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Grandma would love the homebrew CLI!

> you seem to really resent the process

Do you know anyone who really enjoys it?

> There is a competing platform that has all the properties you espouse.

Thanks. This platitude was refreshingly insightful, and not obvious

> users seem to prefer using the Mac App Store.

Citation needed. Also, notarization is mandated by Apple, or the app isn't allowed to run. Guess what? The notarization certificate costs more than the Mac Store review (developer account).

Lastly, are you an Apple employee, or just a fanboy?

Outside of the "cult of Mac", people aren't really convinced on a $1000 laptop-ish device, on which apps are only allowed to run after passing an anal probe from the app store review team.

Which is why Apple stopped reporting unit sales on devices

1. Invest 50% in an index fund

2. For the short term gains, Gilead sciences, and other antiviral makers, even generic chloroquine & friends, are likely to gain FDA approval for CV.

3. Ventilator makers and even CPAP manufacturers are likely to see a massive spike in demand

Donate your gains from #2, #3 to needy CV patients/health Care centres

> At the scale of shit the world is dealing with right now, it just doesn't matter.

There are different ways to cope with adversity. The "Keep calm and carry on" method is a contrasting formula, which applied to Chrome, would see maybe one release versus three or four, even in the midst of an adversity.

As much ubiquitous suffering as there is currently, the comfort of at least a (slower than usual) browser release can be a ray of hope in an otherwise bleak horizon. Heck, if my browser won't even update, forget fixing a massively multivariate system/problem like public health, or the economy.

Your/Google's self awareness of privilege is much appreciated. But if you really want to make a difference, a slower release cadence is much more uplifting than resigning to the virus.

Because overconfident Reddittors >> HNers

I don't understand. Regardless of COVID, they always need to consider the impact on developers.

Like I said in my previous comment, the newly remote Chrome team may be facing many unseen roadblocks, but I expect that to be a temporal window of delay, after which the team should resume shipping, albeit at a slower cadence due to reduced productivity compared to normal-times WFH.

Remote work now is likely lower in productivity than normal-times WFH. If a software company cannot adjust to remote delivery, albeit at lower than normal productivity, the rest of the economy has no hope.

I don't understand Google's decision here - I wish they simply predicted a longer than normal release cadence, versus none at all

I think Google AI is choosing a more appropriate animal, after reviewing the Democratic primary debates so far?

France seem to be one of the few countries willing to openly challenge Apple's hegemony, be it planned obscelence, or colluding with distributors.

Why isn't the EU enacting this at the continent level? And why is the US asleep at the wheel?

All it took to curb his inner price gouging criminal and bring out the philanthropist was a teeny weeny criminal investigation. What a model citizen!

The only person taking anything I said out of context is you. I've been very specific about the 7% estimate being unique to Italy, replete with a source. I've never claimed that to be the overall wordlwide mortality rate, so read before accusing someone.

> Please, act responsibly ..

I suggest you practice what you preach, and read someone else's well intentioned, informed opinion without attributing malice or intent to spread falsehoods.

Most of all, the false narrative that a universal health care system somehow handles pandemics any better is clearly being proven wrong in the case of Italy, which is what I was trying to point out