(June 1, 2015 at 6:37 am)Dystopia Wrote:(June 1, 2015 at 6:28 am)Brian37 Wrote: The first versions of windows were pretty stable. But past 98, just about every other one was a real piece of shit. I have windows starter, and it has even with it's problems, been the most stable OS I have had.
One thing about OS which pisses me off, is a monopoly which is supposed to be banned, much like a car company isn't allowed to sell you a car and demand you get it fixed at the dealership. But when you buy a new computer, a lot of the time unless you are an uber computer egghead, you cant go back a version if you don't like the new one.
To be clear not all monopolies are banned - For example, public services like healthcare and education are mostly public and it gets worse with things like electricity and water - They're essential goods. As for the OS, it's not a monopoly because apple computers bring the Mac OS system - But there's many reasons it works like that, one of them is that most people are only capable of using windows... Rest assured, you are not forced to keep it and you can remove it anytime.
First off, what is comparing public utilities to private business? If anything they are monopolies because they are government contracts with private companies, instead of being government owned.
Secondly yea Apple does compete with MS, I am not that stupid. But that's like saying there is Shell and Exxon and BP, so what? They all produce the same things and compete against each other;
The illusion of a consumer driven market is what far too many buy into. The competition at the CEO shareholder level. It would be nice if our market was not dictated by the top, but to imply it is not is a joke.
Duke energy is a private company contracted by the state to proved electricity. Yes that a monopoly, what could break that up is allowing individual homes and businesses to have their own.
Our current market is a monopoly by 1 class. Don't mistake "variety" as giving us power. You go to any big chain selling anything, the prices are relatively within the same range. There is no competition.
I don't buy new things anymore precisely because of this. Not going to put myself into dept when I can buy something used or wait until the price goes down. Food on the other hand, I know the difference between how full you shopping cart could get 20 years ago, vs now.
The private sector is not something you can get rid of, but no, sorry to claim there is no monopoly is a joke, and there are still some things I don't think are good under the private sector, such as utilities and health care.
