Snowden triggers flood of Crapware [was: Gruveo, more secure skype?]

Cathal (Phone) cathalgarvey at cathalgarvey.me
Thu Jul 24 06:40:38 PDT 2014


Very fair point; accepted!

On 24 July 2014 13:55:18 GMT+01:00, rysiek <rysiek at hackerspace.pl> wrote:
>Dnia czwartek, 24 lipca 2014 13:01:57 Cathal pisze:
>> Why nott "Windows or MacOS" while we're being explicit?
>
>I think stef's rules are really quite good as rules of thumb. I don't
>think 
>putting "Windows or MacOS" rule there would improve them in any way.
>
>At the same time I find that the "runs on smartphones" rule actually
>does 
>improve them, simply because "runs on smartphone" is a buzzword. It's
>oft-used 
>today as a marketing ploy, and when I see it my "snakeoil sense" is
>actually 
>tingling.
>
>I don't get that tingling sensation with "runs on Windows and MacOS"
>usually, 
>because that's usually just a statement of fact, not a marketing
>bulletpoint 
>that can be used as a leverage with masses today.
>
>-- 
>Pozdr
>rysiek

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