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Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
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Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#92Please read it from a consumer perspective about consumer topics: (of course B2B is very different, where other things matter) * products/software without DRM, always-online, analytics, tracking and spy "features" - bad for consumer personal privacy, and prevents second hand market, products cannot be owned anymore, try buying Windows 10, John Deer tractor, Tesla S without that crap * Cash money: those Davos attendee…
Cash was never a good store of value. You could easily lose everything to fire or theft over night. And governments can create inflation to erode the value of cash pretty quickly if they really want to.
There is no erosion of the idea of ownership. As someone who is renting in London I can assure you that quarterly inspections and thick, dirty carpets are an effective reminder of the fact that you are either an owner or something between a child and a criminal.
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#93Truecrypt
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#94Java before Oracle.
How was it different then?
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#95Chrome, the fast, stable, and lightweight alternative to Firefox. I don't know quite where it went off the rails...
When they decided to favor revenue over their users' privacy.
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#96New laptops with a column of [Home] [PgUp] [PgDn] [End] keys on the right side of the keyboard, instead of nothing (or a numpad).
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#97Google Reader
https://www.inoreader.com/ - I might be mentioning it too often, but it's a great replacement that mirrors the Google Reader UI closely while adding a lot of enhancements. It also doesn't throw away old cached posts.
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#98Windows Live Writer
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#99Google Reader
Feedbin is a pretty good alternative, especially when coupled with Press as an Android client.
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#100limewire