rwx9901

This is a classic example and confirmation that corporations do not pay taxes.  They are tax collectors; not tax payers.  If taxes are increased that number gets passed onto the consumer. Raising taxes on corporations does nothing to the corporation. It only hurts the consumer and this is a real-world example.

magman1979 said:

sflocal said:

magman1979 said:

I'm just STUNNED by the sheer ignorance and stupidity on display by so many of the posters in this thread, not realizing just what has happened and what WILL now be allowed to happen... This repeal has opened the door for all the corporations to start gouging the consumers and smaller companies.

This is the WORST thing to happen to the Internet since it's inception.

Spare me your holier-than-thou predictions.  Net Neutrality was only around since Feb, 2015.  The Internet and the access to it did quite well prior to that.  Don't get me wrong, I don't trust companies like AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, etc at all but then I question whether adding additional government regulations and bureaucracy and handcuffing companies was ever a good idea.

When AT&T blocked FaceTime back in the day, it wasn't Net Neutrality that brought it back.  It was pissed-off users and bad PR, and other companies providing it to counter AT&T and steal its customers that brought it back.  

Considering how loud and vocal today's Internet users are, I suspect that any company that does shady stuff to their Internet will feel their wrath, as well they should.

All we can do is play the wait and see approach.  I'm genuinely curious to see what will happen now.

That attitude is EXACTLY what allowed the current administration and mafioso to infest your country now. You obviously have NO CLUE what the big telco companies were planning to do just prior to the 2015 net neutrality rules went into effect, which is exactly why the FCC enacted them then, because they saw what was going to happen.

All the BS spewed by Shithead Lying Pai is just that, flat-out LIES, that can be easily proven.

Holier-than-thou predictions? Wow, ignorance in the face of overwhelming facts of what is about to start happening couldn't be better illustrated with yours, and similar commentary.

Oh my God the sky is falling the sky is falling!  LOL  That was some great entertainment there.  Look, I will take the private ownership vs government bureaucracy any day of the week.  The idea that bureaucrat hacks somehow were saving us from the evils of IP titans is absolutely absurd.  Oh, look!  We've gotta save the people!  Let's control what they do.  More power to us, less power to them.  Control control control.  Reminds me of how Obamacare got started and how they grabbed control of 16% of the economy.  Look where we are today with government intrusion.  I never got my annual savings of $2500 and my premiums were supposed to come DOWN...not UP.  Again I'll take a private owner vs a government bureaucrat czar any day of the week.  It's going to be nice looking back to this in 5 years to see what all has happened.  Those for net neutrality sound like climate change alarmists that have wanted my ear since the 70s.  10 yeas ago Al Gore was suggesting that people sell their beach front property because it would be under water in 10 years.  Polar bears would cease to exist.  Yadda yadda yadda.  Always the same hyperbole and fear-mongering.  Sorry but I've seen and heard enough of that crap for a lifetime and I know what to ignore and what to heed.  I grew up in an age not far back that was without internet services nor cell phones and we got by just fine.  I know people today who don't own computers nor cell phones who get by just fine.  Let the free market take care of itself and stop the armageddon nonsense.

Funny how some who are for net neutrality seem to believe they are somehow entitled to a service that somebody else provides.  Those businesses are not charities, they are businesses with a bottom line and responsibility to their shareholders.  They're job is to make money.  So, they will do so and if that means tweaking speeds to get there then so be it.  If one doesn't like it then don't buy it.  Simple concept.  And the sentence in this article that says "potentially radically reshaping the nature of the U.S. internet." is complete horse hockey and hyperbole.  All this essentially does is revert back to the way it was before this nonsensical policy was put into place to begin with.  It wasn't called "radical" back then now was it?  Now all of a sudden it's "radical".  Give me a break.

You know when you've got money to burn when you hire a person who's job it is to hire people not according to their skill level but according to their ethnicity and culture.  How about hiring people that can do the job....PERIOD.  Doesn't matter if they're white, black, orange, plaid or pocodot.  Get the job done.

polymnia said:

rwx9901 said:

polymnia said:

rwx9901 said:

I use the shuffle and the nano while in the gym because of their size and convenience.  Once mine die that means I've gotta lug my iPhone 7+ around with it strapped to my arm like a douche bag?  This sucks.

Have you seen Apple's ads lately? The Apple solution for athletic usage is the Watch and AirPods. 

No one has to use an iPhone to work out. Looking like a douche is optional, as usual. 

In related news: reports of iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle devices disappearing in little puffs of smoke seem to have been greatly exaggerated. Nothing to see here, people. 

So what you're telling me is that I can use my Apple watch to play my music?  That's news to me.  And the AirPods are not good for the gym.  I won't get into all the nuances of that but they're just not.  A pair of sport headphones specifically made for the gym are the best to use.

So, that said, if a person wishes to switch from their $100 nano or shuffle which come with headphones they'll have to shell out money for a watch ($269) and airpods ($159) for a grand total (without tax) of $428 if they wish to continue to listen to their music like they used to?  Wow what a deal LOL.

I don't carry my iPhone into the gym area.  I leave it in my locker because I don't want the disruption of phone calls.  This is why I use the shuffle and nano.  I use Bose Sport wireless headphones for the nano.  The only way to get around this is to lug my iPhone around the gym which I don't want to do and is why I went with the convenience of the shuffle and nano.  Maybe in the future there will be an option to use the Apple watch detached from the iPhone (which I would love BTW) but until then my method of listening to music is pretty convenient.

I was answering your comment suggesting you had no choice but to lug an iPhone around the gym once your iPod dies. 

Apple has has a solution to that. Watch & AirPods. 

You dont have to like that solution. Which you seem to know already, since you've swapped your Apple earbuds for a set of Bose headphones. 

Apple doesnt need everyone to want its solution. They need the people willing to pay $430 to want it. Once they achieve that success, I'd imagine they will slowly broaden their offerings until they hit all the price points they know to be profitable. 

At least that's how they grew the original iPod business. 

But what do I know?

You're exactly right.  Apple wants people to spend money on other devices.  And I can understand why they're ridding the shuffle and nano.  I don't like that decision but if they do not sell to the point where they are profitable or practical then they must be removed from the shelves.  Just smart business.  Maybe I'll buy another nano just in case mine takes a dive.