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Comment Re:Doesn't apply to me (Score 1) 27

The whole point isn't the app itself, it is that hackers can use a vulnerability in the AP to install this thing against the will of the owner/administrator. In computer terms, a vulnerability that would allow someone to install software on the computers without the computer owners knowledge or permission SHOULD be seen as a bad thing. The same vulnerability then could be used to steal information. Now, if your ROUTER were compromised, now everything going through it is now compromised.

Again, it's not about the app, it is hackers installing the app on OTHER devices they do not own with the goal being to steal their information, but like an Internet worm, you now have a springboard for the infection to spread.

Comment Re:Filling up RAM could be a good thing. (Score 2) 89

People misunderstand what is going on. It's not the OS itself, but all of the additional features that get installed and run automatically that cause the problem. Not everything requires printer support, but yep, it's there and enabled by default. The ability to change desktop wallpaper, or sounds, or all of this other stuff, it's in there. Translucency of UI elements, this and that, it adds to how much RAM is getting used.

While you can really cut back on all the stuff that SHOULD be an optional feature, the fact that your typical user doesn't know what they might need or not need makes it so turning stuff on by default makes a lot of sense, right up until you run out of RAM.

Comment Re:Joe Biden and the EU used retaliatory tariffs t (Score 1) 149

There are layers to the issue beyond just the purchase price. It is known that the Chinese government is subsidizing the manufacture of EVs to sell them at a price that others can't compete with. It's not fair competition in that regard if a country is fully subsidizing the manufacture of goods to flood foreign markets. It may be good for consumers, but from that perspective, tariffs DO make sense. Also, China has blocked imports of many goods just to protect their domestic companies, which also skews things. So, putting tariffs in place, and limiting imports of select items DOES make sense.

Free market being equal, then sure, tariffs aren't needed, but if the US government 15 years ago started flooding foreign markets with goods at below the cost to manufacture, then you would have seen other countries using tariffs and import limits as well.

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