It's part of a general trend towards the Compuserve/AOL model of trying to lock people into proprietary access to stuff so that the vendors can get their sweaty hands on your teats and milk you.
B > On 11 Aug 2015, at 22:02, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't participate in this general overweening cynicism and paranoia > > Facebook sucks big time anyway. I don't give them any information I don't > have to, and hate it that all you who only communicate using it forces me to > have an account there to communicate with you. > > The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or information > from or about me that the website doesn't already have or acquire from use. > > Flickr's "crappy little app" is in most ways better implemented than their > browser pages, and presents photos much more speedily and with higher quality > than most browsers, regardless of platform. It presents a cleaner, nicer > viewing experience. > > I can think of many more annoying internet things to bitch about than the > Flickr app, which happens to work very well, costs nothing, etc. > > Godfrey > > >> On Aug 11, 2015, at 12:27 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm with you guyson this. Facebook keeps wanting me to give them my phone >> number (slightly diff, but related) tellin gme that will be safer. >> huh? I think not. >> >> On the otherhand, I'd like it if everyone who was viewing photos online >> would skip doing that on their phones and wait until they got to their >> desktops or laptops or at least an 8 x 10" screen on IPAD or the equivalent. >> >> ann >> >> >> >>>> On 8/11/2015 3:11 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>>> On 11 Aug 2015, at 11:17, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The issue is I didn't want to download their app. I don't care if it's >>>> "free". I want to click on a link and look at a photo on my browser >>>> without having to join, register and be a part of something. >>>> >>>> I think it's despicable behaviour on their part. Perhaps I'm alone in my >>>> thinking; wouldn't be the first time. >>> You are not alone. [1] >>> >>> There is a plague of sites trying to get me to download their f_cking >>> crappy little apps. It's completely stupid and entirely contrary to what >>> the www is about and they can all just f_ck right off as far as I'm >>> concerned. >>> >>> Incidentally, I see the same fuzzy-image behaviour from F_ckr as you do, >>> although it does sometimes resolve itself, eventually, if I have the >>> patience to wait. That's with Safari on an iPad. >>> >>> [1] one of my favourite book titles is a collection of readers' letters to >>> the Daily Telegraph, called "Am I alone in thinking...?". >>> >>> B >>> >>>> BTW, nothing is "free". >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> frank >>>> >>>>> On 11 August, 2015 1:49:22 AM EDT, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> I don't know what the issue is, frank. On iOS, the website works fine >>>>> in Safari, but their (free) app works even better. ??? It doesn't try >>>>> to sell me anything, it just makes it nicer to view photos there. >>>>> >>>>> Godfrey >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 10, 2015, at 8:28 PM, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven't commented on any Flickr images for a while because they're >>>>> all horribly fuzzy on my Android. When I'm on a computer they're fine, >>>>> but unviewable on my 'droid. I think I whined about it on this list at >>>>> least once. >>>>>> Every time I looked, Flickr asked me if I wanted to download their >>>>> app. I declined because, well, I just don't freaking want their app. >>>>>> However I really wanted to get a good look at Darren's cloud piccie >>>>> so I relented and downloaded the Flickr app tonight. Guess what: >>>>>> Beautiful, clear photos on my phone. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sleazy buggers. I almost feel like uninstalling it just because of >>>>> their creepy marketing scheme. Almost. >>>>>> I won't, but only so I can view those PDMLers who use it to show >>>>> their fine work. But I view it on Flickr under protest against all >>>>> that's evil about capitalism. >>>>>> Thanks for listening. Rant over. Have a lovely evening. >>>> -- >>>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
