inb4 rolled phone

Pretty much happening if support disappears for 2.4GHz wifi. Most of these smart devices require it, and many wifi routers don’t even bother transmitting it unless you specifically activate that option.

Yeah, I don’t have a subscription, so I guess I’ll just shrug and upvote 🤷‍♂️

2y ago (during the reddit app lockdown) there was a lot of groundswell for joining other communities. Quite a few people made how-to videos showing the process. Although I bet they’re a little outdated now…

My father had it when he was trying to consolidate his utilities. It was nearly unusable even for watching a 720p youtube video. Whenever I visited his house, I elected to work offline rather than pull my hair out

Same. That ole “You seem to be using a proxy service” text served as a nice break 🙌

It’s true that there’s some usefulness in recollection, but geez I find myself digging through my browser history and being absolutely lost… whether it’s an article, video, online store product, anything. Then I usually just re-search for whatever it was from scratch 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, plus the assist feature shuts itself off when it can’t be used (ie. driving into the sun) unlike Tesla’s version that instead chooses to ram you into a building then blames you for it by disengaging 0.1 seconds before the collision.

Mermaid vs reverse-mermaid; a classic debate

Was it really that common though? There were a couple shows with that trope but only a handful were popular. It’s kinda like the popularity of “Westerns” which is pretty low these days outside of isolated ranching shows like Yellowstone etc.

No don’t worry about that!

Amazon is one issue, but I think the larger enshittification is the proliferation of “marketplace” websites that allow any random imported junk to appeat right alongside quality products with actual manufacturer support.