j_r_

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   by j_r_ 15y ago

   It seems to me like you want to suggest, that Google is copying Apple here. (If not, ignore this post.) I remember using a Nokia smartphone back in 2004. It already had the application icon grid, colored icons, it had maps, it had navigatio
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   by j_r_ 15y ago

   Yes, but there is no train of thought from semiconductors to stupid ideas about eugenics. There _is_ one from anti-socialist rhetoric to killing members of a left party.
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   by j_r_ 15y ago

   Thanks, that did it for me.
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   by j_r_ 15y ago

   I'm getting the "you device is not eligible for requested build" error in iTunes. Never had this before. Anyone here who did successfully activate?
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   by j_r_ 15y ago

   Well, it seems to me that the author makes some kind of moral argument out of the whole thing in a David vs. Goliath kind of way. Certainly both are (huge) corporations but I still trust Google more. They still seem to have a sane leadershi
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   by j_r_ 15y ago

   Just think about what market Google entered in the first place. It was a market with things like altavista.com being the dominant search engines. Facebook was first, so now it has squatters rights? I don't think so.
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   by j_r_ 15y ago

   I disagree. First, Google has a decent track record in keeping personal data and advertising separate. For example they claim that their tracking cookie used across the web is not connected in any way to your Google profile. They can make u