Is it worth replacing a proprietary plugin (which the owner may stop supporting at any time) with an open standard (which has guaranteed continued development)? Yes, I believe it is.
If it was indeed sarcasm then it was too subtle for HN. I mean if you had posted that on 4chan then it would be blatant sarcasm, but people on HN take themselves a little to seriously so it's a lot harder to tell.
I want to like it too but I don't think DDG results will ever be as good as Google because of the no tracking thing. Google just has more context to figure out what I actually mean with my query, and the more I use it the smarter it'll become.
It's interesting how many of the people railing on corporations and the "1 percent" have no problem denying opportunities to people less fortunate than Americans.
I'm an American. I care about the Americans I see every day walking to work in Philadelphia. Income inequality in the US hurts them. Income inequality between the US and other countries helps them. Very simple.
It's only hypocritical under the presumption that people care about income inequality simply on its own. But by and large, people care about income inequality for what it does to their communities, their political processes, etc. That rationale for caring about income inequality is entirely consistent with caring about it in the U.S. but not between the U.S. and other countries.
When judging what's 'fair', people tend to look upwards. At best they look to their peers. No one ever looks downwards. Which is why you have people with medical care, housing, and college educations protesting against the 1%.
I'm not sure I understand the need for 8k. If you want to watch your TV at an optimal viewing angle of 20%~40% then 4k is more than enough to achieve "retina display" at the required viewing distance.
