They didn't leave X six months ago, they left Twitter six months ago. The rebrand did not start until July.
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It only needs enough users that Google keeps paying enough to be the default search engine.
It would definitely require a substantial effort for Mozilla to find other funding. If I were Mozilla right now I would be trying to secure other deals to act as a safety net if this ruling goes through.
That said, with Firefox being open source apart from the branding another group could pick up development if Mozilla were to somehow go under. One of the popular "spins" of Firefox could become the predominant version and could see further browser development there.
I don't know if you accept feedback, but the second paragraph has no real context.
Well, it would change their experience. They would see improved photo quality to/from Android users via text messages. But Apple has managed to train people to think that Apple's refusal to put iMessage on other devices is somehow a shortcoming of Android.
Yeah, 2.4GHz WiFi with a decently powerful transmitter would do great in this scenario. You'll have line of sight so you could likely cover the entire football field with one transmitter.
Why QR codes? Your phone can read regular barcodes as well. Giant lets you use your phone to scan, but you need to connect to their public WiFi for some reason.
That's a bad analogy, because a chicken is a Galliform.
But you're comparing apples and oranges. With a Chromebook, the OS is being updated to a new version every month. You're comparing a device being able to support a certain number of versions of an OS to an OS receiving application and security updates. It's a meaningless comparison because a typical laptop running Linux can be upgraded to an arbitrary number of new versions of any Linux distribution.
Or I could just... buy a laptop that doesn't have an expiration date.
And when that support period ends... I just install the next Debian release.
When the support period for ChromeOS ends, I'm "officially" out of luck.
I have a 13 year old laptop that runs current Linux distros without a problem.
Publishers put ridiculous rules in place for digital content. Libraries typically need to pay the full cover price for an ebook and it expires after 1-2 years. So not only can libraries not receive donations of used ebooks like they can physical books, they are also restricted by the limited life span. Sure, physical books experience wear and tear, but that's built up through use. A less popular book could sit on the shelf for a long time and not degrade substantially, but an ebook could go without being checked out once and it will still expire.
If I'm buying an ebook from a DRM enabled bookstore, there is no reason why I should not be able to sell the book or donate it to a library when I'm done.