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  • Apple fails in bid for Big Ten Conference streaming package

    jimh2jimh2
    It’s sports, which is a colossal waste of time and money and a great gift to the for-profit NFL who gets to cherry pick the best players and discard the rest like garbage. 

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  • Pixelmator Photo switches to subscription for new users

    jimh2jimh2
    A fixed price for useful software does not make sense and is not sustainable. Some iOS version updates require that apps be updated and you can’t do this for free after receiving a $7 for a lifetime license. Also the store does not allow for multiple versions of the same product. 

    $54 for a lifetime license of software that you need or use regularly is a steal. The younger crowd does not remember the days of paying $400 for a single program and the getting hit with a $200 update fee. Of course prior to iOS free updates did not happen. What you bought was what you were stuck with. 
    foregoneconclusionwatto_cobra

  • Uber closing rewards program in favor of pushing Uber One subscription

    jimh2jimh2
    To be expected. Their business model of subsidized fares until the competition is choked out was never a viable one. Undercutting everyone on price with investor money is not capitalism. 

    I don’t see them surviving any type of recession or financial slowdown. I do expect Lyft to merge with them as the only way they both can survive, much like Sirius and XM did. 
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  • Disney+ to hike prices, introduce ad-supported tier in December

    jimh2jimh2
    Quickly figuring out how cable pricing works. At some point it will be cheaper to just get cable again. They will price themselves right out of their customers. I paid for the initial 3 years, but after that I’m done. They really don’t come close to comparing to what Netflix has. 
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  • DOJ gearing up to sue Google over digital ad market dominance

    jimh2jimh2
    Small businesses are the ones who will lose if the DOJ forces changes to Google Ads. They now have a go to place for putting ads that get targeted visibility. It’s the reason that when you search for something ads fir those things show in the results. They are also localized using parameters set by you. The interface for setting up ads is not straightforward but you get results in the end. 
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