To add to this: I bought a Steermouse license well over a decade ago. I paid once. I’ve been using it ever since and it’s maintained and updated. No subscription. Isn’t charging for updates. This is what software should be.
I'd love to use this but is there any risk that this will get Google to flag me as a bot/malicious? I wanna make sure I can still pass captchas and don't screw anything up for testing on my dev machine.
By the first definition it requires “unselfish regard”. If MrBeast is pulling 54 million a year (along with lots of fame and clout) he’s not exactly qualifying for the first definition.
Definition 2 is the one I’m most familiar with from the animal kingdom, and it actually requires that the giver either gain nothing or lose something. So that may be where people are coming from who take exception to his behavior being described as “altruistic”. By definition, it is not.
My grandmother was quite the baker, and was known in particular for her pies. For apple she swore by the Pippin. She was very upset when they became uncommon in supermarkets.
I’ve carried on her tradition, and as a substitute I do half Fuji and half Granny Smith. I think it provides a nice balance. But, I’m always on the lookout for Pippins.
One point not mentioned (and I’m just paraphrasing Levine from Money Stuff here):
It’s crazy because it would probably be BETTER if you had more bots. Then you could say that your revenue per user was higher and you could argue that you had more room for growth. So, if anything, lying and OVERestimating the bot count would help your valuation more.
Any idea what percentage of this reduction is due to offshoring manufacturing?