tiredOfFascists

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[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

Why would they not be?

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not. I get it now. Someone else reminded me, "nb" already means non black which is a good point. I think clarity in language is good which is the only reason I spoke up but I get it now. Especially given this reply. Makes sense. No hard feelings

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

That makes sense and is the answer I sought :) thank you kind stranger

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Thread winner 😂

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's a weird question. No of course not, not even sure you understand what that means...

Again jargon is designed for the in group. When language is more accessible to all random Internet users... On the random Internet... Seems like a win to me.

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago

I mean, for your logic to hold up at all, it requires ignoring a very real fact. A second hand phone was already purchased. That transaction was done already, and there exists no world in which if you don't buy the second hand phone the seller will think "omg no one will buy this, guess I have to switch from Google forever". Another person will absolutely buy it. But even if not, then it gets wasted, and I think the environmental impact being ignored here is a pretty crass move also. I'm not willing to sacrifice environmental concerns to send a message to Google. Honestly they absolutely know how many phones are running stock android so that number decreasing would "send the message" just the same without a phone potentially ending up in a landfill.

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Ok, I get what you mean. My counterpoints would be that nb in writing wouldn't "flow" differently because typing isn't the same as speaking. Out of context, a lot of insider terms get lost.

But you do you.

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're very correct. A core belief at apple is that the customer is too stupid to know what they want, so you can whatever you want down their throat.

There is some merit to the idea that true innovation won't be anticipated by customers so you have to take risks. But the way apple does it pisses me off to no end.

No apple, removing every port (except shitty ass lightning ports of course) is not a good idea. It just isn't.

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Welcome to 2014 my friend

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Why would anyone write "enby" when nb is shorter and whose meaning can much more easily be guessed at by people like me wondering what it means...?

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Not if but when it bites you, it likely will not be pretty.

You're rejecting dozens of not hundreds of ways to avoid having bad things happen, just a couple examples being having your identity stolen or losing data. These risks already exist no matter what you do, but they are several times more likely with every few months that you go without security updates.

Besides that, you will eventually be forced to update, either because your device dies and has to be replaced or because of something like software you require refuses to run on your 8 year old OS. When you get that new OS, the jarring effect will be much worse than if you just allowed your devices to evolve as designed. Updates are not a bug, they are an extremely valuable feature.

Your reasoning that it ain't broke so you don't fix it leads me to believe you have never written software. All software is inherently broken. Products under development for 30 years still have flaws so fundamental it's hard to even imagine. I say all of this as someone who has had his hard drive wiped accidentally by software bugs, had email and other accounts randomly hacked, and personally worked with broken ass software from the world leading giants. And as a software developer I can say for sure: all software, no exceptions, is barely working. No matter how solid it it seems, some random weird edge case can cause complete failure

Update your shit. It's not even that often that stuff breaks in (non Windows at least) OS updates these days

[–] tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Well yeah and we should and some people do. We can (actually have a duty to) recognize a multitude of problems in the world.

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