Ironically, Google’s new creepy Circle to Search feature gets to override the screenshot denial lockout that Google themselves created.

i think they do it for security reasons.

Yet, on iOS, the same app can’t. So it is more like, “ooh a button to twiddle, I’ll twiddle it!”

Sad, but likely true. Especially sad given how fast the Harris team just rolled over and shut up.

Why not beta test a general strike on Jan 6, 2025?

The Dollop is an American history podcast. Each week…

Both that and Behind the Bastards are podcasts on history stuff. Dollop trends more towards comedy while reading about terrible things to lighten the mood. Dave reads to Gareth (most of the time) who hasn’t heard the thing before, and plays off his reactions.

Did you check at a FedEx store to see if they had other unlisted rates? Web sites often cater to the lazy for the profits. That being said, I seem to recall an overnight FedEx document envelope across the US costing around $60, so it might not have any advantage.

Basically, because we don’t own our devices. We are allowed to use our devices by the good graces of the manufacturers that charge a premium for them.

This really needs to change. I remember the preinstalled app antitrust suit(s) in the early 00s. Those need to happen again, but likely the EU will have to as the US is entering a dark age, and the US will continue to have inferior everything to the rest of the world for the foreseeable future.

21% of the state is also of Hispanic or Latino descent and growing, but yeah, predominantly white.

On Macs in the 90s, it was the easy and fun thing to do, especially after the Fonts folder was created.

Nothing but Google‘s is allowed to.

Have they…have they ever used a Google product? I dunno, like google’s old SMS app, or Allo, or Hangouts, or Talk… There will be a new Google messaging app to conflict with Google Messages in no time. Probably also called Messages, or farquad fandango turtle trumpet, or whatever other goofy name they come up with.

I remember when Google introduced this amazing feature to delete apps that came with phones, so users had a choice. Unfortunately, it quickly morphed into “disable”, and then they let vendors dim it completely.

I want a third mobile OS in the mainstream. This duopoly is junk.

They do, just for some reason not effectively. Like, blocking the VoIP providers that allow scammers would dry all that up.

Weird thing is, this just drives more people to not use voice calls. They’re killing their own racket. (Although long-term, likely phones will be all IP with no carrier-managed services.)

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Better-compressed in saved Mbytes, but comparing images, that compression somehow looks more…fake. Hard to describe how.

Hey, it has a barometric pressure sensor, that’s cool. OG Galaxy Watch had one, then the WearOS replacements got rid of it.

Galaxy isn’t very good on updates either. Haven’t seen one on the Watch 5 Pro in a year.

Over the years I’ve found, in the grand scheme, unless the CEO murdered your family, who cares? I didn’t buy Sony products for a couple of decades, right now I don’t even remember why I stopped. I think it was around shit warranty handling. Meanwhile, I was removing viable options from my purchase pool.

More recently, I’m just trying to make my purchase decisions like I’m a business. Does the item at a given price fill the needs of the role? Does buying the year-old model at heavy discount fit the need? Avoid the top-tier release-day buzz, buy at a discount, use the tool as long as possible. These techniques collectively will stifle all the “economy” they’re trying to make a profit from.

Vendors that are truly terrible will lose customers. One person’s soapbox won’t affect them, however, despite best efforts.

Also Ford’s CEO: kills sedans in the US several years ago.

https://fordauthority.com/2024/06/ford-ceo-jim-farley-says-company-lost-billions-on-sedans/

Everything mobile manufacturers have done since smartphones finally became popular in 2007 seemed like temporary solutions due to moving so fast. It’s clear now that it was all an attempt to paradigm-shift compute into leased property.

It really needs to end, along with the terrible disposable hardware designs. Even if we were not in a climate crisis, it is about as bad as the US was in the 1950s throwing trash everywhere.

On some level, especially now, want to find an alarm clock or an mp3 player or even a camera? It’s getting harder and harder. Old phones with their battery removed or replaced are perfect for those roles.