Only time will tell. (but with no equivalent tech to base it on, you're right, it is entirely assumption)

You make some good points. I can agree that this is not a good business as a private venture for all of the reasons you've listed. We already know that from the Better Place failure.

You caught me. I realized about the 1,920 max when I started talking about only swapping in the initial 50 batteries, but I didn't mention it because even if they swapped in all 50 in one day they're into a $600k+ yearly income (after battery expense - $1.1ish million revenue) which still makes a viable business.

I can completely agree with your point on how the 'return to you' swap is done, it needs more details. I would assume that they transport it to the nearest swapping station and you go there to swap it back in. I believe they only plan to use this option if, for example, you swapped your original battery in another…

You have some valid points, but I think my numbers still hold up - at the very least, the profit per swap, the most important one, does.

All you need is a little research before making your ridiculous claims and then they won't look so ridiculous.

Just the ones who planned on stabbing players to death for not listening to them. (read: none)

I'm guessing you didn't read the article.

You do realize that was his share of the profits of Mojang who he owns a portion of and they own a portion of Minecraft. He still owns most of Minecraft and on top of that $3mil dividend from Mojang he also made $101million in licensing fees from his still owned share of Minecraft. He's got lots of money and nothing…

Any possibility that once Apple has some better bulk discounts coming in from the labels, they will just buy Pandora for its users and algorithms?

You're kidding right?

Wait a minute... You're telling me you don't trust Microsoft to run a closed software system and keep malware out, but you trust the telecommunications industry to ensure your open source phone is malware free. You do realize that telecom is well known for easily and sometimes without warrant allowing the government…

Well that's exactly why this is not an issue. How many older folks and dumb blondes do you know with a modded xbox? Especially ones with a modded Xbox one, which probably won't get modded for a long time and/or be a very techie exclusive thing due to the persistent Internet connection requirement.

I'll give you that point, IF it happens, but I still maintain this is much, much less of a privacy threat than a smartphone or PC Which everyone has and next to no one knows how to secure. (Meanwhile the people who will be able to unsecure the Xbox are generally techies who know how to watch out for malware)

Actually, I don't have a gaming console currently and don't plan to get one either.

Do you mind if I ask what kind of phone you use? Because you're talking about something getting hacked that first has to be willingly modded and willingly have unapproved software installed, even so, on a device that can have the camera unplugged. If you use an Android phone there are currently apps in the play store…

If you mod your Xbox and install 3rd party software, it's you're own fault if you get hacked. Also, if your Xbox is modded I'm sure it'll be plenty easy to run without the kinect plugged in.

Yes, and the Ethernet cord is plugged into the Xbox, not the kinect.

You can't just install any software you want on an Xbox, it's a controlled app Eco system like the iPhone.

Finally a brain in the conversation.