The Vent and Rant Thread

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

I can't log into YouTube without linking my account to a gmail account? WTF! Why? To make it easier for them to mine personal information out of me for their ad service?!

Because Google owns YouTube.

Originally Posted by kennyc

yes I did. Worse then waterboarding I tell you! Check the Android forum for initial impressions. I'm very taken with it...but there are a few warts.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122969

I thought about getting the WiFi-only one but I seriously couldn't justify $600 for a tablet. I was hard-pressed to spend $400 for my GTab and that was partly lashing out at Apple

Originally Posted by dsvick

I so want a droid, but really have no use for one, but I want one, want one, want one.... Maybe I can think of a use by the time our current plans expires in August...

Let's see...Internet radio; probably the best GPS I've seen yet in Google Nav; 8MP camera; car-diagnostic software; highly-useful apps (and I'm picky about that); note-taking; shopping list; games; huge screen; excellent media player; and the 1st-gen Droid X can be had for pennies now.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

I can't log into YouTube without linking my account to a gmail account? WTF! Why? To make it easier for them to mine personal information out of me for their ad service?!

Google owns YouTube, so it's more accurate to say that logging into YouTube uses a Google account.

I use GMail, and also own and moderate a couple of Google Groups and created and manage a couple of Google Sites. The same ID logs me into all of them (and logs me out of them: If I log out of GMail, I'm logged out of the other services, too.)

Personally, I find it convenient, and the ad services don't bother me a bit. I have effective ad blocking installed in Firefox, so I don't see most web based ads, and while I could suppress the text ads in GMail, I don't. They are sometimes relevant, often whimsical, and always unobtrusive.

Like everyone else, I buy goods and services, and ads are one of the ways I discover stuff I might want to buy. The more carefully targeted the ad is, the better: it means I spend less time sorting through stuff I have no interest in to zero in on stuff I do care about.

I mostly don't worry about Google or anyone else building a profile of me, because it won't contain the stuff I really want to keep private.
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Dennis

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

I thought about getting the WiFi-only one but I seriously couldn't justify $600 for a tablet. I was hard-pressed to spend $400 for my GTab and that was partly lashing out at Apple

...

I know! Part of my impetus was the coming iPad2 announcement.

I didn't have so much issue with the price--not that different than an iPad but the service plan that just keeps going and going and going!! Still I felt it was a worthwhile place to spend my tax refund and stimulate the economy.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by wyndslash

hmm...all this websites with facebook connect, gmail account thingy whatever is making it easier for identity thefts. once they got your fb, they got everything else.

Facebook and Google are different entities, so getting one won't get anyone the other.

As for Facebook, I have an account there, and may visit once a week or so. But I've never considered them secure, and my profile is distinctly minimal. I assume that if I put it on Facebook, it's public, even if it's supposed to be private, so I don't put much on Facebook.
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Dennis

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by nohmi2

I am a new user to GMail, and I have no idea whether it's me (must be) but it
isn't quite as easy as they make out.

How easy it is depends on what you want to do. What are you having problems with?
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Dennis

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

Let's see...Internet radio; probably the best GPS I've seen yet in Google Nav; 8MP camera; car-diagnostic software; highly-useful apps (and I'm picky about that); note-taking; shopping list; games; huge screen; excellent media player; and the 1st-gen Droid X can be had for pennies now.

I know, I know, they are all right there on that blurry line between need and want.

[dsvick]

My rant .... people that change their avatar to something scary with no warning ....

Thanks KK, I wanted to claw my eyes out

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by dsvick

My rant .... people that change their avatar to something scary with no warning ....

Thanks KK, I wanted to claw my eyes out

rofl!

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by dsvick

My rant .... people that change their avatar to something scary with no warning ....

Thanks KK, I wanted to claw my eyes out

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

rofl!

And you just know he is in a chat room somewhere typing "I'm a cute 16 year old girl and I really like to talk to a nice guy." Or, he's typing "I'm 24, 6 feet two inches tall, and weigh 190 pounds".

[nohmi2]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

How easy it is depends on what you want to do. What are you having problems with?
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Dennis

Dennis, I think that it is simply the whole lay-out of the thing. I printed out

the instructions, but for me it's a matter of time.

I am spending far too much time on the computer these days, when I have a

list as long as my arm, of 'things' that need to be done.

Maybe I need to do what desertgrandma did, and just 'unplug' for awhile, and

then come back refreshed.

Cheers.

Spoiler:

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[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by dsvick

And you just know he is in a chat room somewhere typing "I'm a cute 16 year old girl and I really like to talk to a nice guy." Or, he's typing "I'm 24, 6 feet two inches tall, and weigh 190 pounds".

yep! like that! ;o)

[badgoodDeb]

yeah -- I've been wondering about the avatar switches too. Is there some other thread I should be reading? Or were you just in the mood, KK? (Wash my eyes out with soap, now!)

And beppe -- is your avatar you or should I recognize some celebrity there? It is a far younger chap than some of your avuncular advice led me to believe of you! (i hope that came out in a nice way, not a negative way....)

[wodin]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I know! Part of my impetus was the coming iPad2 announcement.

As I said in the iPad 2 announcement thread over in News; it should be a real shot in the arm for my Motorola stock.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by wodin

As I said in the iPad 2 announcement thread over in News; it should be a real shot in the arm for my Motorola stack.

What? there was an announcement?

[WT Sharpe]

Yes. It's slimmer, 15% lighter, comes with dual processors, two cameras, and is available in white.

And the camera bit is why I bought mine without waiting for the 2nd generation to come out. I figured they'd do something like that. A camera tablet wouldn't be allowed where I work.