I think Netflix would simply see that as a nice extra benefit. But the main reason is to "stick it" to the writers/actors. Without incurring the wrath of customers for the price hike themselves, they will just point their finger....
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They've made Linux gaming a thing. And there where no players there either. So I do not believe that is their actual reason.
The actual reason is that Valve does not want to be beholden or locked to a corporate entity like Apple or Microsoft. They would be very dependent on the whims of those companies.
Linux gives them a platform where they know and can influence it's future.
Perhaps, and this is very cynical of me, they are thinking, how can we make folks feel bad against the writers and actors?
- price hike and people pay for it: They blame the writers and actors for the price hike.
- price hike and people do not pay for it and leave, Netflix and people can blame the writers and actors as well. ("see!?!?! those demands are just not accepted by people!!!! ")
It's the only reason for the price hike I think.
I would actually pay for Youtube Premium Family, where it not for the fact that it does not work with gsuite accounts (which I have for my family).
We have spotify for the family, and I would cancel that and switch to youtube and music premium of google. For three dollars more we get ad-less youtube as well as music.
Sorry google, gotta pay attention to these things.
I second that request, I need to know more and read more about all of this and all of the sides, before I know what I'm talking about.
Agreed, that would not be beneficial to anyone really. Basically a "shitty move".
Seems like Republicans really did not leave them any other option though.
Also: the reporting of the New York Times has really nose-dived in quality the last few years.
Thinking about it more... It would have been an interesting tactic of the Dems to "cooperate" with some more level headed Republicans and sideline the Chaos Caucus from having anymore influence. It could have had major impact on the effectiveness of the house going forward.
As I understand it, they actually tried this. Sort of. But McCarthy was very ANTI-DEMS towards it. So they voted the way they did.
I see your point. It's just kinda... Not true I think.
As I see it: They never wanted McCarthy anyway, he was too extreme for them from the beginning. They realized pretty soon that they would rather see him go then stay, since it would just be too difficult to get on board with his shenanigans. He was not being a Speaker of the House, the whole house, he was trying to be the lackey for the Republicans.
And using the shutdown as a way to pressure them was a republican thing. Not the Dems. The Dems just called their bluf. Which in the end.. turned out to be just that.
In the end, republicans are doing this to themselves, they are (rather) quickly destroying the party from within. Fascinating to see.
I remember there used to be an idea floating around of paying pennies for sending email a few years ago. It would combat spam, since it would not be economically viable to send millions of emails. It failed; since it would kill email, no-one wanted to pay and lock access rights to a certain group of people.
Elon is claiming he wants this for combating bots and scraping. Whether true or not, he will realize soon enough though that people will not pay for it. (Perhaps even find out it's not bots, but actual people downvoting him)
(At the same time, it's a bad thing we do not want to pay for good journalism/info, it leads to free ad-riddled sites with shitty click-baity content. The good stuff is behind paywalls, and therefore not available to the general public. This leads to a breeding ground for conspiracy theories. Since those are available for free (they want the message out there) and the actual researched stuff is hidden behind those paywals)
The fun part is... My printers are always recognized by Linux. Never by windows. I need to always download all kinds of stuff for windows.
Same thing for all of the other stuff in my computer. It's already in my Linux kernel. For windows I have to search for simple things like sound drivers!!!
So I'd say: Linux is easier!
Most people will switch smartphones anyway. Nothing you or I can do about it I'm afraid.
Better we get then hooked on fairphone then.
True, but him talking about it diminishes the impact of these words. Lowers the bar so to speak.