The complaint is "if we have to put up with your crap at there should at least be a reason beyond 'just because.'"
The argument you get from Google is that downloading APKs is dangerous so everyone should use the store. When they don't police the store anyway then it's obvious they're just abusing everyone.
Man I miss PDAs. My dad worked for 3com so I had a palm since about when I learned to read.
I was early with smartphones because I thought they'd essentially be PDAs with a modem ("They're just working out the kinks.") Smartphones have to be the most disappointing thing that's happened to consumer computing.
It's kind of funny that with pervasive networking I miss having to be mindful and sync everything I wanted to take with me.
I think you should really ask why you want to be here. The "tech scene" is really all online. I've lived in "tech hubs" and it's not what it looks like from the outside.
Unless you plan on being homeless (which is complicated and very hard even if you're not an immigrant, I know from experience) the high salaries are not going to make up for the high cost of living (especially in SF or NYC) and that would be assuming you had a professional job here (which you don't otherwise you'd have a visa.)
If you're just looking for urban culture there's nothing the US has that France doesn't other than a lot of stuff that's been on television. Maybe take a vacation to Marseille. I always wanted to go there when I was a teenager.
They're jealous of the platform Apple has created where they can sell the users rather than sell software to them. This requires cryptographic hardware like the TPM.
Obviously it's not going to work because the only advantage Windows had was being the last popular platform that didn't work this way^ but the admins in charge of the decisions probably don't understand this.
^There also used to be compatibility with early y2k apps and familiarity of users from school but both of those have been quickly eroding.
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Trapping 20% of tech illiterate users would be a loss considering they currently have upwards of 80%.
> Obviously it's not going to work because the only advantage Windows had was being the last popular platform that didn't work this way^ but the admins in charge of the decisions probably don't understand this.
If they can trap 20% of tech illiterate customers into their garden would that not already count as a win? Now they can extract more money from them than they could before.
It's a little too late for it to matter. My understanding is Twitter was bought with debt secured by TSLA. If the debt gets called the stock gets liquidated regardless of Musk.
Even if the shares are his collateral, they're still his for now, which means he still has outsized influence on the company. The GP is arguing that if he were to sell a bunch, that might be better for the health of the company.
The argument you get from Google is that downloading APKs is dangerous so everyone should use the store. When they don't police the store anyway then it's obvious they're just abusing everyone.