be.