Spot on, my boy. A lot of folks see this as a consumable like music and should be a free commodity. I akin this to free music for download and the death of an industry. A NEW industry popped up and gave us streaming music and there was no longer a need to OWN music. Artists were also given tools to expand their music on every platform w/ very little investment.
The shared resource thing, is just Netflix turning a blind eye, because their business model worked for a time and allowed this to happen. Now that DVDs are all but dead, this was the next logical business revenue model that needed a revamp.
How can anyone blame Netflix for FIXING a loss leader in their business line(s)? We all run and work for start-ups .. its the natural progression of finances at scale.
Some folks run businesses that succeed, other ran (past tense) start-ups that failed.
Unfortunately, the lasting affect will be a net positive, because sometimes you have to just be the adult and say loosing money isn't an option. I would like to call this shedding the college weight, and firing 80% of the work force, because the business will die otherwise in the case of Twitter.
Would you rather run a business with much higher ROI with a small user base and run a lean business, or a fat business with super scale data but bleeding out money? I'm not sure I get the argument against this.
So basically they saved money on streaming bills, reduced "ghost" numbers from the bottom line, and maintained probably about the same level of equity.
After replacing the head unit in my Tacoma, I couldn't live my life w/o the modern amenities with Apple CarPlay, TBH. I drive my wife's Nissan and just so let down on the interface of early Rogues .. but at least the entire setup now comes up in a 2020 we drive. Anyway ... GM is shooting themselves in the foot on this one.
I think GM (and most car manufacturers) miss out on the partnerships with such players like Apple and Google entirely to extend their OS reach and ubiquity. The SYNERGY could be a billion dollar package add-on. What also puzzles me was why Tesla never bought Apple or vis versa. The UI/UX fast-track in such an endeavor would be mind boggling.
Sounds like someone had some money in FTX! After seeing all the social media influencers pushing the product and services, absolutely love this list.
The cooperative group think can be ... absolutely terrible, and having someone who is delivery to this level of scrutiny in a check-list style is probably the best I've seen in a long time.
philosophy -> math -> computer science -> engineering.
That's the traditional hierarchy from an educational perspective on one end to the other, as far as I visualize it.
Everything has to start in the brain and be cognitively teased out to become the [math] part. The traditional scientific method then realizes it within the scope of the math foundation, that then in my world gets manifested into a software realization that can do mechanical things, and then it drives the physics and rubber-meets-road physical texture of it all. The realization of science always starts with a cognitive idea and general philosophy of one's ability.
As Sheldon would say, "I have a general working knowledge of everything in the Universe."
I don't think they intentionally tried to kill the industry, as it was foreign production didn't have this problem of unions. Also the Japanese during the 70s had a lean six sigma type thing going on.
Little more complicated than Unions I think, that lead to the point we were at.
What you do with the results is a legal argument after the fact. It's like saying we give you food, but you can't store the poop. Honestly - there is a house of cards just waiting to be challenged. Then again .. this is Google ($$$)
I'll be honest, at this price point I'd just snag a Boosted Board and get on with my life. Way less effort and like 50% cheaper in some configurations.
Sorry, no win. They look awkward like Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk forward.
The trend towards 0-configuration VPNs though make it totally compelling to just port your traffic home. I'm not trying to be a fan-boi, but I want ALL my traffic off the network of snoop. I'm just going to go out there and say Ubuiti and Teleport with WifiMan on phone/tablets/computers and 0 config bar codes, I mean its ALMOST frictionless for my family to do this setup once its going.
I least try to do this while we travel and are out of network range. How do people feel about this?
Not necessarily a bad thing, TBH. Think of it like our Senate in the US. The Senate is a longer view, while the House is the shorter populous public-opinion. Not sure of the Parliamentary influences, but someone who was as respected and revered in an status where one COULD get the longest view on staff (so to say) - why not?
Honestly, I think the US populous really feels the same about this but from the perspective our history. On the other side of the coin, is the UK has been one of longest running allies in the world with a common history born out of the womb of war. The romantic nature of nobility runs from a far, without the struggles of having the institution in that format - though some would argue we do, but in the oligarchy of wealth. I need not go further, as it treads that fine line.
I myself, am in agreement however. If governance of the UK would modernize, the removal of generational status like what a monarch represents would be a step in the right direction. Why one would do that, and loose the history in the process? Not sure if the UK populous is ready for that, since its still a beloved part of the country and outwardly is a hallmark of the country's brand.
I digress. I am probably just speaking ill of the dead to some, but just glad to be in the US for our representation structure of legislation and executive by proxy. Direct Democracy is the red headed step child of mob rule, and I'm content to not have that either.
The shared resource thing, is just Netflix turning a blind eye, because their business model worked for a time and allowed this to happen. Now that DVDs are all but dead, this was the next logical business revenue model that needed a revamp.
How can anyone blame Netflix for FIXING a loss leader in their business line(s)? We all run and work for start-ups .. its the natural progression of finances at scale.