Re:The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked
by siglesias on Friday September 27, 2013 @01:55AM
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The common definition of spam is something that most people consider junk but a few people might use, thus justifying inflicting it upon everyone. Your definition is almost the opposite: something that most people find useful but that you happen not to need. This is an abuse if not outright misuse of the term.
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Re:The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked
by do-it-good on Friday September 27, 2013 @12:28PM
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Haha, many people just find it too painful to admit they were ever wrong. So once they say they support a given team, party, church, company they start ignoring all evidence against it.
Interesting how after your original argument (the difference between app and bookmark) was defeated you came up with a new one (percentage of people liking).
Re:The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked
by siglesias on Friday September 27, 2013 @12:48PM
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I don't think anybody made the claim that no app is spam, only, from what I can tell, that no iOS built-in app is spam. Which is more than lots of Android phones can say about their built-in apps.
Re:The new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked
by eropple on Friday September 27, 2013 @02:42PM
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Many people enjoy getting political news emailed to them. Many, many people. Yet it infuriates me when it gets forwarded to me because it is--wait for it--spam. It is annoying crap I don't want.
Spam is defined as whether it annoys the receiver, not the sender's intentions. And there's no 'unsubscribe' in iOS.