Governments are going about this the wrong way. The problem isn’t with app stores. The problem is that you can’t install a different OS on your phone (or current Mac, or iPad).
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reddig33@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challengesEnglish25·2 days agoLots of things we could do to encourage having children in the US. Like providing socialized healthcare. Investing in education. Higher salaries. Better work benefits.
But we don’t do any of these things. Quite the opposite. And yet the powers that be still expect us to want more kids?
reddig33@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challengesEnglish58·2 days agoWhat a shite article. Reads like a pro-natalism opinion piece instead of news. I gave up about 2/3 of the way through.
Goes on and on pointing the finger at women, as if men don’t want to have babies either. Has a very “it’s all your fault” tone. Then whines that baby boomers are aging out of the workforce.
Dumbass, there’s a reason they are called “boomers” - they were born during a period when there were an unusually large number of births. Boomers are the exception not the rule.
And the Trump administration has been putting everyone out of work (have you seen all the layoffs this week?), so it’s probably a good thing there will be less people in the workforce since there are equally less jobs available.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The End Of The Hackintosh Is Upon UsEnglish691·2 days agoThe nice thing about the Hackintosh was the upgradability/repairability. Wishing Apple would bring some of that back.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The End Of The Hackintosh Is Upon UsEnglish233·2 days agoWhy would I want that? I don’t even want it on my Mac.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Open Source@lemmy.ml•If Oracle goes bankrupt in the future, what would you like to see as the destination for some of its products?English1·3 days agoDoes Oracle own JavaScript? I thought JavaScript was developed by Netscape and that Oracle claimed to own the rights to Java, which is not the same thing.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft’s Edge browser now loads sites even fasterEnglish311·3 days agoIt’s sad and pathetic that Microsoft gave up on their own rendering engine. Edge is just a chrome clone with a bunch of privacy invading marketing crap stuffed into it.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•How much spacing while stopped at a red light?English25·3 days agoYou should just be able to see the ground under the back tires of the car in front of you. That’s the appropriate distance.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Car crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. English311·3 days agoWe should be retaking driver tests every seven to ten years to keep our license.
Poorly designed roads, signage, and intersections cause a lot of accidents. Think on ramps that throw you into traffic, and off-ramps that want you to get over three lanes after exiting in order to turn right at your cross street.
Lack of traffic enforcement drives up insurance costs and reduces city revenues. Some states have cheaped out on the reflective paint used to stripe roads, so you can’t see lane dividers in the rain. More of that wonderful “deregulation” and people not wanting to pay taxes I guess.
It also doesn’t help that many states are getting rid of car inspections for some bizarre reason. Not great to avoid shit falling off of the car in front of you when you’re going 70 mph.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perkovic and fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concertEnglish521·4 days agoDumbasses.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Chestnut eats 70 dogs, Sudo 33 in July 4 gut check - Salon.comEnglish1·5 days agoIs there any kind of donation from Nathan’s tied to this contest? Would be nice if it was something like “$1000 to the local food bank for each hot dog eaten.”
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Samsung phones can survive twice as many charges as Pixel and iPhone, according to EU dataEnglish562·6 days agoThat’s strange, considering they all use the same battery suppliers.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How China's new auto giants left General Motors, Volkswagen and Tesla in the dustEnglish82·7 days agoYou left out “Uyghur slave labor”.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•US private payrolls post first drop in more than two years; layoffs still lowEnglish52·8 days agoSkilled people in healthcare will just get jobs in other countries. There’s too much demand worldwide.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Republicans and Democrats in Secret Talks to Create a Third PartyEnglish16·8 days agoShould’ve pushed for ranked choice voting when they had the chance.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user baseEnglish1·8 days agoYou say turned around, I say ruined. He’s just remaking it into another IBM by selling services and killing anything innovative or creative.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user baseEnglish21·10 days agoIt’s Microsoft’s current CEO. All he is interested in is subscription revenue. Xbox hardware is next to go.
Breaking up Microsoft would be the best thing they could do right now. But it won’t happen.
reddig33@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Temperatures reach 46C in Spain as Europe heatwave continuesEnglish5·11 days agoI’m not. Today in Austin was “feels like 110 degrees Fahrenheit” according to the weather app.
How many real life users are going to install software from somewhere other than the built in app store on their phone?