google vs yahoo, part II
i decided, based on the fact that google charges a lot more money to use a lot of storage space, to go with flickr's unlimited space for $25/yr. this is something i've been debating since about two weeks ago, and it came down to the fact that i don't like being limited for stuff like this. anyway, i decided to clean up my existing flickr account a bit. i set it up ages ago using a yahoo account that i already had. i decided to change it to a new yahoo id that isn't based on a pink floyd album. i went to sign up for it (it says "free" all over the place).
it took forever. the site, maybe because i'm in china, takes at least a minute to load per page. and not only did i have to fill out tons of information that i don't think yahoo needs ("Knowing your birthday lets Yahoo! provide you with a better experience."), but -- get this -- they require my credit card information. they say this is to verify that "a parent or guardian is involved" and knows that i'm setting up a yahoo account. because i just may use this email address to buy lots of porn and legos for when mommy isn't watching.
they charge fifty cents to set up the account. perhaps i'm mistaken -- i've been living in china for a while -- but i thought "free" meant no money, and fifty cents is less than zero. for you math folk:
free = 0;
.5 > 0;
.5 > free;
but if this account is free as yahoo claims, then:
free = .5;
which contradicts our first assumption that free = 0:
free = .5;
.5 != 0;
free = 0;
free != free;
in case you think i'm lying, i've taken the liberty of using my newly upgraded flickr account to upload a screen shot of their reasoning for charging fifty cents for a free service.
in conclusion: stick with google. they do a much better job at not being evil.
comments:
i hope i don't get sued for this.
THE Lowly Peon | May 23 @ 4:21am