What I find interesting is how often statements like this that are trying to unify the working class (or whatever you end up calling it) just derails into semantics instead of actually people bringing out the pitchforks and shouting "eat the rich"
We are all fucked.
I have a 2018 Passat car net works just fine.
I had to contact the dealer to have them activate the eSIM in the car and register an account their site via the app. (Pretty standard stuff)
And yes it's a subscription like this for locating the car, updating navdata online and remote heating + charging info. (It's a hybrid)
Well.. I say "just fine" their app is slow and unstable. But everything worked nicely with an unofficial home assistant integration. And when VW moved everything over to their new app, it continued to work on my old car, and it took the HA community about a week to sort most of the new API out.
It's not perfect, but it does technically work, even on their older models. I can still download and install updated maps on it too for the onboard nav. (Though i usually just use Android auto...)
Even if you decided not to find out how to get it working, doesn't mean it's abandoned.
All that being said this is one of many genuine reasons to be concerned about this trend. And a good reason for people that write about and review cars to care about the software in the cars, the support you can expect, and the companys track record when it comes to supporting older models.
And like others have stated. The BMW example with the heated seats is just.. rotten.
"why not both?"
Indeed.
Breach of trademark, not copyright, whole different barrel of fish.
The thing is... I think a lot of people don't know that they have uefi support...
I have had the same windows install and motherboard (AMD is so great with long term socket support) for years, and figuring out how to change my bios and os setting so that I got a propper uefi boot was non-trivial.
Uefi has been a thing for a long time, but it's not been the default for motherboards afaik. So you have had to go into bios and find the right settings.
Yea if that was where the issues happend that would be a great explanation.
But most issues in my experience (10 years in support fos business with about 25000 users) it's getting the data to the printer that is the issue. Drivers are unstable, the print spooler service randomly decides to just stop working and needing a restart etc etc.
And this is across lots of brands and different implementations (directly connected, network send to printer, central print server... You name it).
Somehow the complexity of this just makes it (apparently) impossible to make something that is just plain reliable. Personally I think it's a combination of several layers of tech needed to work that compounds the issues.
You have the software that need to encode the data in one of many ways a printer can receive data, you have the windows print spooler that apparently is a complete piece of crap held together with shoestring that gets to receive this data and then use the driver (often also a unstable piece of garbage) to send the data to the printer in a way the printer now understands.
Then you get to the part that actually mostly works unless something whent wrong with the encoding (like using the wrong driver) the printer gets a stream of data and does as it is told.
Yes you might get a paper jam or an unaligned page, but that is actually pretty rare in a professional, well serviced machine.
Quote me after dealing with print drivers acting up and spooler service crashes for the nth time that day (also worked in it support for several years):
"We can land men on the moon, but somehow getting a printer, a technology that has existed litteraly since before computers had screens, to work is still complete and utter black magic...!"
Let's hope Apple puts their "privacy first" money where their mouth is.
Sadly I do however think the ability to further lock down and control what uses can see and access might be just as tempting for them...
Im pretty sure Nintendo has decided against a browser. Keeping a browser up to date, compatible and secure is a pretty big job these days.
Considering that the browser has been a point of ingress for hacking their devices several times and that use is minimal we won't see a full browser any time soon unless something has really changed on the management team of the switch os recently
As far as os features go, propper folders and sorting options on par with the 3DS would be higher on my list.
Don't get me wrong, personally I could see a lot of use cases for streaming video etc... But I don't think it is a realistic wish at this point.
This. I bet lemmings (this is the correct term. Fite me!) Can come up with 1) better guesses and 2) back these guesses better up with market and production understanding then most of these techsites generating clicks for minimal effort articles.
Love it so far on my phone.
On my tablet I really wish there was a "2-pane post view" as in spreading the posts out across my tablet screen to view more at the same time. (see for instance thunder for an 3xample on how this could look)
While I appreciate the intent behind the tablet view in sync it doesn't suit my needs as much as just scrolling through more posts would do. :)
Didn't know where in the tread to reply.
This is being worked on from multiple angles.
In the us apple, Google, Microsoft ++ are working on a common framework for this. (Shocking who are working on this in the us)
The EU has a citizens digital wallet program for the same purpose. These programs are also collaborating so that certificates and proof of personhood/citizenship etc can be exchanged between various actors.
The EU model leans heavily into privacy and user control of data, where you as an individual decides with whom to share your credentials, proof of personhood, etc.
This would lead to many possibilities, like for instance being able to confirm digitally prescriptions for medicine across borders, so you can easily get your medication even if you are traveling in another country, without having to spend time and energy getting signed paperwork send back and forth.
The most simple form of this would be that the system simply verifies that yes, you are indeed a human individual. But can be expanded to confirm citizenship, allow you to share your medical data with institutions, confirm diplomas and professional certification etc.