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helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment

I think the main issue (amongst the tech community) was that they did this with out making it known to users (patch notes don't count - especially with autoupdates, who reads them?) the device just started getting slower.

If there was an option that was presented to users once the device got below 80% battery health to slow down the system to make daily batter life longer, then that would be an actually welcome feature.
The problem was Apple just went a did it, and to a normal non-technical user, that means their phone is dying and they need to upgrade.

helpImTrappedOnline , (edited ) to Technology in Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment

This isn't new at all. Apple has been consistent with long term updates for a while.

iPhones have been getting at least 5 major annual updates sense the iPhone 4. The average is 6 updates.

If anything, it gets to a point where the old hardware can barley handle the newer OS.

This is the equivalent of them promising to be called Apple in 5 years - it changes absolutly nothing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history

Edit: thinking about it, this gives them an excuse to reduce the number of years they support phones. Instead of 6-7, can we now expect that to become only 5 years?

This could be a huge loss disguised as a win

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in 24 of the best free alternatives to the most popular paid software

My bad. It's lose, as in "not win".
In this case, "it does not earn a place on the list due to a technicality". The technicality, being an infinite free trial does not truly count in the spirit of being free.

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs

Well, I did miss that, I was skimming for something like a large list or table.
That still leaves 86/90+ unlisted.

helpImTrappedOnline , (edited ) to Technology in 24 of the best free alternatives to the most popular paid software

I know, it loses on a technicality.

helpImTrappedOnline , (edited ) to Technology in 24 of the best free alternatives to the most popular paid software

It is not free (which is the main goal of this list) or open source.

https://alternativeto.net/software/winrar/about/

helpImTrappedOnline , (edited ) to Technology in In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs

Am I just missing it, or is there no list of of these infected apps on the posted article or the reference the article links to.
To me, that is the most important information.

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in Is Firefox still good ?

IE is the best!

Unrelated, would you mind taking a few facebook quizzes and how's your bank accound doing?

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users

Yup and a significant portion of those ads are definatly not school appropriate... From the mobile game ads that show a mostly naked lady, alcohol, soft-porn (chatbot type stuff), jump scares and whatever other crap google exempts from their "guidelines" for a quick buck.

The only (official) way to have all kid firendly ads is to use YouTube Kids, which also blocks all the usefull educational videos for anyone older than 4.

helpImTrappedOnline , (edited ) to Technology in IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025. This could deal a massive blow to private tax filing services such as TurboTax

Funny thing is, in a way our employers already do our taxes, they send everything to the IRS.
We just have to manually input the same data into forms to send to the IRS.
If you get it wrong they'll know and can fine you.
That being said, individuals filing their own taxes does have its place, people have multiple jobs, children, houses, debt, bank intrest earned etc. An employeer should't have to keep track of all that. The individual should just be able to collect all the approiate forms and send them in, not have to transfer info from form w4 to form 1090.

Private tax filing companies like Turbo Tax have heavily lobbied with campaign contributions bribes.

Any attempt to fix the system was blocked. The silver linning (if you can call it that) was they had to make a free version availbe to low income individuals.

However that "free" version is completely burried and not advertised anywhere. They'd rather you use the free version of TurboTax which only free for the basic person with a job, house and maybe a kid. Anything more will cost (my info is a bit outdated and skewed, I'm not really looking at the exact service).

Then it's filled the dark patterns and scare tatics to get you to pay up every step of the way.

Welcome to land of freedom and the illusion of taxation with representation.

helpImTrappedOnline , to Memes in It has already been removed again

Local elections are still significant and will have impact on your area. These are the people allocate funds in your city - could be the difference in roads getting fixed or yet another pet project no one asked for.

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in Microsoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generated

Not sure about the future of WSL, but WSA (android) has been discontinued.

It's not really a suprise seeing as they partnered with Amazon for the app store, no side load support and as far as I know they didn't really mention it anywhere in the actuall OS, so few knew about it.

(Oh and when I tried it, getting it to work for just one app took way more effort than it should have)

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in Linus Tech Tips (LTT) release investigation results on former accusations

Nothing will.
They want to see LTT fail because they made a few bad mistakes.
These are the same people on the relationship forms who say "break up" at the slightest negative.

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in Linus Tech Tips (LTT) release investigation results on former accusations

The problem is the repuational damage, and subsequently financial damage to the brand.
A not ingsificant number of people unsubscribed and stoped watch watching their videos.
More importantly sponsors could stop sponsoring them because they don't the association - just as we've seen LMG drop sponsors over the years.

If they just settled this quietly, the assumption would be the settlement was an admittion of guilt.

Assuming the allagations are false, the defimation suit is a legimate response - for a business model that relys on sponsors and reputation, having that damaged is a big deal financially.

In realty, there is nothing to gain to from pursing the case - a business going after an individual is a horrible idea for PR and the individual isn't going to have the money to make up the cost anyways.

helpImTrappedOnline , to Technology in Linus Tech Tips (LTT) release investigation results on former accusations

I didn't follow it closely either, in fact this is the first I've heard about ex employees confirming and an album of screen shots.

However, I am hesitant to accept screenshots as proof of anything - this is a company of artistic tech nerds, I'm sure 70% of the staff could make a convincing screenshot and 30% of them will know to make the metadata match.

As for ex employees speaking up, it's all hearsay. It could be true, but it could also not. There's no reliable way to determine that with out substantial evidence backing them.

I would accept it if someone took them to the courts and won - unfortually thats a huge finaical burdern for an individual, so that's unlikely to happen.

Alternatively if the labor board started issuing fines for crimes, that'd be a clear indicator something bad was happening.

In this case, I am sticking with inoocent until proven guilty.

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