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by rekoil 3y ago
But it's optional enshittification. I should have the option of messing up my device. Apple are free to scare me away from doing so, but the choice needs to be mine as the owner.
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by rekoil 3y ago
They already have annoying modals that pop up when apps are using my location in the background, they could easily make these hypothetical "NotificationServiceKit apps" spawn similar modals when they take up a lot of CPU time, mem
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by rekoil 3y ago
> My thermostat updates itself OTA. I can't tell if you're being intentionally obtuse. It's pretty obvious from the discussion I am not talking about anything that has updatable software , I'm talking about things so
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by rekoil 3y ago
PlayStation is a games console, it's a purpose-specific device. I think there needs to be regulation there as well, but not the same regulation as for general-purpose computing devices like the iPhone or Android, or whatever Apple ar
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by rekoil 3y ago
> Since when have iPhones been marketed as such? Prove to me that Apple has never marketed the App Store or the fact that you can run non-Apple software on an iPhone. If you can do that I'll drop this argument immediately. > Just
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by rekoil 3y ago
This is certainly one of the takes of all time. I want some of what you're smoking mate.
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by rekoil 3y ago
Not if those devices aren't marketed as "being able to install new software".
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by rekoil 3y ago
General-purpose computing on devices marketed as general-purpose computing devices should be a no-brainer for regulators. Cars, electric scooters, boats, anything where there's other conflicting safety regulations I fully agree that a
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by rekoil 3y ago
Conflicting regulations when it comes to cars, and for WiFi refrigerators (meaning any gadget that runs some sort of OS) I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I think it makes sense to make different regulation for general-purpose
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by rekoil 3y ago
I think they are referring to like a really simple scorched-earth solution that Apple could make which would scare off literally 99% of users but would technically be fully compliant. Unlockable bootloader should 100% be a thing, but I doub
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by rekoil 3y ago
> This is genuinely tricky due to battery life and data usage considerations. Which isn't really any of Apples business if I want to make that sacrifice, but rather something they can promote as a win by using their solution if it t
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by rekoil 3y ago
Totally agree with you CEOs are overcompensated. There should be a law regulating how much more a CEO can make over the lowest rung in the company, the problem is there are just so many workarounds to that (stock options, spinning off the a
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by rekoil 3y ago
It's great that it exists, but I'm priced out.
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by rekoil 3y ago
Yeah I really wish there was a global history of my plays that I could look at.
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by rekoil 3y ago
Yeah I know discs still exist for now, I'm talking about when they suddenly don't anymore. Hopefully that's far far into the future. And as for Spotify exploiting artists, I don't know how accurate this[1] is, but if it
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by rekoil 3y ago
Case in point, that time when Spotify removed all references to the word "queue", and replaced it with "up next" while also changing the behaviour of it. Ridiculous change which they eventually reverted thankfully. Or th
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by rekoil 3y ago
Yep, I know that, and you're right it's a very confusing UX that's easily invoked by accident. There really should be at least a modal to confirm if the result will mean deleting more than say an album. If you're offline
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by rekoil 3y ago
Stockholm please!
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by rekoil 3y ago
It happens, but pretty rarely in my experience, though I'm probably not the most avid consumer of music so other people might have a better grasp of the extent of this issue on Spotify.
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by rekoil 3y ago
I personally find that Spotifys offline content has worked reliably over the years. You just gotta remember that when you get a new device you have to go to library and click download and then leave Spotify open for a few hours. Spotify is
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by rekoil 3y ago
Pretty sure that was the entire point.
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by rekoil 3y ago
Lots of options on Android, and for iOS there's Orion.
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by rekoil 3y ago
Same here.
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by rekoil 3y ago
Great for me, I work in IT security, and that's gonna tank even harder if people start seriously using ChatGPT in the manner you describe!
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by rekoil 3y ago
> It's hilariously stupid. No no, it's going to take our jobs! /s
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by rekoil 3y ago
People are saying it'll be compliant because "3rd parties will be able to sell the same apps Apple does on the App Store". If Apple still takes 27%, and are still the only ones who can dictate which apps are allowed to run on
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by rekoil 3y ago
> Normal users don't want a LAN API though. They want an app that works. They want an app that works, and keeps working, even if their WiFi access point has client isolation, or their phone decides that it doesn't like the WiFi
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by rekoil 3y ago
Yeah, I live 3 floors up and on the other side of the building from the mailboxes.
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by rekoil 3y ago
Unfortunately I can't do any of those things because I live in an apartment and we have mailboxes like these: https://kopbrevlada.se/pub/media/webp_image/catalog/product/... But I appreciate th
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by rekoil 3y ago
I can think of several reasons: - Reading information from utility providers which few people are able to measure locally - You want to integrate with some system which is physically outside your home, like I don't know a sma

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