I know I am worth ~50$ a year to the Ad business. I'll gladly pay $60 a year for access to content. That $60 gets redistributed to content providers based on the share of my viewership they get.
Basically, cut the middle man (ad companies in this case).
Can we stop with argumentative and ultimately pointless comparison between the US and China.
For me what's astounding is:
"Lastly, nothing is transmitted from the individuals device to the receiving server over HTTPS — all in plaintext via HTTP — and updates are unsigned.
This means all the data the app collects is transmitted to the unknown entity on the receiving end in a way that allows someone with a trivial amount of technical knowledge to intercept and potentially manipulate" [0]
Is there any reason besides incompetence why the apps developers would do this?
Tech giants must pay for work of artists and journalists which they use
Small and micro platforms excluded from directive’s scope
Hyperlinks, “accompanied by “individual words” can be shared freely
Journalists must get a share of any copyright-related remuneration obtained by their publishing house
For Chinese hanzi, some people also use a stroke input method. You are presented with ~10 possible strokes that make up all hanzi, and by selecting them in the correct order you can write a character.
I work as a consultant and I find that for “problem solving” in person communication with colleagues and clients is fundamental.
When I’m working on a model I just put my headphones and I know people will disturb me only if they really need to. Which is fine, I’m here to help in the first place.
It is important to remember that your manager's and your own goals may not be alligned. In other words, managers may not have your best interests at heart. Always have to look out for yourself.