In other words, "if we think you could sue us and set a precedent, we will give you your money back. But if you're poor, we won't respond to your phone calls."
Google is trying this with their YoutTube Red, which removes all advertising from YouTube.
I believe it is actually kore profitable than advertising. With ads, an average person is worth between $0.01 and $1 a month (depending on what type of ads), much less than the $9 for YouTube Red.
Hello sir, we're performing an investigation. We accept cash, check, and credit card. Just hand us your wallet, sign here, and then realize you can't afford to hire a lawyer because we took all your money.
Hey that's fine, no need for a warrant. You just have to let the judge know that you think that person is a terrorist. And also what reasons led you to think they're a terrorist. Oh, and also what it is you're looking for, and why you think you'll find it.
If by "continuing effort" you mean, "parsing new errors in your build, realizing that functions you used have been removed, and finding no information on the web", then yes, I absolutely agree
Google probably doesn't care whether developers use their open source projects -- they hardly make any money from it and they make 95% of their money from advertising.
I have determined that relying on Google products is just a bad idea.
I once included Google's V8 engine on a project I was working on. Google would regularly make breaking changes with no documentation. Developers were required to figure out the new interface on their own... occasionally you would find someone else on a forum somewhere who had reverse engineered it, saving you the time.
Sure, Google can do whatever they want. They have no obligation to people using their open-source projects. But he result is that many developers will be reluctant to use those projects in the future.
The show is interesting because it combines a late night talk show format with a news format. Their special segments are often in the same format as a nightly news program, where they take an issue, perform research, and prevent a side.
Should we hold these types of shows to a talk show standard or a news standard?
When CBS presented a fabricated military report about George W., they were rightly condemned for presenting false information and presenting it as fact. If, instead, the fabricated document had been shown on John Oliver, would we think it's OK simply because John Oliver is partly comedy?
It's not just techies or criminals that want this level of security: companies also want to keep things secure, trust me. In the oil rig industry we used TrueCrypt to secure (1) employee/vendor lists, and (2) location scouting information. Given how difficult it is to obtain tis information, competitors would pay big dollars for this information, regardless of how obtained
Obligatory article about YouTube: they reduced the size of the page from 1.2MB to a 98KB. All of a sudden, average page latency INCREASED because people in remote areas could now access YouTube (where previously browsing the site was too slow)
Good thing everyone has been so honest about data capture of Americans ...
“What I can say unequivocally is that if you are a U.S. person, the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls and the NSA cannot target your e-mails.” President Obama, June 16, 2013, on the Charlie Rose Show
During a March 12, 2013, Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Sen. Ron Wyden asked DNI Clapper if the NSA collected any type of data on millions of Americans. Clapper said: “No, sir.”
“We don’t hold data on U.S. citizens.” DNI Clapper speaking at the American Enterprise Institute on July 9, 2012
“Provides the government the same authority in national security investigations to obtain physical records that exits in an ordinary criminal case, through a grand jury subpoena.” Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaking on the Senate floor on May 22, 2011
In these cases, though, we're relying on the employer to institute those salaries. However, the employer usually does not have an incentive to pay more if they can get the same thing for cheaper.