iPhones. Love my Pixel and I don't care how much my co-workers bitch about bubble colors.
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In the US,I phone is a social status. They're judging you because it's like you don't own a car and just have a unicycle in their minds. What amazing marketing. I'm an Android pixel owner since the beginning and still am. There's some articles written about it too
Yeah Apple people are very clickie. If you don't have one you're a freak. Lol I'm fine being a freak. I never cared much about fitting in anyway. Fuck the Joneses!
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As an European, I always find it funny how iMessage seems to be so prevalent in the US that the "bubble colors" issue is even a thing. Here, almost everyone uses WhatsApp. Better for communication across different device types, probably worse for privacy. But at least no artificial discrimination because apple hates open standards ยฏ\(ใ)/ยฏ
Yeah it's weird. I mean I use Google Message (RCS) and it has visual differences for conversations that are using RCS vs ones using SMS but I honestly don't care about the color. I care more about using a modern cross platform standard than falling back to ancient SMS because Apple wants to use a proprietary locked down system at the expense of their user's experience. WhatsApp might not be bad but no one I know really uses it so I would have to start convincing people to switch. That's more than a uphill battle. It's completely futile. The only thing that will change the tide is Apple either opening up iMessage or Apple incorporating RCS into iMessage. I don't see either happening anytime soon because they simply don't care about interoperability.
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I (American) just attended a strategy meeting and one of the ice breakers was "are you a green or blue bubble?".
I had no idea what it meant, similar to others that are android users. While it was a fun and engaging session, I was kind of shocked that was a thing. I'm obviously not oblivious to Apple vs Android convos and opinions, but I had never been asked that question.
Our group, BTW, was pretty evenly split. ๐
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They also complain about spam calls. Even on non-pixels the Google Phone app has tremendous spam blocking.
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Oh c'mon... nothing holds a candle to Reddit. What other public forum can harrass, downplay, and degrade its contributors while 90% of them remain ignorant/uncaring of what is happening around them?
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Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.
But if you plan ahead, and aren't an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.
Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.
AliExpress is the alternate for Amazon if you can wait a month to get your crap. All the products are exactly the same except ยฃ2 instead of ยฃ20.
I wouldn't buy any electronics from AliExpress though.
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It's a shit company with shit morals and shit practices, but I use it... If I have to. And usually that means I've checked locally, I've checked other big retailers, and if everyone fails me I'll reluctantly buy it on Amazon.
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Broader than a brand, but I think it fits here...
Everyone hates banks. Credit Unions are better in every possible way.
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TurboTax. I used freetaxusa this year and I'm never going back.
I've used freetaxusa for almost 20 years now. I'm always surprised more people don't know about it (granted, from the name, it does sound like a total scam).
Wish we didn't have to file taxes at all though...we have the technology.
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Frozen veggies over fresh. I'm so fucking sick pf buying veggies then having a ticking clock on them. Frozen gives me all the nutrients and I can leave them in the freezer for months and not lose anything.
For me it's the watties frozen stir fry mix. Cheap and has a good range. I do however pick out the pea pods because they suck.
There was a medditarrian mix that was amazing to cook in the air fryer but after buying 8 bags in a week they took it off special and it went from $4 to $8
Aren't frozen veggies usually fresher as well. Like they are frozen within a couple hours of being harvested?
Pretty much only buy frozen veg now
Yes, but some veggies "translate" thought the freezing process better than others. Peas, for example, cook up really nicely after freezing.
Dungeon and Dragon. There is a ton of TTRPG out there and things like Level up 5e are direct replacement with better content.
Hell even just D&D 3.5e is better than 5e imo. Though I mostly play Pathfinder 2e nowadays (I'd be happy with Pathfinder 1e as well).
Just 5e is boring as hell to both DM and to play.
undefined> 5e is boring as hell to both DM and to play.
My experience this is 100% the group, the system is secondary to the quality of DM and other players. A good group will have fun in any system.
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Google. Use Searxng for search, Firefox/Librewolf for browser, Newpipe for Youtube, Graphene instead of default Android, literally anything for calendar and notes, and FDroid for apps. Don't let Google's services destroy your privacy.
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Windows -> GNU/Linux
KDE/Gnome -> JWM
TV -> Reading books
Twitter -> Fediverse
Coke/Cola -> Tea/infusion
Amazon -> Local bookshop
Amazon needs a bit more than bookshops to replace it. Need a whole shopping mall
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i'm an absolute cola addict and unfortunately nothing else scratches the same itch for me. i am a fan of iced tea though
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Reddit -> Lemmy
I'm downvoting you simply for suggesting an alternative to Coca Cola.
Good day.
Coke/Cola -> Tea/infusion
Wut
Nah but seriously, they're not interchangeable. A Coke replacement would be another cola.
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They sell sex toys and bulk sour patch kids at the local bookstore?
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Instead of browsing on reddit, there's this new thing called "Lemmy"...
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Can you clarify - do you mean hate because it's paid for marketing and there's much better products for a similar price,(sort of BIFL maybe?) or hate because the company is anti consumer somehow and there's a better company or free version?
Like for the first, Kitchen Aid stand mixers. Way overblown because marketing and resting on laurals from 50 years ago when they're not built like that anymore. Bosch Universal Plus is a much better spend if you want robustness imho.
For the second the obvious is Microsoft, and a community driven Linux as the alternative.
I could go on I suppose.
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Whatsapp is actually inferior to Telegram in terms of user experience. Telegram's client apps are open source, and it has a decent desktop app for Linux.
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I shop in Lidl, and it's full of brands that are decent in their own right but design packaging clearly meant to evoke the big name brands. Most of them taste better than the big brands too
Got sick of the SEO spam from Google so I switched to Kagi. It lets me block all the blogspam and Pinterest junk when I search.
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Dyson vacuums are crap. Pretty much any bagged or canister vacuum will beat them in every category.
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