While it would expand battery life that doesn't mean their intent was genuine. Could be a concern about their phone's image: "100%" looks better than "80%". It sounds like the "you're too stupid to understand" route.
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Having the same name was okay when the lowest VRAM version actually had enough for the time.. but today a NEW 8GB GPU shouldn't exist. People will hear reviews for the bigger version and mistakenly think that's what they're buying when sorting by price.
I hope GNU Taler does well in Switzerland. One day I would like to accept payments/donations using Taler ❤️
It's not piracy, it's unauthorised copying. No boats and murder here.
I assume most companies write somewhere in their terms that "lifetime" means effectively "whenever the fuck we want".
If there is a company that uses the word lifetime properly they may be worth a mention.
One man's feature is another man's anti-feature.
Having power over others means there is temptation to use that power for your own gain, and at others' expense. Resisting that all the time is a lot of effort. Best to reduce the amount of power to a more manageable level, and affect fewer people if not resisted.
Hopefully we'll have more compassion in the future and treat criminals like they're in need of help.. not ideal test subjects for a new torture machine.
Who are Oracle's customers?
Freakin' sweet'
They become shit when doing so makes them more money - eventually temptation wins. There is less temptation when a platform is open source (libre) because someone else can come along and host practically the same platform but minus the anti-features.