TheGrandNagus @ TheGrandNagus @lemmy.world

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I don't actually like this redesign tbh, but come on, people do care about design and UX.

Nobody said we need pretty UX design, it's just nice to have, and that's fine. Not everything needs to be furthering the development of XYZ. Beauty is fine, aesthetics is fine, art is fine.

But yeah, I don't have an Apple device and likely never will, so this specific instance doesn't matter to me.

For example, coming into effect in 12 days, on the 20th of June, for smartphones and tablets:

• Durability: Devices should be resistant to accidental drops and protected against dust and water.
• Battery longevity: Batteries must endure at least 800 full charge and discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their original capacity.
• Repairability: Manufacturers must make critical spare parts available within 5 to 10 working days, and continue offering them for 7 years after the product is no longer sold in the EU.
• Software support: Devices must receive operating system upgrades for at least 5 years from the end-of-sale date.
• Repair access: Professional repairers must have non-discriminatory access to any required software or firmware.

They will also have to include a sticker on packaging that has standardised information on it concerning energy efficiency, battery life, repeated drop test results, battery endurance in charging cycles, repairability score, and water/dust protection rating:

Source

I'm staggered so many people seem to think TikTok isn't used to sway public opinions.

Starting on the 20th of June 2025, the EU is enforcing a minimum of 5 years of updates on all smartphone/tablets sold after they are withdrawn from the market.

I.e. if a model is sold for 2 years, it must receive software support for 7 years.

Even if you're outside of the EU, you'll benefit from this. Since the OEMs have to do it anyway, they'll likely push the updates to all markets and market it as if they're being nice.

Source.

In that case I'm sorry you failed to make the link.

Because – as I said – they are saying one thing and doing another.

From one side of their mouth they're saying nothing has changed, from the other they are using this as vindication for new anti-trans moves.

Now that I've again answered you, for the final time, are you going to address what I've been saying?

It feels like you're just arguing in bad faith for the sake of arguing, and I can't be bothered with that.

I notice you've completely failed to address my main point - that the woman in the article said exactly what you said at the start of your comment. (Which undermines your main point.)

I know what she said, and it doesn't undermine my point.

She is acting as if nothing has changed, when something has changed: the actions of the EHRC.

The law hasn't changed, but the EHRC is dubiously using the SC's verdict to push for anti-trans measures in gov departments.

Why are you still not addressing that?

I'm glad to hear that.

Um, ok? I'm glad you're glad.

Now are you going to address what I said or not?

Yes, I did read the article. I notice you've completely failed to address my main point - that the EHRC is purposely pushing anti-trans advice to government bodies and dubiously using the SC's verdict as vindication to do so, despite the SC's verdict not actually changing anything.

I know it wasn't the head of the EHRC that spoke in this instance, but she is the one who runs the EHRC and what they do/say. She sets the culture. She's the boss.

This commissioner is talking in this way ("accept it and get on with it, trans people!") because it's the message that comes from the top.

Like, it's not a sheer coincidence that this spokesperson's professional view aligns with her boss's. One caused the other.

Unsurprising. Lobbying plus a fear of driving up food price inflation was always going to dampen the likelihood of the government increasing prices on unhealthy foods by way of banning promotions and the like.

I'm very disappointed in the scrapping of the proposed advertising changes though. Making unhealthy food adverts less visible to children was a great policy idea.

Great news.

Although I'm still miffed dualling the A1 has been scrapped again.

The supreme court were very clear that their ruling was not a reduction in trans rights, but a clarification of existing legislation.

It's pretty clear that the EHRC is purposely misrepresenting the SC's conclusion, and pushing dubious recommendations to government departments.

She's a TERF that the Tories put in place (Boris Johnson, 2020). It's utterly absurd that the head of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission is against equality.

Her contract ends in November this year. I hope she's swapped with someone more appropriate for the role.

I'm somewhat surprised there isn't a Fedora there, it's a pretty great and up-to-date distro. And pretty popular.

I'm also surprised Flatpak isn't higher!

So fucking dumb.

Everybody loved OnePlus's alert slider. Nobody wants fucking Bixby button mk2

Google makes a lot of money, and summarising stuff uses a surprisingly small amount of energy. You can do it trivially on-device on a laptop and on plenty of phones.

When it comes to LLMs, training the models is generally the thing that requires ridiculous amounts of energy.

This is dumb as fuck, though. I don't want Google's LLM to miss out critical details in my emails. That shit could be important. If people want this they should opt in.

You'd still be let out after your normal sentence, nobody that sets the laws is advocating keeping them there forever.

To be clear, I disagree with it, it seems crazy to me.

I'm just pointing out that this reporting is saying something very different to all other reporting I've seen on this topic. I've not seen anywhere else report it as being forced.

This is the first I've heard of it being mandatory. All other reporting I've seen is prisoners being able to opt in, for a reduced sentence.

Manjaro keeps popping up on devices, and I don't understand how they keep getting these deals.

It's seemingly the only thing they are competent at doing.

12% faster on average, with anywhere from a 30-320% battery life improvement.

Just from a software change.

That is massive. You'd usually need a hardware upgrade for an improvement like that.

To be completely honest, I am a little annoyed about all the people bringing up price.

Well I'm so sorry you're offended (not really), but price is relevent when you're comparing products.

If I was looking at a comparison between two watches and the reviewer brings up price, I'd consider that relevant information.

saying that the price being free adds to the word "massive" being used aptly is just kinda dumb for real.

Again, you're just so wrong.

If product A is better than product B, that's bad enough. If product A also happens to be free while product B costs over $100, then that's extremely notable and should be brought up in a comparison.

Maybe it's your line of thinking that's just kinda dumb for real?

It's just like people don't want to converse man.

You're such a victim. Oh wait, it's you that started being hostile and dismissive. You're the one who doesn't want to have a respectful discussion.

When you talk like that, you shouldn't expect people to treat you nicely in return. People are under no obligation to treat you nicely after you treat them poorly.

It's pretty clear that talking to you is useless

Indeed. You do seem to struggle with differing opinions, as well as the definitions of words, like how you struggle to understand there's a massive difference in performance between Windows and SteamOS on this handheld.