Weird, I thought the problem with users was that we want apps not because other people have them, but because WE want them. I don’t care what iOS has in a general sense, I care if the app *I* want is available. This isn’t a sheep situation, this is a situation where I’m a fully-informed consumer aware of his own…

Well then, you’re pretty much SOL for well-supported mobile OSes.

I was under the impression that the Pokemon you see differs based on your level. Is that not correct?

Hyperbole. But major players are cutting at least as fast as anyone’s bothering to join, and most of the joiners aren’t there for Mobile, but for UWP which means it just happens to filter to Mobile if they feel like making the effort. Mobile is on life support and few see any benefit to committing resources to it.

But for how much longer? Everyone seems to be cutting support.

We already know the answer to THAT one.

By this point you’re just trolling for outrage, right? Nobody actually still thinks this is an original or valid perspective after a week of social media being plastered by us making fun of your short-sighted viewpoint, right?

Yep, people are treating it like a failure, when it was dramatically more successful than was intended. It was a test, a proof of concept as you said, and a data collection service. It was always meant to be the framework to then do things like this with. It succeeded.

I went to Disneyland a few weeks ago for the entire day with brand new low-top shoes my girlfriend bought me because I realized I had no shoes that worked with shorts because I’m a walking man stereotype who never buys appropriate clothes for himself. Anyway, predictably, they utterly tore up the backs of my ankles…

I’m sorry, but... WHAT? He picked the wrong suppliers because he mistakenly chose suppliers who aren’t immune to natural disasters and MEXICAN SHOOT-OUTS? Yes, how dare he not pick suppliers who exist outside our mortal realm. How dare he accurately and honestly explain the actual, real reasons there were delays…

I love Anker. I support this.

I love Anker. I support this.

Sure, in hindsight, but in the moment, making sure they weren’t dying was, indeed, higher priority.

...what?

GFWL was a very different beast than what they have now, which is the core store built into Windows. They’re hardly comparable. And the point is, it’s their conduit to get people to actively use it. Makes perfect sense why they’re doing it. The group of people who are adamant against it is actually quite small. The…

I’m not sure why this has to be asked. Why is Microsoft putting Microsoft games on the Microsoft store so people get used to buying things directly from Microsoft? I feel like the question answers itself.

I’m wondering if you read this article at all. Placebo’s far more complex than that, and in most cases does not, in fact, amount to an actual effect, just as stated here.

Placebo often exists outside the patient. We see placebo in animals and plants, as well. Why? Because the effect is often in the observer/researcher, not the actual recipient.

You seem to be restating the very question this article is focused on answering. The placebos don’t, in fact, help in most cases and when they do they often come at the cost of skipping more effective, more efficient, real treatment options. As well, the attitude behind fake treatments helps support worse and worse…

McMike is doing this thing on the Internet that’s utterly unprecedented: publicly admitting he was wrong. It’s nearly as revolutionary as this hoverboard.

I still feel endless hate for the fact that anyone’s daring to call these “hoverboards” and ruining it for future generations if we ever actually invents REAL hoverboards.