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by yc_2345 7y ago
>>Don’t just take my word for it though, look the word up in any of the numerous online dictionaries :) >>You then run the risk of excluding developing economies "Patronizing: apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feel
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by yc_2345 7y ago
>>...which means if a western subscription services wants to compete with a cheaper local equivalent Interesting comparison. Let us discuss that a little further. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/techn
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by yc_2345 7y ago
As someone who grew up in a developing economy, I find this view extremely patronizing. Usually, what happens is that a local company fills that demand gap. Also, I think it is good for all parties concerned, because most developing economi
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by yc_2345 7y ago
The upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 had similar consequences, but this could also be a reflection of the different types of audience the two companies serve. For example, the person who wrote this book is probably never going to post a
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by yc_2345 7y ago
I have sometimes wondered why they don't offer a separate, uncomplicated fixed price (and bounded resource) version - basically like a Heroku - and provide a migration path to their core offerings.
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by yc_2345 7y ago
In fact, developers make a loss on the unit productivity of their time by using Microsoft products, but make it up on volume because they use those products forever.
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by yc_2345 7y ago
GP has a good point. Here is the general FOSS playbook of nearly every Big Tech company. 1 Use FOSS as a way to attract the best talent in addition to the salary. But remember that even a very high salary for a permanently scandalous compan
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by yc_2345 7y ago
I am not sure what is the big deal here. When WhatsApp improved its popularity by claiming "privacy is important, no ads" etc and then did a U turn it was actually noteworthy and newsworthy. I don't think Oculus ever made suc
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by yc_2345 7y ago
>>Did you create this account just to do that? Yes I did, because I don't have any other account to use on HN. I am not sure what you are implying here.
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by yc_2345 7y ago
Actually the comments indicate that the "controversy" seems to be imagined by many people. By the way, I don't know anything about Joost, so he may not be innocent. But the article is an excellent example of an inability to d