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Another body for the Google graveyard: Chrome Web Store payments. Bad news if you wanted to bank some income from these apps

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"Today, there is a thriving ecosystem of payment providers offering a far more diverse set of features than a single provider could hope to. "

Bollocks. You could say the same about the android app store, but you still force users to use your own payment system.

Chrome apps were a horrible back anyway. They were a way to get around the shortcomings of the ChromeOS "everything runs in a browser" premise.

The security baked into ChromeOS is good. If they actually allow sandboxes apps to run, and ditch the browser-centric UI, then coupled with the already existing Android integration (windowized android apps) , they'd be onto a winner.

As it stands, OS configuration, even the SSH terminal are shoehorned into browser tabs. The obvious problems with that exist, not to mention the completely different UI for browser Vs android (and it's not due to touchscreen emulation.. The Android mouse interface does that well)

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The one before Harmony? Huawei pushes out EMUI 11, running on Android 10

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Thank-you both for your replies. I checked the update thing, and it said in on the latest version.

I then checked on their website, and that is indeed the case, for some reason.

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My Huawei medialad m5 got an Android security patch in May, but it's still running emui 9.1.0 / Android 9 !

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Ireland unfriends Facebook: Oh Zucky Boy, the pipes, the pipes are closing…from glen to US, and through the EU-side

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Re: About time too

Can't you buy your umbrellas elsewhere?

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Pension scheme cold caller fined £130,000 by UK data watchdog

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Re: "This company clearly flouted the law when they should have known better"

Why not? That's how our government operates.

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Brexit border-line issues: Would you want to still be 'testing' software designed to stop Kent becoming a massive lorry park come 31 December?

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Re: Phantom Brexit Downvoter

Yep, that has happened to me. When I scared some brexitter with facts, all of my new posts and posts going back months were downvoted.

Still, keeps them off the streets (a shame it doesn't keep them from voting!)

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Nominet backtracks on .uk domain expiration money grab, critics still fear sweetheart deal to come

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Arrgh! Really? Bugger!

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Yeah, like you, and maybe the original poster, I've moved all my .uk to .wales/cymru !

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If you think Mozilla pushed a broken Firefox Android build, good news: It didn't. Bad news: It's working as intended

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Re: An alternative?

I agree about the browsers, but unfortunately, it's apps in general.

Stupid changes made to add "bling" with no way to disable things. Options and preference controls removed to "make things easier".

I've been quite depressed with the whole GUI and app scene the last few years. I would pay thousands for a desktop I'd actually be happy with. I currently arse around with three different systems because none of them do what I want.

Everythings been "consumerised". I'm not being elitist,I just want some things to allow me to retain some level of sophistication and control.

</it was all fields in my day>

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Auto-updating of apps is annoying if you're using the app at the time.

It's bad enough that things can bomb out if google decides to update GMS without your knowledge.

I've not updated firefox yet - but I was bitten by a crappy product "upgrade" for some other app a few years ago, so now auto-backup all apks and associated obb's etc.) - there's been quite a few I've had to force downgrade.. You know, the type:

Some app comes out with some useful features. Over time, more and more is added. Suddenly they bump up the ads, or increase the cost, and suddenly you're expected to pay more for bling and "features" you never wanted in the first place. -- And I pay for apps that I use, but even some of them have been guilty of switching to a "pay++" model where you are nagged to pay again for stuff you don't want.

Bleugh.

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Apple hits back at Epic, says Fortnite crew wants a 'free ride' on fees: Let the app store death match commence

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Re: re: eat your hat

Dodgy comparisons??? Everybody knows that tech related analogies have to use cars!

It's the law!

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"The lack of factual, economic, and legal support is unsurprising because Epic’s antitrust theories, like its orchestrated campaign, are a transparent veneer for its effort to co-opt for itself the benefits of the App Store without paying or complying with important requirements that are critical to protect user safety, security, and privacy," Apple writes."

If Epic was able to deliver their service any other way, Apple would have a better (although still dodgy) argument.

"it wants the court to allow it to free ride on Apple’s innovation, intellectual property and user trust."

Free ride? The iBlob owner has already paid for the device.

Imagine I wanted to sell seat coverings for Vauxhall Astras, and Vauxhall responded "Jamie just wants a free ride on Vauxhalls innovation, intellectual property and user trust."

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Linux kernel maintainers tear Paragon a new one after firm submits read-write NTFS driver in 27,000 lines of code

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Re: Bit harsh

I admit I don't use it much, but what's wrong with /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs ?

"TFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for Linux, Android, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, QNX, Haiku, and other operating systems. It provides safe handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 NTFS file systems."

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Pass that Brit guy with the right-hand drive: UK looking into legalising automated lane-keeping systems by 2021

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Re: This has to be subject to rules for automation

I was going to say the same thing. If a system technically allows you to stop focussing on driving, people will. To be "ready to take over when prompted. " doesn't just mean you can grab the wheel immediately - you also need to be already fully aware of the speed, road conditions, the traffic on your left, and right, in front, etc.

The only way for that to occur is, basically, if you are driving! Therefore, any system that requires you to be ready to take over at a moments notice is only safe if it isn't being used!

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This is node joke. Tor battles to fend off swarm of Bitcoin-stealing evil exit relays making up about 25% of outgoing capacity at its height

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Re: I continue to be surprised

You're right, and for those reasons, EV certificates are dead. https://www.troyhunt.com/extended-validation-certificates-are-really-really-dead/

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NASA to stop using names like 'Eskimo Nebula' and 're-examine' what it calls cosmic objects

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Re: Stop calling me Welsh!

Yeah! That'll teach ya!

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Stop calling me Welsh!

"Welsh" means either:

1) Not honouring a debt.

2) A foreigner.

Now, unless you are Welsh yourself, stop using such an offensive word to describe us, or I'll come over to your country, and never pay back the money I borrowed!

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Re: Goodnews

When I was in school, we did Shakespeare in English classes and drama classes, independently, but roughly at the same time.

Whilst the English classes were stuffy, our drama teacher always highlighted and explained all the rude jokes, and double entendres, which made the class much more interesting.

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Re: What's next?

I know your sort.... All us 44132EB8810As look the same, right?

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Spitting image foresaw this!

https://youtu.be/pHp9Cakv2Fg

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Pay ransomware crooks, or restore the network? Guess which way this city chose after weighing up the costs

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Re: I wonder if...

Surely they will need to rebuild and sanitise their network anyway if there's bern an intrusion?

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Apple's at it again: Things go pear-shaped for meal planner app after iGiant opposes logo

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Re: Here's a test

Even worse, they're not even in the computer market. They sell... fruit.

If anything, apple should lose their name for misappropriation of a term outside their field...

Or, if they think an apple looks too similar to a pear, they shouldn't have used what they obviously see as a generic icon in the first place.

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Google to pull plug on Play Music, its streaming service that couldn't beat Spotify, in favour of YouTube Music

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Re: I've just uploaded my music collection to...

All available here... https://archive.org/search.php?query=goon+show&and[]=subject%3A%22The+Goon+Show%22

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Amazon gets green-light to blow $10bn on 3,000+ internet satellites. All so Americans can shop more on Amazon

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They better not fly above MY house!

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'I'm telling you, I haven't got an iPad!' – Sent from my iPad

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Re: Every time

At a previous job, way back in the large 90's, I was informally running the sites web proxy. Chatting casually to one unit manager one day, I told him that porn is being looked up all the time.

I had to log requests, but I didn't view or act on them - that's up to corporate, and if they flagged an access from my proxy, I'd have to pass them whatever relevant logs I had.

Fortunately, in the years I was doing this, this NEVER happened. But invariably I'd be debugging/tracing, and I'd see the contents of the log.

He was curious to what was logged, so I offered to show him.

Back in my office, I had only run a tail on the log file for a minute when some dodgy porn site popped up.

"See?", I said. There's porn all the time..

"Who's PC is that?"

"Hang on..." (looks up address) "Errm, it's yours!"

This was one case where someone could not be accused of lying when he protested his innocence!

It turned out that as he was away on his lunch break, one of his staff used his faster PC for his staff break!

Fortunately, he was a chilled sort of guy, and nothing was ever made official, but the staff member concerned got an embarrassing talking to!

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Face masks hamper the spread of coronavirus. Know what else they hamper? Facial-recognition systems (except China's)

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American (and now English) "patriots"

Whenever a trumptard has commented about masks being against his constitutional rights (presumably like speeding, drink/dtiving, murder etc.) I've explained that the whole "anti-mask" movement is actually a conspiracy started by the deep-state, because their America-wide network of hiddrn cameras can't track people wearing masks, and that Trump is only going along with it as he's being blackmailed.

TAKE BACK YOUR RIGHTS - WEAR A MASK!

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See you after the commercial breakdown: Cert expiry error message more entertaining than the usual advert tripe

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Re: the number of people dying in their bed

Also, it's important to name your children! It greatly increases their chance of dying horribly if you don't!

You may that most people have names, but the number of times it's reported that "A man, who has not been named, was found shot yesterday", or "A couple, who have not been named, died in a car crash yesterday."

KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE - GIVE THEM NAMES!

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SoftBank: Oi, we paid $32bn for you, when are you going to strong-Arm some more money out of your customers?

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Re: IMHO $32B is not reasonable

Maybe it's Warren Buffet you're replying to!

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UK government marks 'at least' £115m for new Brexit systems against backdrop of chequered IT project history in customs and border control

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Re: Winter is coming

I agree entirely, and I'm doing the same. The shortage due to panic over covid.... We ain't seen nothing yet!

I don't know yet what to do with all my savings. I'm wondering whether to move to a savings account in dollars...

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At least it's not Farage: https://youtu.be/txY6JmP9ULg

But we still have to watch out for Mogg :-( https://youtu.be/-j_CxQFziFU and Johnson https://youtu.be/Z1vtJcXamSc

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To be fair to brexitters....

To be fair to brexitters, whilst we haven't yet found the magic unicorns, it does now seem that the government has found the magic money tree.

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Re: Preparation

Len, the government didn't want the brexitters to know the truth until as late as possible.

If they'd been honest from the start, they'd have never got it passed... How many of those in Ashford would have voted Tory last year if they knew the lorry park was coming?

They needed the hard-of-thinking to be in the dark for as long as possible, and now finally some of them are getting a clue, the government are now gaslighting by telling us that they told us all along that due to brexit, people would lose jobs, and the NHS would face cuts:

Video here: https://www.indy100.com/article/andrea-leadsom-no-deal-brexit-job-losses-tory-leadership-video-8950416

Silly us, that £350 million on the side of the bus must have been the government telling us of the cuts.

Evil, evil bastards, the lot of them.

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After huffing and puffing for years, US senators unveil law to blow the encryption house down with police backdoors

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While they're at it....

Can we finally make PI equal to exactly 3? They've been faffing about this one for years, but now the time is right...

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Crazy...

Definitely living LAEDA loco....

[ sorry ]

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Tech firms, come to Blighty! Everything is brill! Brexit schmexit, Galileo schmalileo

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Re: Hey Mr Psycho stalker downvoter

Cheers!

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Hey Mr Psycho stalker downvoter

I see you're back.. You seemed to stop for a few days - perhaps you were taking your meds then.

Just to encourage you to continue, DOWNVOTE THIS YOU SAD TWAT!

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Internet Society, remember your embarrassing .org flub? The actual internet society would like to talk about it

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Re: Sod ISOC and PIR

Yeah, you're right.

Cheers

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Sod ISOC and PIR

.org should have been (and still should be) taken away and handed over to a new custodian.

Since when did they "own" .org anyway?

Let them do whatever sham internal investigations they want - it will be something to do to fill up the extra free time they'll have!

On a similar vein, the UK government should reassign *.uk to someone else to - a non-profit that can "encourage" responsible use of the domains, rather than adding dubious domains that confuse the DNS structure, just to make money.

"Uk" belongs to the UK not nominet.. Boris? When you finish doing nothing about Cummings, and sod all effective about coronavirus (England, prepare yourself for second wave / lockdown #2 in 4 weeks time, all because of early rule relaxing designed to shift attention away from Cummings eye-drive test), take back this public asset and reassign it. If it helps, Cummings told me to tell you. Oh yeah, and where is the Russia dossier?

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Former UK Labour deputy leader wants to know how the NHS's contact-tracing app will ensure user privacy

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Hancock

Isn't he the one who said the app is working well through testing, and will be launched soon?

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Internet blackout of Myanmar States that are home to ethnic minorities enters second year

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Ahhhh. You got me..I can't think of a witty response either!

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You can't take another road if no other roads exist!

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Re: And others

Why is he denying that the tik-tok/k-pop people affected his rally attendance? Surely it's the perfect excuse he can use to justify why only 6,000 nutters turned up.

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Bloke rolls up to KFC drive-thru riding horse-drawn cart only to be told: Neigh

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It happened in Swansea 10 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRo2WsH6TbE

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Google isn't even trying to not be creepy: 'Continuous Match Mode' in Assistant will listen to everything until it's disabled

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Re: Oh mighty one...

Goddle?

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Customers of Brit ISP Virgin Media have downloaded an extra 325GB since March, though we can't think why

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Good point.. Even his "Jekyll" account would have suffered that!

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You have the same name! (first name AND surname - even the spelling)

I thought this might just be the sane account.... Your Jekyll to bombastics Hide!

Dare I ask why "maximum" ?

cheer, J

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You're in the UK? So you're not actually "Bombastic Bob"? !!

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Someone got so fed up with GE fridge DRM – yes, fridge DRM – they made a whole website on how to bypass it

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Re: Please correct me if I am wrong but...

My appliances resent that designation!

My fridge/freezers keep everything cold to the correct temperature, automatically switching on and off when required. They don't need software patches, and the fridge even puts a light on when you open the door!

Dumb, they are not!

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An Internet of Trouble lies ahead as root certificates begin to expire en masse, warns security researcher

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Re: start using DANE and CA if you must

For obvious reason, the CA's have been against DANE. Hopefully now we have "Let's Encrypt" giving free cerfiticates, their hostility will be reduced.

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