teinac

thanks, interesting news.

I see a lot of similarities to the tobacco industry. The consumption of an unhealthy product is being marketed as a way to “slow down” from the stress of the day and being more mindful.

I was both a fan of del.icio.us (yahoo times) and later pinboard.in, but I'm more and more loosing faith and trust in the guy who operates it. No mobile apps (all third party, relatively unreliable, to one that I've used disappeared from the store overnight). Sometimes slow or down and no status page. Twitter account is being used for political messages on US politics (no objection against the expression of opinion - but why can't he use a personal twitter account instead of mixing it up with his business?). The Chrome addon broke and didn't get fixed (using an unofficial clone now). At least it's possible to export the bookmarks as html,xml,json - which I do regularly.

(Having said that: I have been a paying customer for years).

"Oracle's litigious nature". What a beautifully short and concise phrase. I immediately had to write this down and stash it as an argument for the next time someone at work pushes to go for "Oracle $product" after having received a bottle of wine from their sales team.