Got a followup?

No?

Didn’t think so.

Were you expecting a reply while you typed the comment?

I’m not saying anything goes either but if people around you use less and fewer interchangeably, there is no communication breakdown at all.

Do you know the correct times to use practice vs practise?

People thinking the English language is static and has to follow rules.

This Is English, my friend. The top dog of non-proscriptive languages where meanings change over time and reflect current usage.

Want to force everyone to follow the rules?

Start speaking French.

True but the problem is that they see 1,000,000s of people using the free version and think they are leaving money on the table by not charging and assume ~50% will happily pay for it when the conversion rate from free to paid is usually closer to 1% than it is to 50%.

Giving something away for free then expecting to make people pay for it is always a winning strategy…

I am very comfortable with never owning a ubisoft game ever again.

Documentary on the subject

Wadda we doin’ tonight?

There ARE things where you can’t “bias” your way out of it, things that are objectively correct and incorrect.

There are still people who believe the world is flat.

The things you believe are objectively correct and incorrect are not the same for everyone.

That is the problem,

Reality is not the same for everyone and many people believe they have the right to enforce their version of reality on others.

yep. The bigger the sub, the worse it was.

You would get some niche subs were there was some decent discussion but once one passed about 100K subscribers there would be a noticeable downward spiral.

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Not surprising really, humans haven’t changed in that time.

Most people don’t want the correct answer, they just want their preconceived biases to be confirmed.

This is my blanket, there are many like it but this one is mine. (actually, all the others are mine too and I will claim them in due course.)

• The Kitty Creed.

without also blocking iMessage on older devices that no longer receive updates.

My guess at Apple’s response when they do block them: “Buy a new phone”

This is the company of “you are holding it wrong” after all.

It still works

Yes and allowing beeper to MaInTheMiddle your messages does not present any security issues at all.

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To the surprise of no one.

That is where I got the (fucked up) idea from.

IIRC: In USA. Teen sent nude pic to his girlfriend, both 16. He was charged with distributing child porn and put on a sex offender register for life.

Nah. then they will charge the child (and try them as a adult…) for distributing child porn images.