NateNate60

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

I wrote this comment on a $150 phone which for all the purposes that I use it for, performs exactly as well as an $800 iPhone.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I definitely think Google is guilty of what the Commission has accused them of here, but I also can't help but think: if pre-installing Google Search and Chrome are anti-competitive, why is Apple not guilty of the same thing? In fact, I'd argue that Apple is ten times worse in this regard because you actually can't use any browser but Safari on iOS (all other browser apps are actually just re-skins of Safari under the hood). Does being a vertically-integrated company excuse such behaviour?

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't say I use Windows. I only said that 7-Zip is the best archiving software available for it.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 102 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Unlike 7-Zip, which is actually free and also open-source as well

7-Zip is by far the best archiving software on Windows

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Well, I'm not saying that they're only remembered for the good things. But you've almost certainly heard about the good things that Ford's done as well. What notable good thing will Elon be known for? I can't think of anything at all.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

On the backup line you can subscribe to the cheapest data-only plan for like $5 a month and then just add $20 worth of pay-as-you-go credit, which never expires and will be used for calls, at 1 cent per minute.

It will save you $5 a month on the backup phone plan, making it even cheaper.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Let's see what the great American magnates of the past are remembered for:

  • Henry Ford was remembered for selling his cars at a low enough price and paying his workers a high enough wage that they could easily afford to buy the cars they made.
  • Andrew Carnegie was known for paying for the construction of a library in every town.
  • J. P. Morgan was known for bailing out the economy of New York using his personal wealth and influence when the Federal Reserve did not yet exist.

All these men were also known as ruthless barons of industry who stamped out those who opposed them without second thought, but at least they also did a fair bit of good to at least try to offset their ills. Elon is just openly a horrible person. History will not be kind to his memory.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 82 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If you spend US$3,000 on the Steam Machine your brain must be made of tofu.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A: gets scammed by company

B: You're so stupid, you should have known that company was going to scam you.