Western brands in general are losing market share in China.
All these companies that outsourced in the 90s and 00s are having their chickens come home to roost.
Western brands in general are losing market share in China.
All these companies that outsourced in the 90s and 00s are having their chickens come home to roost.
I stopped using Adobe products when they went to a cloud based model.
Any professional software that’s subscription based is a nightmare.
Thanks!
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Bottom left: Comrade Chad.
What kind of bug?
Books as a subscription is the ultimate FU.
It is now morally imperative to pirate and freely distribute information.
You know what reduces copyright infringement? Making content available, affordable and accessible.
In the golden days of Netflix, I hardly torrented anything.
There’s also a “I’m not going to get some bullshit masquerading as the movie I was looking for.” thing in place.
I belong to a couple private trackers. I use them nearly exclusively and have never once downloaded a bullshit file/virus/whatever. It’s happened a couple times on public ones.
I know who the good uploaders are and know that seeding on the private isn’t going to get me flagged to my ISP, which happened twice before going off public.
I guess what I’m wondering is: why wouldn’t you use one if you can find what you’re looking for?
Love this story.
Some real axis of evil shit going down. Anyone who questions if they’re the baddies at this point is intentionally being obtuse.
I went to Germany in '96, and was amazed how on time the trains were. If the schedule said “7:52 arrival” then set your watch by it.
Now? Not so much.
At this point, it’s startlingly clear that de-industrialization is wide scale corporate raiding.
Can anyone point to a country that de-industrialized and maintained infrastructure?
Why is something as vital if not more vital than US Mail left to scummy private companies?
We’re well into the 21st century. Many businesses will direct you to their website when you call in.
Having affordable internet access is not a luxury it’s a necessity.
It’s petty third world mindset to allow these rent seekers to continue to profit off of awful service. Especially when they actively seek to block municipalities from setting up their own ISPs.