On 5/4/2016 10:47 AM, Cloudbuster wrote:
> On 5/4/2016 2:42 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 5/4/2016 9:41 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 5/4/2016 3:31 PM, notbob wrote:
>>>> On 2016-05-04, Nancy Young > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Not even a LITTLE weird, if I get the app I can download a
>>>>> book to read on vacation/whatever.
>>>>
>>>> My computer doesn't need an "app". It has "programs".
>>>>
>>>> Why can I get maps on my computer, all day long, but when I try and
>>>> get it on a mobil device, it demands I use an "app", which all too
>>>> often
>>>> requires more $. I'll tell you why. Hand-helds are nothing but
>>>> revenue
>>>> generation devices. Buy the device, buy the service, buy he app.
>>>> It's one big revenue genorator. Why in the heck would I spend more
>>>> money
>>>> on something I already have? Make no sense, at all. 8|
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>>
>>>
>>> Revenue generator? Some of the games a better than printing presses at
>>> the mint for making money.
>>>
>>> Never paid for an App. Google maps is free. Only advantage over a
>>> computer is portability.
>>
>> Games have always been moneymakers. I've probably spent less than $50 on
>> apps for my phones/tablets. $1.99 for an app doesn't seem unreasonable.
>> Free is even better - just watch out for those in-app purchases. I don't
>> partake in that. I prefer it this way rather than the old days of
>> games/programs that cost $50 and more. Things are way better these days.
>
> The tradeoff is less privacy as apps tend to ask for the keys to all
> your device's personal settings.
>
> I guess we just have to trust that Skynet is looking out for our best
> interests...
>
> Of course that didn't really impress Sarah Connor, oh well.
>
>

What you say is true. The society that our kids will live in will be a
lot different than ours. Mostly, we must resist the script that says we
have to view the younger generation with doom and gloom.