Comment Turns out... (Score 2) 28
... the gamers were right all along and Neil was full of shit.
... the gamers were right all along and Neil was full of shit.
I don't know what they can do about that without breaking their business model
If a business model inherently depends on non-cooperation, opacity, or immunity from justice and harm becomes systemic as a result then that model is not only broken; it is unacceptable.
If you jurisdiction requires communication software vendors to provide law enforcement with a backdoor and/or encryption decryption capabilities, your jurisdisction is not only broken; it is unacceptable.
That's because in Europe you are expected to act like a grown up and comply with the spirit of the law, not just the letter.
So entirely unwritten legislation that you're supposed to just mind-read is the norm, got it.
I would have returned the item and demanded my money back
You breaking the license is not the problem of whoever sold you the item.
In this case it is by law pretty much everywhere because you bought a physical item.
The device and the software on the device are not the same thing,
This, precisely. You might have purchased a physical item and do own it, but you absolutely were not granted ownership of the software running on the physical item. You were granted a license to use it. A license with terms and conditions. A license that can be revoked.
What does the world market share matter in California?
What does California market share matter to the world? Imagine if companies had to bend to conflicting rulings of hundreds of different courts from different jurisdictions.
I will never get why Apple insists on creating their own protocols rather than using tried tested and true standards everyone else uses.
Have you pondered what Airplay is ubiquitous and why people love it? Once you do, you'll have your answer.
Is FCC LARPing neither Nokia nor Ericcson are a thing?
Because if you succesfully hacked the bootloader, your malware is invisible to the OS.
Imagine being so out of touch with reality, you still try to paint AC: Shadow as some sort of failure. After all the reviews and released player numbers are out. This is embarrassing as fuck
Because using âcellâ is an emergency / last resort when nothing else is available. It generally both involves cost as well as way more battery drain, so why would you voluntarily use cell connectivity unless you are forced to by circumstances?
Because sms and calls cost money, but data is included in the plan. Duh.
A kernel-level driver can only exist if it was signed by Microsoft, so now they are openly admitting they sign malicious software?
I donâ(TM)t know. If they actually hired Cavill and let him steer creative, it could be glorious.
I am afraid you do not understand. There are no furher restrictions placed on your right to redistribute the sources. You can freely do it. It's just that it means Redhat will terminate their customer relationship with you. Which means they no longer have to offer you binaries. Which means they no longer have to offer your sources either.
It's devilishly clever legalese. Stupid and annoying yes, but also devilishly clever.
Fear is the greatest salesman. -- Robert Klein