The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked • Hacker News Board

Re: The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked

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Post by gcb0 » Wed, Oct 02, 2013, 10:22 PM UTC

sbuk wrote: post #228

gcb0 wrote: post #223

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Well, you can still order pizza trhu the "ad" app. so let's call that built-in functionality as well, shall we?

How about we call it what it is. Advertising. However you frame it, it's advertising. Is it useful? Who cares. It's advertising. Order a pizza using the app and your telco gets paid. Twice. Being able to remove Apple's built in apps is besides the point. Yes, it's mildly irritating that this can't be done, but it's not the same thing. Pretending otherwise is disingenuous.

So if a site shows ads for its sister sites it's less intrusive then an ad for a pizza?

Re: The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked

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Post by piyush_soni » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 5:52 PM UTC

ankitml wrote: post #208

piyush_soni wrote: post #152

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Really, I think the same. Comparing just a browser bookmark which doesn't always come in your way with an ever intrusive app and loving crapware just because it's from their loved company? I mean, I knew Apple fans are dense, but this is excessive.

no one has paid apple to do that. It is not an advertisement. It is more of like internet explorer built in. Whereas undeletable advertisement bookmark is like having a unchangable wallpaper by some third party.

No. Undeleteable advertisement bookmark is just like an undeleteable advertisement bookmark. It's NOT like an unchangeable wallpaper. Bookmark is not always in your eyes - even when you are using the browser! I am surprised that so many iOS fans have trouble understanding it. The unwanted Apple apps, on the other hand, are ALWAYS in your eyes. You understand the difference now?

Re: The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked

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Post by sbuk » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 7:37 AM UTC

gcb0 wrote: post #231

sbuk wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about we call it what it is. Advertising. However you frame it, it's advertising. Is it useful? Who cares. It's advertising. Order a pizza using the app and your telco gets paid. Twice. Being able to remove Apple's built in apps is besides the point. Yes, it's mildly irritating that this can't be done, but it's not the same thing. Pretending otherwise is disingenuous.

So if a site shows ads for its sister sites it's less intrusive then an ad for a pizza?

What has that got to do with anything? We are talking about an app! Not a blockable ad on a webpage FFS.