What router do you have? I have the TP-Link Omada ER7212 and am not seeing this on the latest firmware

If you’re using your phone, definitely check out YouTube revanced. Or if on a tv check out Smart tube next. No ads, sponsor block baked in. It’s all the perks of premium (plus more) without the cons of supporting an evil company

Omg I’m not alone! This is hands down The most painful song I have ever had the misfortune of hearing

Happy by Pharell Williams.

Idk it just does something to me. I absolutely can’t stand it. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. No song comes even close to how much I hate that song

Google doing everything they can to anger everyone.

Any company that pushes this shit doesn’t deserve your money. Don’t buy their TVs.

And this is why I avoid Samsung products entirely. Vote with your wallet.

Essentially banning any apps that would hurt googles profits.

I thought that was pretty obvious.

We’re just not gonna see eye to eye on this.

I want privacy and freedom. You want Google to dictate what apps you can use even though it doesn’t effect you.

You don’t give a shit about people who rely on apps that aren’t from the play store. You cant seem to understand why it’s bad because it won’t effect you. It’s selfish

You need an ID for those activities because it is required by law. Apples and oranges. Your argument is a logical fallacy of false equivalency.

A government dictating what you can and cannot do by law is a completely different thing than some random company telling you what you can and can’t do with a device you own.

And again, if you’re uncomfortable with that - then you still have the option of only downloading apps via the play store where identities are already verified.

So again, it’s the gay marriage argument - do you support the freedom of others to do something you may not want to do? Or would you rather restrict others freedom when it doesn’t effect you? If it’s the latter, then I think you’re an objectively bad person.

Can’t cast to the TV when you use smarttube like any reasonable person would.

Edit: turns out you can actually!

That’s interesting, where did you grow up? I grew up believing everybody had the right to privacy. And to not provide your identity to strangers on the internet

It’s like gay marriage. If you don’t want to do it, you don’t have to. But don’t support restricting the freedom of others because it won’t effect you

You don’t have a problem with Google dictating what you can and cannot do on your own phone? Seriously?

What’s the benefit of that?

Bluetooth alternatives aren’t better, that’s laughable.

You cant buy beyerdynamics DT-990s with Bluetooth, you cant get Sennheiser HD 490 Pros with Bluetooth, you cant buy Audeze LCD-5s with Bluetooth. I could go on and on but you get the point. Good headphones don’t use Bluetooth.

The nice headphones a lot of us have had for years, well before the headphone jack was removed don’t have Bluetooth.

So when you say they’re better 1. You’re wrong. And 2. You’re missing the point.

If you prefer Bluetooth, fine, but phones with headphone jacks still have Bluetooth. You’re only ok with it because it doesn’t effect you and I think that’s appalling.

Imagine phone manufacturers remove the ability to use Bluetooth headphones and I say “that’s fine, wired headphones are better anyway”. It’s not about that, it’s about removing your freedom to choose and it should NOT be tolerated

I could see an argument for a cheeseburger being a type of hamburger.

All cheeseburgers are hamburgers, not all hamburgers are cheeseburgers

I’ve never had a plumber not charge a callout fee. Same applies for any trade. Idk where you live that you don’t, but in my experience, any kind of tradesperson will always charge a fee for their commute

I’ve never owned an iPhone, but I 100% agree with you. The reason I choose android is because of the freedom to use my phone how i want (for the most part).

Apple is a walled garden, but their security is good, they’re not an advertising company in the same way google is and don’t have as much of an incentive to harvest and sell your data. If android is going to be a walled garden like iOS, I trust apple more than i do google and If in the future I can’t find a phone that has all the features i want anyway, then i may as well just get an iPhone.

when you buy a banana at the grocery store, show me the receipt that you paid for the shipping of said banana. When you buy a computer keyboard, show me the receipt for the ‘F’ key. When you buy a TV, show me the receipt for the capacitors.

This is not how receipts work.

macOS is absolutely not free, and your argument is exactly the same as those examples the previous user provided.

That was a great read. Thanks for sharing