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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
You can pay with credit card as a convenience + fraud protection mechanism without ever paying interest by just paying your bill off every month. When chip and pin was first rolled out, Europeans were shocked by the low security of swipe ca
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
After having tried Firefox with UBO on Android, I can’t say I noticed any difference compared to Orion on iOS.
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
I’m not commenting on the security/privacy. Only the convenience. And I find tap to pay extraordinarily convenient - a significant upgrade over the plastic card.
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
The watch is on my wrist, or the phone is already in my hand. The credit card is buried in a wallet that needs to be taken out of and put back into a pocket. Also “unlocking” isn’t an inconvenient step, on iPhone it just happens automatical
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
The problem is as bad as Apple has become, it has a long way to fall before it reaches the depths of Google/Android. We could have six more iOS 26 style disaster releases and I suspect it would still be better than putting up with Andr
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
It’s surprising to me that people who care enough about software to make a living writing it would tolerate the abominable state of software on Android. I tried switching but it is really hard when nearly every app is just horrible to use o
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
I tried it, Graphene isn't really a good alternative because the built in apps are so bad that you end up needing to install the Pixel/Google versions anyway. If I have to install Google Messages for RCS, Google Calendar, Google C
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
No I’m comparing Apple Calendar to Google Calendar, Fossify Calendar, Simple Calendar, Etar calendar and literally every other calendar available in the Play and F-Droid stores. There only two calendars in the entire Android ecosystem that
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
I tried switching to graphene after frustration with the latest direction of iOS. Yes I could use Firefox and ublock to get around YouTube ads, but it actually worked worse than using Orion browser on iOS to do the equivalent. The Pixel 10
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
I just tried to move to Android because it's more open. Was not prepared for the "open" OS to not have basic support for self-hosted calendars. Yes, contacts and calendar are a core OS level feature in 2026. Yes DAVx5 exists,
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
It comes down mostly to app quality. The apps that are present are not as polished in ways that I found intolerable: - myNetDiary: seemingly equivalent features, but was super stuttery on Android - like 20fps just scrolling and interacting.
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
As bad as it is, I don't think it is bad in ways that non technical users are likely to notice unfortunately. Mostly because I think years of horrible software have trained people to not have expectations. Tahoe is still a breath of fr
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
You can get a brand new Mac for < $600 People develop for iOS because iOS users spend more money. End of story.
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
I’m surprised at the chilly reception to this article. I ride bus and MAX (light rail) in Portland and despite not being the worst offender, too frequent stops is quite noticeable. When the bus stops every two blocks to let one person on or
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
Are iPhones known for quality issues stemming from low quality parts?
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
Can someone explain to me how Discord got so big in the first place, particularly for non-gaming uses? I saw this coming a mile away when folks started ditching slack for Discord - Slack being problematic because a) it was profit-seeking an
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
4 now imma trendsetter homie u b tripping
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
no cap u need to b like so unc 2 read this I finna yeet my phone like who even reads I have siri English is lowkey chueggy anyway all my homies use emoji now bet English is cooked fam. Gen Alpha’s kids are going to get lost at the 2000 para
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
It doesn’t just seem hard, it is hard. I’m working on it, but here’s a few examples: - I want to delete my Amazon account because service has gotten worse and they mistreat their employees. I also want to be able to get groceries, but I don
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
The irony is that things like HealthKit make it easy to build a system out of parts that just work together - my glucose monitor, watch, and scale all feed data into my nutrition tracking app seamlessly, and if I want an AI spin on the data
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
I think they mean worse at generating services revenue. Everyone knows that’s the iPhones primary goal and purpose.
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
It will be hard, but I’m transitioning out of Apple ecosystem regardless of whether they improve. Just like Windows 11, I get ads whether I want them or not - just got a push notification for a new financial product (!!!) despite going out
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
iPhone 16 Pro and Apple TV and Apple Watch have all become noticeably slower/laggier with choppy animation under 26. Totally unacceptable.
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
> But graphical UIs are mature and we all need to acquire a vocabulary for these, so that information is conveyed across national and linguistic barriers. Or we could just translate the text? Colors and pictures aren’t exactly free of cu
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by n8cpdx 8mo ago
Back in the bad old days of Intel Macs, I had a full system crash just as I was about to get up to give a presentation in class. It rebooted and got to desktop, restoring all my open windows and app state, before I got to the podium (it was
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
The Twinkie defense is alive and well, I see.
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
You chose not to enable FileVault during setup. Probably because you were worried about being locked out and wanted an easy way to reset the password. Would you prefer that Apple did not give you the option to disable the security feature y
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
Glucose monitor disagrees.
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
You’re way off base. It can also create sexually explicit pictures of men.
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by n8cpdx 9mo ago
Hover on the green button. Also, Mac has a really robust keyboard shortcut system. Including shortcuts for tiling. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/tile-app-windows-mc... https://support.apple.c

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