

No. But I’ve never had it uninstall an app. Let alone one I had for months from F-Droid.
This is a test account for testing out lemmy.
Bio update test: 2024-03-13


No. But I’ve never had it uninstall an app. Let alone one I had for months from F-Droid.


Some can be pretty limited in what they allow you.
For example, I tried Moto G54 5G, and it kept giving me full-screen update notifications, which would immediately re-appear when I exit it and closed it from recent apps.
Naturally, I tried to disable Moto updates, at least temporarily.
Hmm, shouldn’t that be me?
I returned the phone for a refund.


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OH, that’s why 4636.
So 3646633 could be ENGMODE (Engineer Mode on MediaTek). Are all of them like this?


Yeah, it’s… interesting. Especially with donations.
Apple takes a 30% cut, then Google does so as well from the remainder.
Feeling generous? Congrats, more than a half goes to corporations.


Also to note are regional pricing differences. Let’s for example compare US and Ukraine pricing:
| Plan | United States of America | Ukraine (converted to USD) | Ukraine (UAH) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student | $8.99 | ~$1.36 | ₴59 |
| Individual | $15.99 | ~$2.28 | ₴99 |
| Family | $26.99 | ~$3.43 | ₴149 |
Though I don’t know how much that would seem over there.
But anyway, I pay $1.99 for DNS (NextDNS), so $2.28 for streaming high quality video without ads? Sure, would seem fine.
I wonder how much cost difference there is on the Google side between the regions.


Almost all of the ads I see on the home page are of type “Hot ${GROUP} in your area.”


In 2021, when Amazon launched its first “just walk out” grocery store in the UK in Ealing, west London, this newspaper reported on the cutting-edge technologies that Amazon said made it all possible: facial-recognition cameras, sensors on the shelves and, of course, “artificial intelligence”.
An employee who worked on the technology said that actual humans – albeit distant and invisible ones, based in India – reviewed about 70% of sales made in the “cashier-less” shops as of mid-2022
UK AI company builder.ai has been tricking customers and investors for eight years – selling an advanced code-writing AI that, it turns out, is actually an Indian software farm employing 700 human developers.


Plus it’s done using re-used parts which will just become single-use: https://old-man-par.com/2026/01/21/previously-flow-components-of-artemis-ii/
Oldest one first flown on STS-5 in 1982.
Genuine question, what are those?
I recognize issues with large power imbalance, such as huge gap in maturity, roles (e.g.: student/teacher, worker/boss), intelligence (severe mental disability on one side), etc. where one party could easily coerce the other into something, possibly even unintentionally (e.g.: one party wants something and is already upset, the other party is worried about not only breaking up, but also getting fired and not being able to afford rent, thus pushing through).
But in this case, if the above doesn’t apply, what are the other problems?