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Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 13 years ago
I don't think being mobile only is Path's problem. Plenty of social networks like Instagram and WhatsApp have flourished without a webpage. For most people, Path doesn't offer anything they don't get from Facebook, or Twitter, or Foursquare, or Instagram, so they stop posting or checking the app.
Comment · 14 years ago
Apple is still expensive, but the whole "Apple Tax" meme is a myth. We pay barely more than GST than the US for Apple products, which are also never advertised with sales tax. http://anthonywrites.posterous.com/apple-tax-for-australians...
I think it's more to do with, like you said, Android phones covering such a huge spectrum of the market. Also that flagship models are often hugely discounted. Australian's love bargains.
Comment · 14 years ago
It's probably worth mentioning that in Australia, off contract phone are far more popular than they are in the US. We have many competitive pre-paid options, so buying a phone outright often is cheaper, or better value than going on a plan. The Nexus 4 may have found the perfect market for skipping carriers.
Comment · 14 years ago
It's also a little strange that Indiegogo only allows campaign contributors to post comments, something I learned when trying post a similar warning message to yours in the comments section.
Explains all the positive feedback though.
Comment · 14 years ago
"Myth: I've heard two factor authentication doesn't work in IMAP and POP"
I've found this to be true - to a certain extent. I had two factor authentication turned on and found it to be a nightmare in OSX Mail. Failures to retrieve mail, asking for my password constantly, etc. I was resetting the application passwords every two days. I tried to research a fix, but in the end it became less of a hassle just to turn it off and have my email work 100% of the time.
It's probably a bug in Mail.app in Lion, but I can't say my experiences with two factor auth have been positive.
Comment · 14 years ago
Sadly, I think retina iMacs are further away than we'd like to hope. Eizo has a 36 inch 4K monitor for $35,000¹. There's a 31 inch 4K Viewsonic Monitor for an undisclosed price². Even that's only 150dpi. If Apple wants to make a pixel doubled 27 inch iMac for under 10K, I'd be surprised it if they could do it by 2013.
But then again, I thought the retina MacBook Pro was impossible. So perhaps I'm not the best judge of these things.
1. http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/eizo-showcasing-its-35000-4k-lc... 2. http://www.engadget.com/photos/viewsonic-vp3280-led-31-5-inc...
Comment · 14 years ago
I don't think selling is broken provided purchasing is easy. Like how iTunes does it.
iTunes couldn't be more painless - search, click, password. It's true that the death of scarcity makes it hard to compete with hundreds of other sources offering it for free, but many people, myself included, find it worth the $15 AUD to get it legally without having to dick around with seeders, shitting ID3 tags, album artwork, and deleting original files after an iTunes import.
What Alphabasic is doing is fantastic. I love Bandcamp. I wish everyone used it. It has lossless files, and all the music is streamable.
Convenience is a big deal, it's why iTunes, and hotel room service, is popular and profitable.
Comment · 14 years ago
Get a US iTunes account. $2.99 for new TV episodes, soon after they air, in 1080p HD. And a much larger selection of movies too.
Granted that doesn't solve the problem, but it's convenient, cheap, and at least I'm giving SOMETHING to studios and artists.
Comment · 14 years ago
Apologies for the deep link. This page had already been submitted to Hacker News, but I thought this post deserved more discussion.
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/02/varoufakis_on_v.htm...