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[–] Genericusername 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really liked the times when features were added and not killed off.

10 years ago you could purchase a flagship phone with IR blaster for controlling whatever you couldn't find a remote for, or trolling people in public spaces by turning off their TVs. Cloud storage wasn't as popular, but if your phone died, the images were safe on the micrSD card. Bluetooth headsets were a thing, but you could always just use a cheap pair of headphones to stick in the headphone jack. People who desired it could install a custom ROM with all kinds of optimizations and less bloat. It used to be a lot more popular back then. Other than cameras, battery life, and reversible and more robust USB-C connectors, there isn't much innovation. I used to feel like I owned my device much more back then. Now I only use the stock ROM, can either use wireless headphones or ones that use the charging port. I can't insert a microSD, or test new features for Android ported from other devices by someone on XDA Developers. I'm not using the phone the way I want, but the way the companies who made it decided on.

[–] Genericusername 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of all types of space junk, I'd be least worried about stuff on the surface of the moon. If anything, these piles of human waste contain the gut bacteria of the astronauts and was exposed to decades of radiation, temperatures and extreme conditions. It will be an interesting thing to study once they'll be able to create a research lunar base.

[–] Genericusername 3 points 1 year ago

Requiring a headphone jack in 2023 rules out most "flagship" phones. If you're looking for a mid-range then your odds are better. But if you want a phone with better camera array, then you're leaving mid-range territory and chances are that you'd have to compromise on either the headphone jack or your camera quality. That's about what I meant by "compromise" - the requirement for a headphone jack significantly limits your choices.

[–] Genericusername 3 points 1 year ago

Well, you can have a DIY version that feels like the real thing, but with more features. All you need is a fairly modern phone of your choice, a strong glue and a brick. You may want to paint it in beige just for the heck of it afterwards.

[–] Genericusername 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They did decide for me by the point that a once obvious feature to include in a phone is discarded in all but a very slight number of niche phones where I'd have to compromise on a bunch of other features in return for something that used to be almost mandatory feature at once point.

[–] Genericusername 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

While I do care about the headphone jack, I am mostly bitter about the manufacturers deciding for me that I don't need it. I'd heavily trade off 10% reduction in thickness for a user-replaceable battery and a headphone jack, but it was decided for me that a thinner phone is a big improvement.

[–] Genericusername 11 points 1 year ago

Chances are that Lemmy has about the same makeup of people as Reddit, mostly. I'd say that where the difference lies is in the amount of tolerance they have for Reddit shenanigans.

Stupidity on the internet is amplified with resonance. One says something stupid, trolls or being rude, the other responds and the intelectual level of the discussion is plummeting. So my theory at least is that there's about the same percentage of "stupid". We just haven't yet reached critical mass.

[–] Genericusername 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HP can make good printers. It has the right hardware, capabilities and price (Of the printers, not the ink) to be a very good product. It's just their obnoxiously asshole-design software that is designed to make you to keep paying for using a product you already own.

[–] Genericusername 3 points 1 year ago

Every time you do anything more and more often it feels less special. That's how things work.

[–] Genericusername 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks better, but every time I tried it it didn't work for me so much. I noticed that I associate an app with its color, and that it's easier for me to look for something orange when I'm looking for Firefox than just the shape of the logo. This is one of the reasons why I hate Google Icon designs which basically use the same colors in their designs. Might look more aesthetical, but for me at least it is less practical.

[–] Genericusername 15 points 1 year ago

Knowing that guy, he'll use his elevated admin permissions to remove it like he edited other people's comments.

[–] Genericusername 2 points 1 year ago

Reminded me of the time when our front lawn was completely neglected and I thought it might be easier to just paint it green than actually take care of it until it recovers, but I dye grass.

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