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TheKarateKid
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
You could say the same about "Chromebooks" -- but that doesn't matter anymore. Thanks to Chromebooks dominating schools and Google's general ubiquity, almost everyone knows what Chrome is if you've used a computer in the past decade.

The only market who wouldn't know is the same crowd that would never use a smart TV anyway.
TheKarateKid
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
> The ironic part of all of this is that while the EU may be forcing Apple into supporting RCS to fix the situation, Google has resisted every effort to extend RCS to their own Voice platform.

Google Voice has been in maintenance mode for years. It's unlikely that Google resisted adding RCS, but rather there's been no effort to actually do it.
TheKarateKid
·il y a 7 ans·discuss
Why is JavaScript even allowed in ads? Why can’t they be limited to images, text, and/or looping HTML5 videos?

Could you imagine if cable companies could control your Smart TV when showing ads and collect data about your viewing habits?

A minority of us have been saying this for years, WHEN will the tech industry cry loud enough for change?
TheKarateKid
·il y a 7 ans·discuss
Ad blockers block specific things - NoScript blocks all JS. It’s really not an acceptable alternative.
TheKarateKid
·il y a 8 ans·discuss
I agree that the idea of a sandbox and Mac App Store is still a vision worth continuing. The problem is that like macOS itself, it seems to have been sidelined for the past few years in favor of iOS and other endeavors.

The performance and limitations can definitely be improved, if not eliminated, if Apple focused on it. The question is: Will they?