Don't be so sanctimonious. This behaviour is obnoxious AF.
HidingCat
joined 1 year ago
Same, not upgrading till they fix that. But it seems that by the time that makes its way back, Windows 12 is going to be announced. xD
That's why all enshittification usually starts because of publicy-traded companies, or companies trying to go there. We're mostly here because Reddit wanted to go public.
Wow, do you have a lot of Amazon devices? That's a lot of calls to Amazon.
Where are the Conviva calls coming from?
Keying does no good, have you tried fumbling with a serial port connection before? Same difference, and it's keyed too.
What'd have helped is clear markings and plug heads, like how some DIN connectors are done: The orientation simply cannot be missed.
Xiaomi is probably the least affiliated of the lot, and they still offer a bootloader unlocking tool. Huawei on the other hand...
I don't like how the knee-jerk reaction to anything China-made is, but I guess the Chinese aren't helping themselves.
Don't use Xiaomi apps if there are alternatives. The browser is one of the most annoying POS ever. The launcher too. I just swap out as many of the defaults as possible and use a debloater tool to remove all the unnecessary crud. Unlike Samsung's bloat, the Xiaomi ones are annoying too.
Yea, I do it less for privacy reasons, and more for tidiness. Tracking parameters can be so unwieldly nowadays. Something that's 30-40 characters long can balloon to 200-300 characters.
People generally don't care (I myself am not at the level of this community). It also involves enough technical know-how that most people won't care. It's like asking people to use a CLI, not going to happen. I'm pretty sure I'm one of the few people who still C&P URLs to share, most people hit a "Share" button.
They gotta be crazy to do this to consumer Windows, since it's been like, free for a lot of people now.
I have the original, it's quite nice to use, but not having a second stick does hamper it. The Steam Deck controls look perfect.
Backblaze has been pretty good, though I'm wondering if I should consider my options with the upcoming price increase.