I have to agree wholeheartedly. I find SQlite a great choice for web apps and small DBD websites as it's so much easier to deploy and more than fast-enought for most projects. Plus it is easy to upgrade if the need arises as the queries are for the most-part identical to SQL.
The real question is, when there are hundreds of horror-stories out there about Facebook and Google et al terminating access without notice or review and the devastating effects upon people's digital lives, why do the media and Gov do NOTHING despite thousands of complaints?
What should the media and government do? It is a civil issue and you have agreed to the companies terms of service, so in essence, you have given them consent to terminate your account if they see fit and then when it happens you kick and scream for the government to fix it?
The fix is if you don't agree with the terms of service, you don't use the service just like if you don't agree with a contract, you don't sign a contract.
Government's role in part is to enact laws to prevent one party from harming another. There are all kinds of laws on the books, from ones that govern unfair trade practices to keeping medical records private. It's not a stretch to imagine a law enacted to prevent online companies from killing off someone's digital life for giggles without any recourse.
Its probably already covered under "natural justice" setting up a better appeals process is far better than the EU eventually noticing and regulating you.
I have worked for heavily regulated companies and it sucks not even knowing that you will be allowed to launch a product you have spent years developing and to have that nice MR Murdoch get favored son treatment and be allowed to cross subsidise his products where you are not
IANAL but I don't think that any company can enforce a ToS that's against the law. OP stated that there should be some kind of law to regulate this and I agree. There are many laws (at least in the EU) that regulate some ridiculous things (e.g. shape of the fruit) so why not regulate this area if the end user will benefit from that?
Please stop using the shape of fruit anti-EU attack. The shape of fruit is regulated in the EU because it was demanded by the producers of said fruit and the manufacturers of the machinery they use.
Because not everything in life needs to be tailor suited to your needs by using the coercive power of the state. You aren't entitled to Google's products and services anymore than I am entitled to you creating a free search engine for me and allowing me to use it.
I wish that the government tailor suits the laws for my needs... I'm not talking about the right to use something. I'm talking about right to receive the support when you're paying for a service / product (and I'm not counting FAQ as support).
The right to use something is the same as the right to tech support. You want the right to use tech support.
Furthermore, what Google product/service are you PAYING for that you aren't getting support for? What Google service/product are you using that has no competitor?
That's not how contract law works. There are lots of laws relating to contracts that are, at least ostensibly, there to stop abuses of power from one party over another.
The threat from the [insert latest bogeyman's name here] is no reason to limit the freedoms of US citizens or spy upon them. It calls for the administration to take decisive action to prevent unauthorized access to critics systems.
Systems can be easily isolated and access totally restricted to trusted persons only. The rest is for movies.
The real question is why is no one looking at the US administration and asking simply, "why are you not prepared for this?"
Solving these threats along with SPAM and DOS attacks is child's play if you are really serious, yet it is played out in he media as if we can't do anything about it other than restricting personal freedom and creating national citizen surveillance systems.
Blame the boogeyman not the admin.
This approach means that every US citizen is a potential threat the the system and is treated as such making total nonsense of the entire premise of keeping America safe by these means.
I feel lucky that I am NOT a US citizen after all...
This. Is just sucker marketing to the 'cant afford a real POS system' and I don't mind giving-away for free (betraying) my customer-base for a cheap-assed alternative, merchants who can't be boned to read and comprehend the T&C.
Square = tracking/profiling of customers without their direct permission = scam-artists. Jack, please reply.
You're new to Hacker News, but you're encouraged to 'show your working' here along with your comment.
I welcome to see the data that Square is tracking purchases, and if it is, how is this any different to XYZ Supermarket's loyalty program/card, and how are they doing this without breaking any laws.
(Oh, and they've handled $15bn in transactions, sans Starbucks, I doubt they need the moolah!)
What do you mean by show I am working? Projects? Love to, how?
As for comparing Square to loyalty cards, I have to give actual consent to the card issuer, with Square, they track me as a customer without permission or consent just because the merchant has done a deal with them.
