Do NOT buy a phone from Verizon or Verizon MVNOs like Spectrum. They can be carrier unlocked but the bootloaders are permanently locked and there is no way to unlock them. The sales reps will tell you they can be completely unlocked but that’s not the case.

US Mobile’s Pixel prices are good and they can be unlocked (carrier and bootloader) after 60 days. It is one MVNO that doesn’t bootloader lock phones when you choose Verizon service.

Amazon’s Google store (in addition to Google direct) has bootloader unlocked phones but they are pretty expensive most of the time.

What brings the child rapist and the rest of the Grand Old Pedophiles purpose and their greatest joy is causing the misery of others.

If it quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, and looks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

The problem is there are plenty of people out there (especially Magats) who are easily convinced the duck isn’t there at all. You know… morons.

That story’s still a bit disturbing after more than a decade.

You think it will help? The first thing that’ll happen when a recession hits is people will be laid off en mass and there will be no jobs available to apply for. It will take months or years for things to get better, and if AI starts replacing people it will take even longer.

I think the “stable genius” has already caused a massive recession. We are just seeing the first signs of it but it’s not something to look forward to. It will cause widespread misery before anything improves.

The canary in the coal mine.

This is like holding a car manufacturer liable when a teenager drives to a liquor store and uses a fake ID.

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NBC news article referenced paywalled.

As expected, the case against the SPLC brought by the child rapist cheerleaders at the DOJ begins to fall apart.

That was my plan, but since GrapheneOS is based on Google’s Android 16 code I’d expect it to have the same bugs.

Not surprised Apple’s market share is improving.

I bought a Pixel 10 and Google’s software quality control is laughable. Ridiculously simple things just don’t work properly. For instance Google has broken Bluetooth for some common devices, USB won’t connect at all to some computers, and audio players are killed to save battery even when the phone is plugged in.

Never thought I’d consider an Apple but an Iphone my will be my next purchase.

For years there were opinion pieces in publications about how much better renting is than buying. Financial experts made the case that the expense of purchasing and maintenance weren’t worth any benefits of ownership, especially in the long term. After dealing with big rent increases, insane landlords, and apartments being shown while I was living in them I wasn’t convinced. When adding in the relative stability in the of costs of ownership I always thought those experts were full of crap.

Turns out none of those articles took sudden increases in property values and rent into account. Trying to rent an apartment for someone on a moderate fixed income in my area has become damn near impossible. Rents have gone up ~60% in 5 years far exceeding the COL increases most people see from retirement income or even the raises they may be getting from their employers if they’re working.

Buying a home was one of the best financial decisions I’ve ever made.

Putin’s lackey just needs an excuse to follow his boss’s orders.

Haven’t tried that yet. For now I’ve blocked most of Roku’s BS with Adguard Home.

Roku is every bit as bad. They bricked all customer’s previously purchased TVs by implementing a new user agreement through their UI without warning. It couuld not be bypassed. Opting out required first opting in, agreeing to those new terms and then mailing a letter within a very short window with explicit, detailed requirements.

My next TV won’t be connected to the Internet and definitely won’t be a Roku or Visio product.

Officers who falsify charges should be in jail, but in the U.S. wearing a badge gives criminals almost complete immunity to the law.

The only reason Microsoft is doing anything is their enterprise customers have had enough of their BS.

HP is a garbage company. My laptops typically last until the hardware is well past obsolete, but not HP’s crap. My HP X360 laptop’s motherboard failed completely and the hinges just fell apart for the 2nd time. This POS didn’t last for 3 years of occasional use. Never again.

When I get to 20 or so I have to start closing some tabs to keep track of things. How do you find the tab you’re looking for when you have that many open?