spheric

22july2013 said:

Apple could either

1. leave the Japanese smartphone market entirely,
2. remove its own app store (and everyone's app store) from the Japanese smartphone market, or 
3. allow (or require) Android as the OS for iPhone users in the Japanese market. No more iOS on iPhones in Japan.

I favour option three.

entropys said:

I love the story of the little red hen, particularly the Ronald Reagan version.
it explains so much about the nexus of entrepreneurism and just who is entitled to benefit from those activities. And the role of government in capturing those benefits for the loudest voices.

[…]
"Exactly," said the agent. "That's the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations the productive workers must divide their product with the idle."

And they lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, I am grateful." 

But her neighbors wondered why she never again baked any more bread.

9secondkox2 said:

nubus said:

Would we ever accept an ISP blocking some sites and features like local shopping "to protect us"? Do we want or need a gatekeeper on apps? A warning perhaps - but a gatekeeper?  And the 30%... that Apple then lowered to 15% after massive political pressure.

People experience a juggernaut going from lost cause to lost cause in courts while taxing customers on memory, taxing developers, blocking app-installations, and blocking upgrades. Apple should go win some hearts.

Actually, we DO need an app gatekeeper. but not in a censorship way. that's awful and apple is guilty of that as well. But we DO need someone to make suer the appas arent' nefrarious in their coding, spying, etc. 

rickwil61 said:

spheric said:

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VictorMortimer said:

dominikhoffmann said:

This is really disgusting. Yet another way to cheapen the marital act!

LOL at the puritan who thinks sex has anything to do with marriage.

Sex inside a healthy marriage is a powerful force for good.  It creates families and strengthens the bond between the husband and wife which contributes to a stable home for children to grow up in.  Can you tell me what sex outside of marriage has accomplished?  Notice that I’m not questioning anybody’s right to do it because they have the right. My question is what good has come from such behavior?

What good is coming from your behaviour on this forum? Are you doing God’s work by annoying the Bejesus out of people and driving them away? 

Or are you just enjoying it? 

Nice diversion but you can’t answer the question can you?  Why should you be annoyed at anything I say?  I haven’t insulted anybody.  I didn’t even mention God.  You did that.  I just asked a question and I think it was a fair one.  If your way is better then tell us how it is so.

You are asking what good comes from a particular behaviour. I replied by asking what good comes from your particular behaviour. 

You're so wrapped up in not reading what you don't want to read that you didn't even realise that I supplied you the answer to YOUR question: 

Enjoyment. 

Sex brings joy. 

You didn’t provide an answer in your first response.  You asked a diversionary question.