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Their manufacturers think they do own us.

The FBI are generally inept idiots, and that was before America went Fascist. Their presence isn't going to be a help, especially now. Read through history. They've screwed up so many investigations.

In the US, bathrooms didn't used to even have gender.

The best answer is to leave Gmail.

It has turned into this weird thing. The short of it is: antennas and battery, and a touch of telemetry.

There are so many bands across so many frequencies, as well as needing multiple antennas for MIMO that they all take space.

Large batteries are required to run the modems and ostensibly laptop processors, and also...

...All the telemetry gathering they do requires power, also adding to the desire of a big battery. (The last one is fascinating, a phone on GrapheneOS will last 2-7 days on a charge depending on use. The same on stock Android will barely last a day.)

When users find information that they wish to retain – such as schedules, event details, reservations, or listings – they can capture it by pressing the Plus Key or swiping up with three fingers. AI Plus Mind intelligently saves the relevant on-screen content to a dedicated Mind Space, helping users streamline their experience by capturing precisely what’s needed and keeping it organized in one accessible location.

So...it's a screenshot shortcut?

Hey, now, that's the "power" of "AI" at work! /s

Win+R, notepad, enter. The run command still works...for now.

They sure are destroying that platform at lightning speed.

Pretty much have to buy a phone that supports a custom ROM as the Qualcomm-based Samsung phones are basically impossible to downgrade unless an exploit is discovered.

Funny/sad thing is, even Apple lets you downgrade your OS for a couple of weeks after a major release.

Battery charge status is now on the bottom instead of the middle, oh dear, now you have to make sure nothing is covering that part of the screen. Battery pill: dumb.

The swipes/gestures/resizes can be disabled, but then unless you theme it, you're stuck with their iOS icons. And if you haven't noticed, say you turn off the iOS Control Center (quick settings on Samsung) gesture to get back double-swipe to quick settings, they changed the touch point to make that happen, and you can now pull down quick settings from the middle of the display accidentally, as well as being more sensitive in general.

OS seems slower and chunkier, even on S24.

Redoing all the lock screens to be more Apple-like with Apple-level widget limitations and removing the ability to see notifications/icons is annoying as well. There's one that puts the time towards the upper left that used to just have a cute little row of notification icons to let you know what was going on. No more! Now it's this neutered garbage.

Samsung used to be pretty reliable at releasing OS updates that didn't break core Samsung behavior, and actually try to be unique.

Now their phones are just like one of those Chinese iPhone knockoffs.

Install something like Rethink DNS or DDG App Tracking Protection to see what telemetry the app is sending without your knowledge.

Being able to revert back to OneUI 6.1 would be so delightful. OneUI 7 is trash. Too bad, at least on the Qualcomm variants (so US and most of world) there's no way to unlock, no way to sideload, no way to roll back. You're just stuck with whatever pile of shit they choose to feed you.

Oddly, one of the most annoying aspects of OneUI 7, is how damn slow the phone locks from the time when you press the power button to screen-dark. Half the time I figure I didn't push the button, so I hit it again, and launch the camera in my pocket instead of locking the screen.

And every US agency is now linked back to Musrkat's lair via starlink, which should just be deorbited at this point.

Breaking through these made up barriers is the best thing we can do in the US right now to fight those jackasses and their tyranny.

Gen Z may think they have it rough but millennials are the most burned-out generation

What, you think they'd report on anything useful to keep their role as the Fourth Estate? Naaah. CLICKBAIIIIIT!!

Hah, per window.

Surprised they are only now complaining that it resembles warehouse work, they were shitty to work for as a software engineer before "AI". Can't imagine what hellscape they are now.

There are definitely beneficial tax/benefit implications to failing businesses in certain situations. (Similar to how if you suck at stocks, you get perks.) Not out of the realm of possibilities. Given that his early life had successes, it could very well be that he learned failure is more profitable. Given the silver spoon in his mouth, less possible he learned, rather than existed and bumbled into it. Either way, not someone to put a lot of stock in. When you're bootstrapped with a certain amount of money, as long as your accountants keep you from being an abject fool, you'll never be poor a day in your life. Like, if most Americans had somewhere around $5 million invested conservatively, (don't trust this number, random deep memory grab that may be in error, and based on current money in the last decade) they could live on the dividends (money generated) while never touching the nest egg, and live a normal comfortable life without working for the rest of their lives.

Failing a business is only profitable because of abuse of laws. Laws can be changed, and should be. Success should always be the goal.

There's legitimately an entire genre of CEO that exists in the USA just to go into a company and purposely destroy it, and collect a golden parachute exit payout, for example. Shouldn't ever exist.

Is it funny or sad that I know all this, yet I work my ass off to survive?

Far from safe and riddled with defects. The cheap door handle design alone to skimp on the cost of a few latches making them death traps, coupled with the laminate glass on every window so you can't break out is ludicrous. Skipping out on lidar or radar to rely solely on optical safety sensors is babytown frolics, when proven multi-sensor designs that can actually see better than humans already exist.

They also don't locate the brake lines in proper locations, causing them to prematurely rust out and break, but who cares about being able to stop, right?

It is hilarious watching the glitchy car UI constantly misidentify objects as it drives by them, though.

Who cares about a phone app? They are supposed to be a thing you drive.

Cars designed via broken software design principles is the dumbest thing ever.

Hope you are able to get something safer once you realize how terrible they are, before it hurts or kills you.