Should I be in favor of cronyism?

I actually take the other side despite getting paid by them. These companies/Management made terrible decisions and continue to make terrible decisions. Instead of selling and replacing managers we are burdened with zombie companies.

Certifications take time, masks are simple, testing takes time.

This is a government problem, not a manufacturing problem.

Most of our digital world is built on free code not proprietary crap.

Data/network/transport/session layer can be detected through TCP?

So you need to fudge a few digits somehow at your router.

And it's not like there is any customer service to fix their own problems.

I haven't built a web browser, but I built a bot and it's somewhat doable to avoid getting tracked.

A browser could feed a fake user agent and format the browser to be the correct size. After that I believe it's only IP address and cookies which are easy enough to be blocked.

It even defeats the CSS tracking mentioned. "Oh someone downloaded image 6374tracker.png, but they were from UAE and are using Firefox" and are never seen again.

My only weakness on this subject is the low level headers, anyone familiar?

But yep that's how we bypassed it.

I think I bought 6 songs before I found a better alternative. Reminds me how I had 1 iphone (6) and would never get one again.

You need to provide it to users anyway.

If they are regulated, they can expect permanent life at the expense of taxpayers subsidizing the company.

Be extremely anti consumer and anti developer, advertise to make up for the negative behavior and loss of users.

The problem is barely Google. The problem are the Apps you download and giving full permissions.

Nowadays? Apple has been doing anti-consumer behavior for multiple decades. I remember only allowing purchased itunes music being exported in their specific format.

You'd have to burn them to a CD and rip it back to a useable format.

This isn't new, any educated consumer is well aware of how Apple plays.

I think it's due to the nature of being a military contractor.

Being public means that Americans can be upset our taxes are going to a billionaire. But private, there's deniability of how much money is coming from taxpayers.

Imagine how much dirt Facebook, Apple and Microsoft has.

Your taxes will always be supporting their business.

I take responsibility.

I don't know if I'm talking too much or if they are bored. Online I'm quick/short.

That said, I enjoy being a tech guy over a leader. I tried leadership in done personal business and I don't like playing politics or psychology tricks.