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And he would be wrong.

Remember, these criminals essentially get these parts for "free", they can undercut Apple even if Apple sells at cost.

And Apple never sells anything at cost.

Google is the bad guy to me.

Apple is not necessarily good, but 1000 times more trustworthy when it comes to user privacy.

Google is the cult leader of sucking every little details off its users because it genuinely believes it has the right to do so, nay, it has the moral obligation to do so for the good of all humanity.

Yup, as a Chinese I find seafood selection in your typical US supermarket borderline offensive if not so pathetic.

In China even a small city with 400000 population (that is small in China, don't argue.) located 1000 miles from sea would at least have fresh clams and a few live sea fish in watertanks at walmart.

In America all you average consumers buy are vacuum-sealed squares of bland fillet.

Mobile operator does not capture anything from the iOS Eco-system, ust like in the US. Since all mobile operators are state owned, I suspect this arrangement created a sore point between the Chinese government and Apple.

On the other hand "+" is not happening, please stop.

I don't believe Gruber is complaining about The Deck being blocked, rather arguing that some ad networks are "more equal than others" (which I believe is true BTW).

It matters little financially though, Gruber's main revenue source is not the puny little square at the bottom left corner of Daringfireball.net anyway.

I'm Chinese, and I am constantly reminded by /r/worldnews that blatant ignorance and hate for everything China is a thing, a common thing.

Still I do not understand Reginald's reasoning. The world or reddit for that matter does not revolve around a single person. Sure, visit or don't, do what you see fit. But the grand standing is pretty hollow if I may say so.

Then I remembered the worshiping of free speech in the west and people's reprehension upon mentioning PRC's tight control over media, or on a lesser scale, people's reaction to Apple's walled garden approach. Well, now some company is walking the walk (kinda, with caveats), quite hilariously it becomes poison and the Antichrist.

EDIT：Also I'd like to remind Reginald: The ilks of /r/CoonTown are huge obstacles to reddit's monetization plan, the fact is plainly obvious I really do not get the "blood money" angle.

First, I think EU was wrong on Microsoft's case with IE integration. At the end of the day, a superior Chrome decimated IE's dominance, not EU's fine or mandatory browser chooser.

Second, at the time IE was stale beyond belief and quite obviously inventing compatibility issues just to further its own dominance. Safari team have done none such thing, they just move at their own pace, doing the usual Apple thing, you can complain about their obliviousness but still attribute malice? That's rich. Webkit is opensource FFS.

Because Chinese people are still poor and you white saviors are good Samaritans doing God's work lifting us?

That is not true, Apple map is better than Google's in China, better than Baidu at navigation even. It uses a local map provider's (amap.com) data of course.

Because Google and its acolytes like to portray the company as the omnibenevolent curator of all that is good with the world(by world I mean everything online)?

The biggest win for me is contact access control, it drives me absolutely nuts when a messaging app or whatever insists on having full access of my very private and valuable contact info.

I think you've gone full magneto here :) which is kinda awesome.

if I recall correctly, Apple's Bluetooth BLE UUID is also randomized while in broadcasting mode.

If I haven't experienced the translucent effect on iOS 7 I would be as skeptical as you are. But despite all the amateurish things Apple did with iOS (Oh the icons),the translucency is actually very tasteful and providing a satisfactory sense of depth.

The translucency on Vista is just over the top besides a heavy system resource toll.

I'll have to wait to see how the see-through side panel works in reality to give thumbs up to Yosemite though.

I have nothing constructive to add. Just as a Chinese who frequently hosts dinner party for friends and coworkers, the idea of someone voluntarily using soylent as meal substitute is utter crazy and I feel personally insulted by the mere existence of such horrific product.

Well,that's a problem for Google,not the users.

The thing is I have absolutely no interest in join a bloody social network just to use my phone book, as a matter of fact I block every app on my phone from accessing the contacts info.

I suspect that I'm not alone in this regard.

I'm sorry, but Chinese people do not consider Philippines a proper enemy. Do consider another possibility though, that China now is really confident in its military power that taking back the islands by force become a realistic possibility. And the hawk posture is not only for internal diversion but also a display of global ambition.

There is constant outcry especially since last year. And protest happens daily in China. It's just that normally people stay on particular issues at hand rather than nebular banners such as "small government" etc, for cultural reasons and the protestors' own safety.

One Child policy is not well implemented across China especially in the rural area. People from rural area is also over represented in the military. I don't have any numbers but I'll bet more than half that's in the service still have one or more siblings back home.

I'm Chinese, my bosses happen to be Chinese too. We have iPads, tonnes of them, if not for the iPads laying around to distract the executives on several occasions I might be in a bigger hole than I am in right now.

I really wanted to like it, our COO still likes it(iPads everywhere, Surface shiny and not everywhere), but there is no way in hell I'm gonna let him go abroad with only the Surface Pro beside him. Never again.

I made the decision to purchase 12 Surface Pros for our company's executive team for their need of mobile computing and entertainment in the air. They are pretty, fits all the criteria on the paper and seem more business oriented than the iPad.

Worst career decision in the recent 5 years. It's too heavy; it does not last as long; sometimes it became unresponsive; it does not have the popular app of the month; Office lost certifications between continents(how such thing happened I have no clue) it had to be re-activated multiple times while I talked my boss through the process when he was literally in the tropical jungle with a bad cell signal; our legacy business applications craps out 3 times during the week anyway... the list goes on

Such fun.

Because it is inconsistent, jarring I might say for no benefit to the user even after a year.

Yes, in many ways it is better than Windows 7 and in some ways it is better than OSX as Windows always has been. But in the most visible ways it is confusing, unnecessarily complex (with a minimalist style!) and get in the way of productivity obnoxiously.

1 example: Windows 8 changed the short cut for input method switching from Ctrl+Space to WinKey+Space, but take you to another dimension (aka Microsoft Design Language née Metro) with a stroke of the WinKey. Often for a multiple language user like myself, the OS beam me in and out of the full screen psychedelically colored app launcher during my Office™ sessions enough times to make me RAGE.

Yes they will (most of times). One thing to remember: Taobao is entirely third party sellers. Nothing you buy come from Taobao itself. So from item to item, the terms vary quite a bit.

The country can be scarily efficient given appropriate incentives and/or connections. If something is stalled beyond reasonable period, chances are there are wheels to be oiled somewhere.

If you are having such a hard time come up with $200 to buy into the ecosystem, I'm sure you have other priorities than paying $2 per month for 8 articles that you may or may not find interesting.

Now I can say I vomit at groklow's general direction without any reservation.

No, but I do not consider violence inherently evil either.

As a matter of fact it seems most people do not consider violence inherently evil, it is unjustifiably glorified in western culture I'd say, by western I mean American, by American I mean US.

But there are many ways of inflict damages, patent lawsuit is just one of them. Why is this weapon special? If it is inherently evil, then using it under any condition should be condemned. If it is not, then again why treat it like it's special?