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I understand the problems with people using your email to register for sites. My confusion was the claim that verifying the email for some random stranger causes fewer problems than ignoring the verification email.

I have seen patents. The whole point is to share a method of doing something, in return for exclusive use of that method for a period of time. That's the theory, anyway.

> Violating patents is one thing, as you're only violating the concept/idea, but the implementation is still up to you

The concept/idea is not what is patented. The patent is (or should be) for the specific execution of the idea. Competitors are free to implement their feature using methods other that what is covered by the patent, even if the end result gives the exact same functionality.

Less of an ad and more of a "here, watch this instead"

Yes, but I don't understand what problem that poses for him. After he verifies the incorrect email address, they have full functionality.

I get these every so often and I'm curious what you mean my ignore at your own peril. My approach has been to ignore it and assume they will realize their mistake and reregister.

24 fps is the standard for cinema because that gives the preferred look for most content, with nice looking motion blur and whatnot. High frame rate may make sense for some movies, but it's not a win for the whole industry to go 48 or 60 or higher.

I'm not sure what you're getting at with the 120 fps comment, because that is obviously not the frame rate of the finished product, so it's not the same conversation.

Here, here. I'm a bigger fellow than average, and the best size for me is the smallest one I can fit in comfortably.

> “We find that three years of security and OS updates still provides users with a great experience for their device.”

Terrible non-answer. It's a great experience for the first three years and then the experience becomes much less great, which was the whole point of the question.

I'm not underestimating the impact of the switch and I am as in favor of it now as I was years ago. All else being equal, I would go for the USB-C device every time.

The point I was trying to make was that an android phone having USB-C isn't the most important factor for the person who posted. This is evidenced by the fact that they purchased the iPhone anyway even though USB-C options existed.

The charging cable was obviously not the leading factor when the purchase decision was made. It doesn't matter much that a different platform that runs different software and has different capabilities had models available with USB-C. Different phones for different folks and that's ok.

In any case, I welcome USB-C to the iPhone world.

The lifespan of those phones remains for the people that buy them used/refurbished. There is a strong secondary market for iPhones.

I moved a mile away from my old house and had to switch cable providers. I preferred the old one, but apparently I crossed the boundary.

I'm not a contract expert by any means, but this is what it says on the order page:

"The currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. The activation and use of these features are dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions. As these self-driving features evolve, your car will be continuously upgraded through over-the-air software updates."

Subscription is a pretty generic term and it means the same with apple as it does everywhere else.