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  • Judge rules Google is a search and advertising monopoly

    jdwjdw
    Just as I thought, I arrive here in the comments and see a lot of mindlessness taking place.  "Oh, it's Google.  Google isn't Apple.  Google is bad.  Go DOJ!"  Then we see these same folks comment under a different article about the DOJ and Apple trashing the DOJ and hoping Apple will pull through. 

    MAKES. ZERO. SENSE.

    Democrats on the Left want more DOJ anti-trust action.  Its current Biden Admin policy.  Millions of Americans with 401Ks and investments in big tech, and yet that party doesn't care less. They are going after the big and successful to cater to the demands of their base.  It really doesn't help anybody and only stands to hurt America's home-grown success stories and all those who invest their hard earned dollars in them.

    If you're going to defend Apple from the DOJ anti-trust suit, you sure as darned well better defend Google too.

    And if you want the DOJ to take down Apple too, in light of the fact you are commenting in a forum named AppleInsider, you're either in the wrong place or you're here to troll.
    mike1

  • Berkshire Hathaway may have continued its streak of selling off Apple stock

    jdwjdw
    Pema said:
    This idiot probably... 
    “By the way, what have you done that’s so great? Do you create anything, or just criticize others’ work and belittle their motivations?”
    —Steve Jobs
    gatorguyradarthekat

  • X website reverts water pistol emoji to realistic gun

    jdwjdw
    LOL.  I knew what I'd find here in the comments.

    True thinkers will no doubt enjoy this:
    https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Correct-Bedtime-Stories-Modern/dp/002542730X/

    A friend gave me a copy in 1994.  Yes, even back then, we had the "PC" madness.  It was as laughable back then as it is today.  

    I can't help but muse when I see defenders of Political Correctness not recognizing that their own objectives actually seek to "rewire the brain."  It seeks to change language for what they deem is "the greater good."

    The definition of the English word "pistol" pertains to a real gun, not a squirt gun.  Only those with extremely delicate sensibilities hop aboard the PC bandwagon to redefine what a "pistol" is.  If it is a toy, you can say "Water Pistol," but the word "water" in that word pair really establishes what the thing is all about.

    It doesn't matter if you like or dislike firearms.  It doesn't matter if guns are good or bad.  It's a matter of language and word meanings.  "Pistol" doesn't mean a kiddy squirt gun, even if squirt guns are often made in the shape of a pistol.  If I want an emoji for "squirt gun" those should be the two words which define it.

    Imagine people who dislike Lions because they often kill others animals seeking to replace a Lion emoji with something more fluffy, kind and totally disconnected to the actual animal!  That sort of lunacy is what using a squirt gun emoji is when someone is searching for a pistol firearm emoji.

    I think there are times when people may want one emoji or the other.  But my freedom to choose shouldn't be limited by the PC police.  Give me both choices.
    regurgitatedcoprolitemaasjlinkmantimpetusentropysJanNL

  • Phone encryption debate will reignite over attempted Trump assassination

    jdwjdw
    paulmacintosh said:
    America needs gun control, not encryption hacks or backdoors.
    "Gun control" is not the same as "banning guns," which is perhaps what you were suggesting.  You see, based on reports I have seen, the gun was legally purchased by the shooter's father.  Therefore, "waiting periods" and similar "gun CONTROL" measures would not have prevented the recent assassinated attempt.  The kid used his dad's gun.  And yet, to ban guns and reclaim them would require a repeal of the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution.  Americans have long been in staunch opposition to that, which is why people only talk about gun "control."  But again, that only goes so far, and doesn't do much to control "illegal" guns readily available on the "street."

    But getting back on topic...

    As I said in my earlier post, the phone seems to have been hacked or otherwise accessed by the FBI.  I've not read about the FBI complaining about Apple and the lack of back doors, so I guess they either found a backdoor or used the dead body to access the phone.  In any case, I don't see this as a renewed call for Apple to create back doors.  As long as the FBI finds its own way in, they seem to be content with that.
    watto_cobra

  • Phone encryption debate will reignite over attempted Trump assassination

    jdwjdw
    Not sure why the dialog about this matters now that the news media is reporting it has been accessed (i.e., "unlocked, with contents visible")...

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/15/trump-rally-shooting-suspect-phone-fbi

    How that was done is not clear, but obviously, the found a way.  Could be Msuberly was correct. Using the dead man's body to unlock it might work.
    watto_cobra