You’re being pedantic, but I’m sure you understand the point.

I also like LoseIt!, but somehow I also ended up paying for it, too. $20/yr. I don’t like the free version as much

It’s believable. If 25% of the warrants they receive are for location data, there is a shed load of money to be saved by simply not storing it.

Probably simple math, whether or not the stored location data is more valuable than the cost of legal compliance.

If you’re on Lemmy, you’re already set up to “not understand”. You probably have no trouble installing a new chat app and using it.

I chat with 20-30 people in my neighborhood, all middle aged adults, and they all have iPhones. If I were to ask, only one would accommodate my request to use a different app, and it’d still be disruptive to his routine. I’m not angry at any of these folks; I blame Apple. Though they have a good product, they are totally behaving like a monopolist.

It’s not the features and never has been. It comes preinstalled, it just works, and it works perfectly with most people. No one calls it “iMessage”. They call it “texting”.

I agree it’s a bad first step. I’d keep trying idea on the table, but I’d start by working with the European car manufacturers to create huge tariffs on those cars. Make it impossible for them to be sold at those prices in Western markets

I mean, before Gmail, I had a new email address every 2-3 years. I’ve had Gmail for what, almost 20 years? That’s not what I’d define as “ephemeral.”

Anything in particular? I’m not great at understanding things that aren’t said.

I think CDPR upscaled this design for Cyberpunk 2077

What do you do that you carry special pliers every day?

Do you mean Vine? I can tell you a few things about that.

Curious what you decide. I feel trapped. My Gmail has been my primary account for almost 20 years. With that kind of longevity, switching would be extremely disruptive.

I didn’t mean my comment or the OPs to be an aspersion on how well anyone does their job. It’s more a comment on perception vs reality. For example, look at how many people came to observe and realize how many US government operations are held together through gentlemen’s agreements (aka duct tape and chewing gum) that Trump was able to dismantle simply by not agreeing.

Disposal and/or treatment of waste. Unless its “waste-to-energy”—in which case you’d use that terminology, but you’d never call either “recycling.”

This here is the best comment to address the OP question. Just to be clear, I 100% agree: every job, every field is just held together by duct tape and bubble gum.

I’m in the industry, at least in the US, and this is not technically accurate… especially not using the language and common understanding of the layperson.

That is such a good and sad film.

Why not put down mulch and native perennials? Skip fussy turf grass altogether.

What about if the product arrives with damaged or missing pieces (and the packaging is fine)? Serious question.

I don’t think so.

My in laws are very technologically illiterate. I bet they have never opened word pad except accidentally… but I guarantee they know what “Word” is and think “word pad” is just some nerdy tech person word for the software they know.

I bet the number of people who both rely on word pad and who don’t know about any other free alternatives is so very low.

I consider it “cheering for the underdog.” When they are no longer the underdog, then the cheering ceases.