• anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    Idk who needs to hear it, but stop buying this shit. If it has a computer inside, but you can’t flash your own software onto it, just pass. If you’re unsure, look around, find the nearest Linux user and ask for help.

  • Bazz@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    These fuckers disabled car mode in the android app to make you buy one of those and now they’re killing it. I used car mode in my car and the moment it stopped working was when I cancelled my subscription.

    • el_abuelo@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      What did car mode do? Was it when it switched to big old buttons? Mine used to do that until I got Android Auto in my new car…so up until about a year ago

      • aquafunkalisticbootywhap@lemmy.sdf.org
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        6 months ago

        downvotes are not to express disagreement!

        so many comments here about adding regulations and “this should be illegal” and, yes, those may be a valid way to curb this behavior

        but customers willing to leave a company for bad behavior, customers wary of new products without asdurances they wont just become useless, non-reusable e-waste could also effectively curb this behavior

        just because you want to outsource all of your product and company research to a law or regulation, and want to be able to blindly buy products and just hope the company doesn’t make bad choices in every regard but quartly profits doesn’t mean it is the only effective check & balance

      • Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        I want the bands to get some money. I buy from bandcamp when musicians are sensible enough to sell on there, or on their sites.

        • ShunkW@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          I wish list stuff until a Bandcamp Friday comes around where artists get all the money. I’ve stopped buying physical media, so waiting on a digital purchase isn’t an issue for me.

    • morrowind@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      There are three morbillion songs and I have no idea which ones I like. Streaming platforms became popular for a reason

      • PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Yeah most people don’t care to maintain a local music library. It’s a lot of work and compared to streaming services that do it for you this offers no real benefit. If you listen to lots of new/different music all the time, streaming is actually far cheaper.

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    6 months ago

    We need new laws y’all. All these companies should be forced to collect all their e-waste as part of their products lifecycle.

    If a company produces any product and the company has a market cap over $1billion, then they should be responsible for collecting and recycling all their trash.