Maan why doesn’t my Apple watch have all the same features and functionality when paired to my Android phone. iMessage stopped working

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Yea, but “great” from which perspective? Companies consolidating rarely end up netting benefits to the consumers. From a business perspective, it’s absolutely great for them since there will inevitably be less competition. The industry is becoming more and more of an oligopoly every time this happens. : (

@nargg: lol hurt? My comment wasn’t attacking Microsoft nor Sony nor was I choosing a “side”. . ?

OP had a cheeky response so I asked for the opposite data on Microsoft? OP seems to be well read?

Anywho, those clapping at consolidation, be it Sony or Microsoft, baffles me as it rarely benefits consumers

@epic_poke8: And what does Microsoft own? Sony’s reported revenue for FY23 was $85B while Microsoft’s was $212B. Think it would be beneficial to show both companies’ portfolios rather than try and skew it one way. I wonder how many people regularly engage with a Microsoft product on a daily basis vs a Sony product.

But with that aside, forget the person making the comment. It would still be a valid observation regardless of the source. Large corporations swallowing up smaller ones, whether it’s Microsoft, Sony, Google, Meta, etc., isn’t always beneficial to the end users of those products and certainly helps to stifle creativity. Instead of various companies having their own leaderships and visions, you’re consolidating.

Does consolidation bring about more voices, ideas, and opinions or less?

@christophersays: Shhhh GameSpot only gets a kickback if they link you to Amazon

@mogan: Perhaps! It’s a matter of perspective. I’d personally rather try and understand one’s reasoning, even if I disagreed.

Most blanket statements I’d agree should probably be dismissed, but if you want to articulately explain yourself/reasoning, by all means have at it!

@mogan: it’s everywhere and it’s profitable. Take this site for instance. It literally profits based on clicks, and who’s going to click and more so comment these days, those that “care” or those that don’t give a shit?

@mogan: How moderate of you.

@blankfaced: yay politics

Nah, you stopped it with the pandemic Covid fears amidst, and whether devs/publishers did or didn’t agree, they found alternatives; far, far cheaper alternatives, and now you want them all to resume as normal and spend significantly more to do it the former way again. You should be paying them to show up