The powers that be at Verizon like to believe their company innovates. They want to be the leaders in new technologies and be at the bleeding edge of change so that they can profit the most. The problem is they don’t really innovate. In fact, they lag behind, and they know this. They know this and try to hurt others through bully tactics in order to force themselves ahead. Verizon is not the only company that does this, but since I use to work there and have a good feel for them, I’ll use them as my primary example.
You know, I question whether we should consider what is installed on the Kindle Fire as Android. While it is a fork of Android, it is a fork of a version of Android (2.3) that was never approved for use on tablets by Google, and behaves quite differently from Android in general. I would hate for someone to be introduced to Android through the Kindle Fire who is not tech savvy because I would fear they would base their opinions of Android on that experience.
First, read this:
So I’m going to rant about this, coming from the position that I own a vehicle with one of these deadly keyless ignition systems. Why? Because this is negligence of the owners, not the manufacturers.
Are you morbidly obese? Have you tried every diet and nothing has work? Well I have a response for you: you haven’t tried everything because if you tried the simplest thing, that is put actual real effort into it, you wouldn’t be fat.
What’s this easy simple solution to lose weight, you ask?
STOP EATING LIKE AN EAT BEAST
Rather than doing everything possible to make it difficult to obtain your content in the name of anti-piracy, and criminalizing those that pirate, these corporations really should just look into this question: Why do these people pirate?
The overwhelming response is likely to be: It’s easy.