I don't have the answer as it pertains to Uber, but the "marketplace" approach to things is pretty universal.

Ebay fees are upwards of 10-15%. Amazon fees can be as high as 45% Apple's app store fee can be 15 to 30%

Uber wants to get you coming and going by charging a Sub on the front end and splitting fees on the backend... it's like the worst of capitalism

It's too bad these models are built on the expectation of pirating the world

If you were running a shop, you would realize that nearly 100% of the fraud is "not chrome, edge, safari, or firefox"

It's unfortunate yes but that's what drives the threat signatures

Why would fraudsters use a browser that's likely to be blocked? They'll be using the standard browsers like (mostly) everyone else.

edit: it's noted downthread that automated testing of card details to find valid ones is a reason.

I spent truckloads of money on home theater and audio systems and have been quite happy with my Sonos.

I have the Sub, The original big play bar and some 1s and I have a record player that plays to sonos and then upstairs I have an Arc.

I've probably got 10 years on this system now and couldn't be happier. I remember having to replace my receivers 2-3 times in a 10 year time frame from failed circuits to needing HDMI to needing a newer HDMI and all that jazz.

My play bar has just been optical out from the TV and it's supported 5.1 audio realy well.

I use the spotify play direct. I'm not a huge fan of the newer app and I wasn't impressed with them EOL'ing products.

With that said, it's been wife and kid approved. Everyone in the house knows how to use it and its been problem free. No wires for my cat to chew on.

There is also a diminished value of mobile phones today vs yesteryear.

* Twitter is dead for all intents and purposes * Lots of mobile apps are dead/dying and people aren't using them in the same way they used to out of privacy or concerns - such as checking in where you eat or tracking your exercise/fitness. (Nike really screwed the pooch here) and see twitter dead * New phones just push performance which isn't really needed when people merely surf the web or click a few apps while they take a crap

I'd say a lot of the mobile apps are dead/dying because they gave up on the app store paradigm and went subscription. Take myfitnesspal for example - where its 80 bucks a year to subscribe to use USER GENERATED CONTENT and it isn't shareable because its not an app purchase, but rather a sub. So many apps did this now that the family share is useless..

and lets not forget phones are getting expensive in plans rather than more affordable.. remember the days of cable? that's what carriers like verizon are doing where its hard to avoid disney, hulu or game subs or other crap when you just want a cell phone plan

None of this is really true globally where the main sales falls are indicated. Particularly in Asia there is a huge growth in apps still from ride hailing to social media (TikTok is still allowed there, btw), and data plans are cheap and ubiqutous. Unlimited data can be had for just $30 a month in many countries. Even $10 in some.

What is true-- outside of the US -- is an extraordinary galaxy of Android phones available for every price point from cheap $80 (and quite capable RedMis) to $2000 Samsungs. All with dual SIMs and 1 TB capable SD Card slots.

Maybe people just don't want to pay for expensive and limited hardware (expansion wise), especially where their monthly salary maybe just $500 USD.

Telegram is growing though.

only because your linux distro is doing it for you not because bash has git completion built in.

on windows copilot is built into the task bar with a popout window on right side bar showing output that can work with clipboard. You can talk to it, copy in an image or screenshot and ask for details too. if you prompt for PowerShell it gives you a code block with a copy button. (oh and also reference links to learn more... which is much nice)

Here is my Esprit 120mm widefield version https://www.astrobin.com/full/r97r5j/0/

Oh nice! Except for Alnitak (I love me some spikes), I like yours more.

No idea. The markets did lunch Meta in the gut today though so who knows what the outcomes will be. It feels like a lot of goodwill but investors don’t agree (even though EPS was up)

I always felt Google did what Google does best by shooting off its own foot by controlling who has access to the google store with an iron fist.

Since Meta can't win over google, i guess the next best thing to do is make sure meta store can be on other hardware since G isn't allowing that.