The crazy part is that the US can already see exactly how this path goes by looking at Austrailia. And unlike Austrailia the US can’t rely on high rollers from Asia where gambling is largely illegal.

As a cheapskate who likes casino promos I’m personally pro-gambling, but we need incredibly strong regulations to prevent self destructive levels of it. The stuff you see in the assistance line while adding promos to your players card is crazy. The casino workers don’t even question it when people ask for a cash advance on their credit cards.

Ya, they’re sequential. So if you have a devastating loss you can’t just immediately delete your account, you need to cool down for 24hr before they’ll even let you request a full 90 day self exclusion. And finally only after that can you actually delete your account.

Even free streaming services like Tubi often use DRM for large portions of their library. So in turn nearly every paid streaming service also uses DRM.

I wouldn’t really blame the PCP. It’s not as predatory as it sounds at first, especially considering it uses the wording “balloon payment” for one of the options at the end of the term. The horrible value you’d get on a PCP is nearly the same as the depreciation plus interest you’d have on a normal car loan over the same ownership period if you were to sell. Meanwhile traditional leases are far less flexible, often not even offering a buyout option, let alone one at a price guaranteed by contract.

The bad value is in wanting to drive a new vehicle. There’s practically no upside to buying new over used, even if it’s only 30k miles or so on it.

For EV’s specifically people also drastically underestimate the battery lifespan based on early gen Nissan Leaf’s and similar early vehicles lacking a true battery thermal management system. There are excellent deals to be had for 3-4yr old EVs.

There’s now an option in developer options called “Apps from unverified developers”. Selecting it gives you the option to start the 24hr timer.

I don’t know when it appeared there, but it’s on every pixel and Samsung phone I own despite the enforcement date still being months away for most markets.

You can also already preemptively go through the opt out flow in developer options. It’s a little annoying but not particularly more than the toggle you already need to flip to enable third party app installers. Once enabled, whenever Google chooses to flip the switch it won’t impact you. I’d never consider using out of date software when it’s ultimately still possible to both install unverified third party software and have the latest software updates.

Far too many apps rely on Google play services for fully disabling it to be an acceptable solution in my opinion.

Yes, the entire crater is surrounded by a fence and on private property. It’s not worth the admission price just to see a crater imo. It’s a national landmark, not a national/state park. Unfortunately that designation means very little other than the owner being eligible for some tax breaks so long as they keep it preserved. I find it insane that such a landmark wouldn’t be taken over by the state for preservation.

From my social circle at least college seems to be by far the most popular place where couples met eachother. Nearly every couple we knew in college is still together almost a decade later. It’s followed by Hinge, but we only know two couples who met there. We also know two couples who met on discord, so that’s also definitely a good option if you’re already into some hobby which isn’t heavily dominated by one gender.

This is what made me switch to Lemmy. The official app just wasn’t mature enough on Android at the time and I didn’t like the principle of it. So here I am 3 years later.

With RAM prices what they are the push for snaps may already be this… On memory constrained systems snaps already have a huge performance penalty.

Allstate is a horrible insurance company. I was hit by someone running a red light who had Allstate, and the way they handled their insured party’s non-cooperation was terrible. Both my dashcam and a police camera recorded the collision. They called the driver but got cursed out and hung up on. I don’t think they tried anything else before denying the claim.

Wait I’m confused now, if you play a legitimate game online using a switch which has previously had a flash cart used it can be banned? I was under the impression that as long as you didn’t go online it was fully undetectable, allowing you to use legitimate games online as you want without needing to switch between emummc and sysnand. Nintendo probably doesn’t care about the homebrew software in the same way they do piracy, but unfortunately for them that’s all the flash carts can do, hence why from their perspective I say every version is cracked.

I’m not up to date on switch modchips but last I checked you needed to solder a flex pcb such that it made contact with pads under a BGA chip. As it goes that’s quite intensive rework for a hobbyist. I’m an electrical engineer and use professional BGA rework equipment at work regularly. Our success rate for BGA rework is like 80% for ICs that have been desoldered and resoldered before. Sure you don’t need to remove the chip to get the flex PCB soldered, but the risk of shorting balls and needing to remove it on an expensive piece of hardware is too much for many hobbyists.

We have legal precedent that the police cannot use GPS trackers. A similar case was opened for the APLs in traditional speed cameras, but they were determined to be constitutional since you have no expectation of privacy on a public road and a camera can’t be used to track you like GPS. The networked APLs accomplish the same result as GPS trackers just without technically using a GPS tracker.

This is just what they want no? Fewer foreigners visiting the US is good in their books I thought.

And there are flash carts that work on every model now. They don’t work for online play of course, but neither do traditional modchips/softmods.

I imagine all cases prosecuted for destruction of networked Flock and Axios cameras are going to struggle to get through a jury. It’s a clear privacy violation and everyone knows it.

Considering how incredibly easy it is to do piracy on real switch hardware they really shouldn’t care at all…

They’re going to need to drastically change how the platform looks if they want to succeed. In typical Chinese app fashion the UI is incredibly bloated and overwhelming, not what a Western audience wants at all. They also won’t be able to match YouTube’s CPM so creators won’t bother switching either.

I don’t use Fairphone, but I am a bit of a mobile network nerd. I’m on US Mobile which is a unique MVNO that allows you to move between any 2 of the 3 US networks as you please. You have to have signal to initiate a network change and sometimes it takes a day, but for premium mobile service they’re great. I mostly just stay on ATT and T-Mobile, but depending on the rural area you visit Verizon and T-Mobile is also a reasonable combination. My point in the comment above is to not discount T-Mobile, their network capacity in cities and suburbs is miles ahead of Verizon and ATT (I’m ignoring UWB since it requires you to be outside and line of sight to a tower, it’s not practical for the vast majority of cell phone usage which occurs in a building).

The Fairphone is the only modern phone I know of that has limited bands, so you’ll need to use a T-Mobile based MVNO. The best deal on the T-Mobile network is Mint Mobile, providing 1yr of unlimited service for $180 if you port in a number. They’re directly owned by T-Mobile and I used them for several years quite happily before switching to US mobile. Google Fi also occasionally runs promos bringing their plans into the $15/mo range. The only reason I’m not still on them is the requirement to port in a number to get that $15/mo price for a year. I tend to change network every single year to always get the best deal.

The absolute best phone plan deal recently is the Total Wireless $20/mo 5g BYO plan. Uniquely the price is guaranteed for 5yr and it includes unlimited priority data + 10GB international roaming every month. But it’s on Verizon’s network.

Fairphone or not T-Mobile isn’t anything like what it used to be. If you’re in a major city or suburb it’s worth taking a serious look at T-Mobile. I’m on US mobile which is a MVNO that allows you to freely switch between all 3 networks with two simultaneously active at any given time. 90% of the time T-Mobile has far better and faster coverage than either of Verizon or ATT. It used to be that Verizon was by far the best, but their network capacity hasn’t kept pace with T-Mobile’s growth, even if your Verizon plan has priority data (as mine does). This difference shows most when network capacity is limited.

T-Mobile’s rural coverage isn’t as great as either of Verizon’s or ATT’s, but it’s absolutely good enough for every road trip I’ve done. And when visiting family in rural northern Wisconsin only T-Mobile and ATT have reasonable coverage in their area. You can use a Mint Mobile trial SIM to see for yourself.

I think Verizon knows this too, all of the cheapest MVNOs have been switching to use Verizon’s network in recent years. The ISP mobile networks you can often get a year of for free also nearly all run on Verizon now. If you’re paying for your service, the Total Wireless $20/mo BYO plan with unlimited priority data and 10GB/mo of international data is the best deal out there by far. Verizon certainly wouldn’t be providing MVNOs with the lowest cut rate pricing if they thought they had the best network.