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Re:The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @02:23AM (#10702407)
Much of that article didn't make sense, but there was a nugget of truth in there. Cable is losing subscribers, but that isn't a unique problem to ESPN.

I don't think the sportstainment industry will see a bursting of the bubble, so to speak. I do think instead, people who consume sports and sportstainment will simply pay more to make up for the suckers that were pitching in without ever realizing it.

There are sports fans out there that are cable-cutters, but not as many as you would think. Sooner or later, sooner if they have any sense, ESPN will move to the HBO Now type of model. That will bring many of them back.

Re:Mozilla Will Stop Developing and Selling Firefox OS Smartphones on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @01:42AM (#10702277)
Hugely disappointing. Actually love my Open C once I upgraded it to FxOS 2.2

Dear Mozilla, I hate IoT devices. I don't want them. They are security exploits incarnate. At least a phone is useful, why the hell do I really need a microwave with an IP address? I don't.

Re:Mozilla Will Stop Developing and Selling Firefox OS Smartphones on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @01:36AM (#10702265)
Because Google has almost completely stopped pushing things to AOSP and instead keeps all the goodies locked under their proprietary apps. There is no AOSP for their "Okay, Google" stuff for instance. Most Google AOSP functionality is stuck in Android 2.x days.