Technology
Exploring "Why" questions about Technology
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Why do websites exist that take you from one sketchy set of links and data to another and another and another? Who is this benefitting?
Your attention has commercial value. Every clickbait webpage you visit has some ads on it, and the publisher scores a fraction of a cent income from your visit paid by the advertiser, on the assumptio
Why does the cable company care how much you use your internet (data cap) but not how much TV you watch?
It depends on the type of TV you have. If its regular cable then the cable company just broadcasts all the shows to you all the time so its no concern of theirs how much you watch. If it's any sort of
Why is Internet Explorer considered a bad browser? What makes Google Chrome or FireFox better?
Imagine your browser as a bicycle. The internet is the road. Older versions of Internet explorer were like those [penny fathing bikes](_URL_0_).
Why do movies and TV shows usually use unique OS’s on computers as opposed to common operating systems like Windows?
When displaying a screen in a movie or TV show, the director has a few goals: A) Don't piss off the advertisers. If the TV show might run ads for Apple products, or have Apple product placement elsewh
why do you have to jailbreak a smartphone to remove bloatware?
They load it on as part of the OS so it's not removable. It's like how you aren't allowed to uninstall the default keyboard. If they just put on some default apps using the app store they'd be removab
Why is computer image recognition so hard?
I know we aren't supposed to post just links, but I don't think there's a better explanation than [this WaitButWhy article](_URL_0_). Scroll down to "The Road From ANI to AGI" paragraph. Edit: For tho
Why can’t we turn DisplayOut ports on a laptop to DisplayIn ports?
Those exact ports have been wired for one-way use because that's what the market is most willing to pay for. But you *certainly can* have a port on a laptop that lets other devices share their display
Why do scammers always seem to have terrible spelling/grammar?
Bad spelling as actually a tactic used so that smart people will see it's a scam. As the scam is more likely to work on stupid people, they only want the stupid people responding.
Why when a crazy event the isps slowdown but when millions watch the superbowl the cable stream isn’t effected?
Cable broadcasts are one-way communication which just means copying a single data stream and sending it down a bunch of wires. Internet communication is two-way communication with each exchange being
Why doesn’t reddit have an official iPhone app?
We already have lots of apps that work fine, like alien blue etc. Reddit doesn't need to make an official one.