Yeah it’s funny how the content and service providers want to control the entire internet when they’ve proven countless times to abuse their power and regulate legal content that is not of their liking.
If YouTube decides to start blocking certain devices from its servers, ISPs can at least retaliate, in a free market and throttle their connection to pressure them to stop uncompetitive practices. Since the ISPs must consider the interests of their customers.
Right now there is no check and balance on these behemoth technology companies and they appear to be acting above the law.
I feel like goog's best case outcome is everything open. They want amazon to sell their stuff, support their users, and they want to support Amazon too. But when one side is playing hard-ball for years, at some point you have to do something.
Light alcohol consumption has been shown to have a beneficial effect on health. I'm not sure where this doctor is getting his information from, but in terms of stress relief, a couple alcoholic beverages a week does not appear to be utterly distructive to the human body.
agreed but for how long? further, playing poker for cash is slightly different than feeding your cows and selling sunflowers. I am sure not everyone will switch.
Actually the Windows division of Microsoft is still the second most profitable division of Microsoft. The Windows divison is 3rd in revenue, 2nd in cash.
Cash and Revenues are two totally different things on financial statements, like the ones pictured in the article. jamesredman is completely right that the article is incorrectly titled. Cash cow refers to something that generates free cash flow and this article misinterprets that to mean revenues, which actually have costs associated with them and don't represent cash flows.
