Yeah this is absolutely needed… I grew up in Devon and remember when the bus services were privatised and taken away from the council… For about six months the prices dropped as two different companies competed, then one company won the other company folded and suddenly it was a monopoly… Prices tripled overnight and then over the next few years the number of services declined to the point where it was impossible to live in the village that I did and commute to work by bus
Wow, they really did those poor bastards dirty didn’t they?
I feel like some people in this thread are overlooking the tongue in cheek nature of this humour post and taking it weirdly personally
I actually stopped my subscription to Wired recently because the damn site never recognises me and login does not seem to support autofill or biometrics. Really pissed me off.
Anyway, the gist of this article is the companies are spending money on building AI and sacking people to save that money
Not now perhaps, but then it was. To me. I’d not pay them a farthing now.
100% I did pay for the premium version of Apollo and I absolutely would have paid about £20 a month for access.
It was the #1 most used app on all my devices.
I know, I snorted at that. Oh, shit we’re losing money because we pursued endless growth instead of the UX for customers….quick, uhhh….AI!
This is actually a thing. Worked in Apple Stores for years and saw laptops and phones full of rice. Whole grains and bits n bobs.
So before the rice you could actually do a modular repair sometimes. Swap out the battery or SSD.
Whole thing full of rice bits attached to every component? Forget it.
Also, once a device is liquid damaged, often rice will resurrect it but only until the logic board rusts through / goes dry. Copper oxidises over time.
On the other hand, if you can’t afford a repair or swap out, (contrary to popular opinion, Apple sell replacement devices through their service channel way cheaper than new units) rice might give your device a new lease of life. So sometimes worth the gamble.
Edit: missed the D off SSD which kind of changed the context!
Holy shit, thanks for that
I worked a job once where the manager instigated an ice breaking exercise… you know the sort of thing… tell me two truths about yourself and one lie.
One of his truths was that “he once licked sweat of Gary glitter’s chest.”
I kind of bet he regrets that disclosure, now.
11+ years here, all on mobile (Reddit Pics was my first app.)
Apollo WAS Reddit for me. I loathe the Reddit app and refuse to use it. Would happily have paid a monthly fee or whatever. I spent unhealthy amounts of time on Reddit.
Not been back since Apollo shut down. This is my home now.
Fear not, this will only be available to the super rich.
However, you will be able to feed your children by selling your organs, so we’ve got that going for us.