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According to https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1336163726345441280 it appears to be fixed now.

It's not just just Verizon. AT&T, in particular, has a habit of locking important features (VoLTE, Wi-Fi Calling) to phones running AT&T-branded and certified software. So unless t…

I've seen plenty of devices implement this. Of course, they were all ones I'd flashed with CyanogenMod...

As a practical matter, I don't think either the phone manufacturer or the phone company want to be in the position of certifying that every replacement dialer meets regulatory requ…

> - Someone else pointed out that the article isn't about a choice, the dialer was forced on the user. If you want the phone to come with a dialer (I think most people do), then so…

So when Google updated the Nexus dialer to include search-based "Caller ID" that was a bad thing? Or when Google upgraded Messenger to include RCS support?

I think you're missing large parts of Amazon's consumer-facing value. First and foremost, they have Kindle. To a first approximation this means that "everyone" who reads ebooks use…

This is shortsighted attitude that, in the long run, will be toxic for Apple. It's one thing to not give developers what they want because you can't ( doesn't fit the technology or…

Makes me wonder if this is at least partially intended to create a reason to roll back common carrier status.

Yet

It's been good enough to support their Kindle Fire ecosystem without using Google Play (I don't think anyone else has succeeded with something like that outside China), but they're…

> Desktop app stores never really took off with steam being the only exception. And steam isn't for apps. Mobile app stores aren't for apps (or at least paid apps) either. If you f…

As long as you get your mutable code right. If there are any unintentional holes in your instantiate/operate/consume box...

Except, in the general case, that isn't true. Many of the Park Service social media accounts that were shut down do disseminate emergency information. That part of the "shutdown" w…

Well, teacher salaries are lower in other parts of the country (though it is also true that salary vs cost of living is less out of whack in most of them).

I'm not saying the permission request isn't overbroad, but "manage downloads" seems potentially reasonable. I'd imagine that some permission along those lines would be required for…

Or it may just mean that the brain drain won't have a direct day-to-day impact, just an indirect, growing decay in capacity and capability as people leave and the team struggles to…

Choosing to take (or not take) a position on protecting people's rights is part of running a public company. This sort of thing shapes Apple's brand, makes a difference in recruiti…

May? What kind of crazy optimist are you? Personally, I'd bet on will.

> Even the richest persons on this world would not be "allowed" to "buy" their freedom from the "social contract". What do you mean by buying your freedom from the social contract?…

I'd say the goodness of Boston's public transit depends on your comparison set. If you compare to the rest of the US, there aren't many cities with better public transit. If you co…

> Assuming that the equity packages of both companies is $0 throws away useful information. Well, no one said that all the $0 equity is valued at the same zero. There's nothing wro…

People? So Apple isn't interested in selling to families and couples anymore?

I don't know that they will. If the first recall had been enough - that they'd really found the problem, fixed it and made things up to their customers, I think they could have don…