Thanks for sharing. Honestly it’s been nagging at me because I’m coincidentally on a business trip. It occurred to me whether I should tip the gas station attendant (or whatever it’s called, the person who refuels your car in some states). He didn’t seem to expect it and I didn’t, but I’ve begun worrying about whom I should be tipping.

I wasn’t aware about this specific way that corporate America is creating cultural habits that benefit them at the expense of the consumer. I’ll confess that it’s odd to learn about them from a fellow consumer.

It seems to me that hotels should be more upfront about their staff being unpaid and clearly post the guidelines you’ve shared about donations from guests. Although, I suppose that if they cared about the well being of their staff, they would pay them a livable wage in the first place.

As for me, I’m irked that I’ve evidently been a cheapskate over the years. I’m generally a very tidy person—I make my bed, take off my shoes when entering the room, and neatly organize my things in my suitcase and in the wardrobe. I find it awkward and unnecessary for housekeeping to attend to my room daily, and now I feel torn and more awkward about having to pay somebody extra for something I don’t want or deem necessary.

As a European, I had no idea this was something I needed to do. Man, I have so many questions.

How much? Is it a fixed amount per night or a gesture amount for the whole stay? Do I only put money in the envelope when I’m leaving or do I get a new envelope every day? Is it always the same housekeeper? Do they pool the money and divide it among themselves? If there’s anything the matter with the housekeeping, do I dock it from their tip? Are there envelopes for the bus driver, too?

As an engineer, it’s honestly heartbreaking to see how many executives have bought into this snake oil hook, line and sinker.

In 2014 he promised 90% autonomous by 2015. That was over a decade ago and it’s still not close to that…

That’s one perspective. On Lemmy alone I’ve seen various posts naming the specific individuals for assassination, citing specifics about how to do it, and inciting violence within those threads towards people of opposing political views. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to take these threats seriously.

I strongly object to inciting violence, in particular strongly object to your suggestion that I, or others in this thread, should use violence against Donald J. Trump. It’s absolutely not “necessary,” as you’ve stated. Despite your attempts to change my mind, I wholeheartedly disagree with your position on using violence.

Peaceful protests and civil disobedience are perfectly acceptable and effective means of expressing dissent non-violently.

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Your first proposal was to use violence, so let’s explore that thought.

Would you take pride in living in a nation where political opponents are assassinated when half the country dissents? This doesn’t sound like a better society than what we have today.

I will respectfully reject your suggestion to turn to violence and encourage others in this thread to also not be incited to do so.

Care to enlighten us about who your intended arson victims will be?

Are you sure this is the position you want to take?

I saw a Pixel 10 Pro with 128 GB storage online today.

Kinda crazy (stupid) how people spend that much on a fucking TV.

Omg but no it’s chemicals!

This honestly doesn’t surprise me, because English proficiency in France is below that of Spain, Russia and even Italy, which says a lot.

It’s the same thing with the Linux kernel

It’s funny you should mention this, because Google has needed to adapt this for mobile and are already open source. If the opportunity existed for a “free” and open source version of Android to be embraced by consumers, there are many such options today, like GrapheneOS (or even forking AOSP, for that matter).

My concern is that if the major contributor to that steps out, the volunteer community will need to substantially step up.

Consumer devices ship with proprietary software which is licensed all the time

The reason I called out your example of Red Hat is to illustrate how enterprise is financing a free consumer experience.

With a very limited enterprise market, it’s not realistic to expect this to apply to an almost exclusively consumer product.

So there are two options. Either we don’t have an open source Android and in addition to the license cost of GMS, OEMs would have to license the OS itself. The alternative is that OEMs shoulder the development cost of their own fork of AOSP, which would simply be passed on to consumers. Either way, this would drive up the price of devices.

I’m not sure why you’re speaking in hypotheticals about what Android could be if it had license fees, as it’s readily available in open source under the Apache license today and, despite that, steadily losing market share.

Android is already largely open source. Yet it takes a massive investment from Google to continue developing it and curate the app store with it.

I’m genuinely struggling to envision how we move from the current situation to a somehow better but more fragmented ecosystem that doesn’t negatively affect consumer experiences. Whichever way I’ve approached it, it plays in the favor of one company in particular who already has a leading market share in the US, and I truly don’t see how that would be better.

My interpretation of what the proponents of separating Android from Google are arguing is that it’s exactly Google Play, Gmail, Google Maps and the other parts of GMS that must be uncoupled.

The primary ways in which the Mozilla Foundation earns money is through search partnerships, donations and grants. Guess who is the major contributor.

As for Red Hat, this comes down to subscriptions or enterprise offerings, neither which really apply to a consumer OS unless you’re willing to pay a subscription fee out of pocket. I doubt there will be much to be earned from offering consulting or training, either, unless they make Android exceedingly confusing to use.

The only companies that would pay for Android are OEMs who are already making thin margins, and effectively it’d drive the price of non-iPhones up. The alternative is that OEMs take the Huawei option and fork AAOS and develop it at their own expense.

What do you mean by “get”? Who will be funding the creation of all these OSes? The phone margins are already razor thin.