I'd probably be the person in my group being very skeptical of the gift economy idea. Functional gift economies are exceptionally complex. The ones that aren't very quickly switch to representational value exchange (aka money), because they can, because that's exponentially easier. A realistic gift economy wouldn't just be "doing favors." It involves a whole web of social conditions, obligations and organizations that, frankly, would take the most galaxy brained DM to implement effectively.
"I lost a brother once. I was lucky. I got him back."
"I thought you said men like us don't have families."
"I was wrong."
Wow, right up front, they're being disingenuous:
“The effect of this would be to force an independent browser like Firefox to build and maintain two separate browser implementations — a burden Apple themselves will not have to bear.”
...No? Apple won't bear that burden because they're going to keep using WebKit. Firefox can keep using WebKit. Not using WebKit is a choice, with pros and cons.
If he wants to appeal, the $83M goes into escrow. So he's going to lose the money either way.
I've been an Apple fanboy for years, too, and I still am. The alternatives aren't exactly better. And anyone who is surprised that Apple is dragging its heels and trying to do the bare minimum to comply, well, get back to me when you're no longer twelve. Companies aren't your friends, even when they look like they are. Hell, Google's sudden about-face regarding Right to Repair is 100% intended to fuck over Apple. It's not about the consumer, it's about the money. Always, with every company, every time.
Developers want alternate app stores because they want to make/keep more money. There's no other reason. Every other reason given just comes back to more money. Is that a more valid argument simply because they're smaller?
I'm in favor of Apple opening up iOS to alternate stores. I think it's going to be a privacy and security nightmare, but the horse is pretty much already out of the barn and the barn is burning, so... whatever. But I'm not so naive to think Apple's going to fully embrace the ideal concept of alternate stores unless somehow it's a way to beat Google's or Samsung's face in, and take their money.
Does no one ever read these days?
The third paragraph of the article points out that Netflix wanted Fincher to agree to production changes and he said no. In other words, he wasn't interested in continuing it under those conditions.
People need to stop upvoting this shit.
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