this is just cover for when Trump rolls on Ukraine. that way dumb Americans and dumb Europeans blame Putin instead of the “Idiot King”.

is that the one that keeps making predictions based on dreams that have mostly come true over the last 30ish years?

more like sieg heils.

onedrive? more like nonedrive!

the sync shit for it is so bad you’ll end up with nothing.

there are units that blow under your blankets now.

the real trick is to be a fat ugly American.

my boss does this all the time. I just ignore it.

radda radda radda, radda radda radda. radda. radda! RADDA!

radda radda!

but the functionality is still there. it’s not like it’s been removed, access has just changed.

but it’s not basic functionality if it’s only in 10% of devices on the market.

it seems like you’re hung up on a particular feature of a device no longer existing and you have an inability to accept change. I can appreciate that.

personally, I hate vehicles with “infotainment” systems in them but they are installed in 75-80% of cars these days. nothing was better than the old mechanical radios with the big buttons that would “ca-chunk” the dial for you. the warm glow of the neon bulb inside dimly lighting the cab. don’t even get me started on the entire removal of AM radios entirely.

if I were to let my preference for the radio stop me from buying newer vehicles I would be losing out on all of the important safety improvements made to cars over the last 40 years. things like air bags, seat belts, mathematically formulated crumple zones, auto-roll fuel pump sensors, etc. that’s not even mentioning some of the comforts like power steering, AC/heating, EFI, rear window defrosting.

my point is, you have an option to continue using a headphone jack with an adapter, there are even options to repair any damage should any occur. I can’t even look at my car radio like I want to replace it without a $4k dealer visit because it’s integrated into the ignition system.

seems like a really silly hill to kill yourself on.

fair point, but…just replace the USB port? it’s repairable for a reason…

I have a fairphone 4. I recommend lineage over e/os due to the encryption lineage comes with plus better overall support.

e/os does get monthly patches, but pretty annoying bugs have been left untouched for years.

I wish I could have worked a day in the offices in the 1960s-70s. before all the technological changes.

sometimes I bake lab equipment to dry or sanitize it. the materials have very specific thresholds and it’s nice to set it and forget it instead of having to babysit it the whole time.

I bought a new stove last year. setting a specific timer or temperature not by 5 is to connect it to WiFi and use the app.

want to set a timer for 13 minutes? fuck you.

want to bake something at 372 degrees? fuck you.

I would have sent it back if it weren’t literally the only one that met all our needs except for the ones we weren’t concerned for.

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again…zero contextual relation to his access to a world economic forum.

so you’re just talking out your ass. my fault for expecting anything out of some rando on the internet.

I can’t condone the further division of people with this kind of speech, but damn it if it doesn’t prove the point.