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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't that exactly what OP's screenshot is depicting?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Connecting a classic (non-Google TV) Chromecast to a new WiFi (or heaven forbid a hotel WiFi with a capture portal) was always such a pain. And casting over networks without mDNS is flaky at best and otherwise downright impossible.

By contrast, I've loved taking along my Chromecast with Google TV to hotels, along with:

  • A VPN client installed it already,
  • An Android phone that can create a WiFi AP while connected to the hotel WiFi,
  • A Bluetooth speaker and my Bluetooth headphones paired to it so I get great audio as well.

This has been a complete gamechanger and a genuine upgrade over yesteryear's Chromecasts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe Wise? I suppose it depends on your needs as not a whole lot of people use Wise.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Apple doesn't care about your privacy. They care about their image of caring about your privacy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What do you do with CDs? Genuinely curious about how they can be used in 2024 and surprised artists still have any printed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I absolutely love Windows with the Linux subsystem. Coming from Mac it's genuinely terrific to not have to mess around with homebrew. Incredible to see how Windows came from being comically inferior to surpassing Apple as there has been absolutely no progression there in the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It would be better if direct sales were allowed, but unfortunately dealerships are required by law in almost all US states. The shady bit is how Tesla got one of the few exceptions and continues to be exempt despite being among the leading car manufacturers in the USA. All other leading manufacturers are required by state laws to sell their vehicles through dealerships.

Tesla's NCAS chargers only began to allow non-Teslas to use it from 2019, so this is kind of recent history in terms of car ownership and network coverage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That hasn't been my experience, but perhaps regulations are stricter in the EU.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Regarding the sales process: in Tesla's early days, they received an exception to the requirement for needing to use dealerships. Generally this is very shady and is outright unfair towards other car manufacturers—even Rivian didn't get this same special treatment because lawmakers saw how Tesla abused it.

Tesla's growing monopoly on charging networks isn't something to be proud of, in my opinion, and neither is their proprietary charging cable. We need open standards.

Also, Tesla's mileage estimates are notoriously exaggerated. Perhaps technically you can get the claimed range if the entire trip is downhill…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Whoa, the owner acknowledged that the weather was to blame, not Tesla?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Allow me to clarify:

  • Limited support for AirTags has been added to Android, that is the context of the posted article and the experience you are describing.
  • Apple neither supports account access on Android devices or provisions access to their tag network on behalf of linked accounts, so unless you have an Apple device, you cannot stipulate that a tag that belongs to you.

Consequently, the solution offered by Google appears to have been effectively built without Apple's support. Goggle's added support for AirTags despite Apple's cooperation—and support for other tracking devices—is a net positive for privacy.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes, users have begun to be alerted of trackers—this is the recent change by Google as it relates to this post. An ongoing issue is, to my knowledge, that there's no way to identify what kind of device it is. Goggle's instructions literally suggest taking a screenshot of the serial number for later reference.

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