Note 4 user here. Not sure what to do when this one dies. The pen is a great feature that hugely expands the uses of the device. I hope Samsung doesn't feel the need to stop producing phones with a pen.
Meh, my experience was the opposite - S2 died quickly, S3 was slow and with bloated software, Note 4 was and still is great. But anecdotes about one or two people's experience don't prove anything.
I've been looking for balance in the universe after VidAngel requires filtering of obscenity. I want to run videos through a neural network to add obscenity and nudity.
I don't see much value in published file hashes when they're hosted on the same site that hosts the files. If someone compromises the download link they're probably in a good position to update the hashes too.
In my experience, having installed Windows 10 on 7 computers so far, Windows 10 has been unstable and full of small bugs. From blue screens and freezes to missing drivers to blurry fonts to the File Explorer failing to open or taking a couple of minutes to open, there seem to be common bugs at all levels and not much movement on Microsoft's part to fix them. The design is opaque, with settings scattered between two quite separate areas (Control Panel and Settings), and the start menu is less functional than the one in Windows 7 (for example, the frequently used programs don't really seem to be your most frequently used programs, and the tiles are a waste of space and hard to organize). The upgrade advisor will recommend that you upgrade even on machines where crucial components will be missing drivers after the upgrade. In several cases the upgrade has taken me from a stable, functioning machine to an unstable machine with some non-functioning hardware. Windows 7, by contrast, has felt stable for years, and even Windows 8.1 felt more stable than Windows 10. Add the concerns about MS's spyware and it's not hard to see why users don't want to upgrade.
As with addictive drugs, the real problem doesn't wholly lie on either side. You can't blame the users entirely for the fact that people choose to supply a harmful product for profit, but neither can you wholly blame the suppliers for being tempted to do so when users lap it up. Regardless of the blame question, it will improve when (if) both sides change their behaviour, or when either side changes unilaterally and forces a change from the other side.
Addictive drugs is a good comparison. The supply stills exists because it's profitable and because of suppliers who don't have any moral problems with providing the supply in the first place, for the sake of profit. I remember I watched a documentary on Mexican cartels, and their excuse is simply because they don't know any better.
In the case of technology, it seems a sacrifice has to be made, to refrain from using said manipulative strategies, and thus losing profit.
I still don't quite understand your point about consumers. Assuming that you have free will, it's your own choice to either use those products or not. You can't blame companies manipulating your behavior if you opted in in the first place.
