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The EU is banning 8K TV's!!!

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tooki:

--- Quote from: KaneTW on November 02, 2022, 06:54:13 pm ---It's a general trend of the EU to presume that the general public knows nothing [and shouldn't know anything].

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As someone who spent almost all of his career as the interface between technical and non-technical folks, allow me to express something that many technical people do not realize, or simply refuse to accept:

The overwhelming majority of the general public is non-technical, and cannot (and should not!) be expected to know anything technical. As technical people, it’s our responsibility to make technology accessible to everyone, and part of that is making certain decisions for people. The average citizen buys stuff based primarily on features and price, not on technical quality and efficiency, and so absent government regulation, most people will not spend extra for a product that will actually save them money in the long run and save the planet at the same time.

Bud:
Do I hear Steve Jobs speaking from his grave ...

james_s:
I never liked Jobs while he was alive, but after he died I noticed a rapid drop in the quality and polish of Apple products. There is no way in hell he would have let iOS7 go out in the state it was, or the notches in the displays of iphones and now macbooks.

pcprogrammer:
Oh the European parliament, a big bunch of hypocrites with their views on saving the world, while still every month move back and forth between Brussels and Strasbourg. The day that they stop doing that is the day that I will start to take them somewhat seriously.

Especially with a commercial in mind the Dutch government used, or maybe still uses, to tell you that a better world starts with your self. They should act on that advice themselves, but what can I say, politicians just a big bunch of lying bastards.

And sure the general public does not know about technology, but neither do the politicians and don't get me started on the consultants they hire.

I saw some mention about sugar in this thread, and yes it is bad for you, but so is all the crap food that is cheap. But when some suggest that it might be a good idea to exempt vegetables from VAT, to stimulate the wider public to eat healthier, it all becomes very difficult and needs lots of meetings to discuss it and it will take at least a couple of years to change the rules. :palm:

They have never heard of the rule to keep it simple |O

 :-DD Rant over  :-DD

Bud:

--- Quote from: james_s on November 03, 2022, 08:10:44 pm ---I never liked Jobs while he was alive, but after he died I noticed a rapid drop in the quality and polish of Apple products. There is no way in hell he would have let iOS7 go out in the state it was, or the notches in the displays of iphones and now macbooks.

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Walter Isaacson, who wrote Steve Job's biography book, told about an episode at the hospital where Jobs was having his surgery, when Jobs did not like the oxygen mask he mentored the personnel how to improve the mask design.  8)

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