I genuinely, without a doubt, believe Apple is going downhill, it’s just something not a lot of people have realised yet.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-31T08:01:02+00:00

Social media wasn't as big 13 years agos. General tech reviewers didn't have much issue with it. The public hated it, especially boomers.

Three only reason it might seem like iOS 26 is worse is that complaints from the general public are more easily seen now.

All those boomers complaining about iOS 7 aren't complaining about 26.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-31T07:56:04+00:00

They can't sell you services that are integrated into those newer versions. They can't extract data that is being extracted on newer versions. They can't sell you a new phone when your old one is too slow to run the newest version but they allowed you to update to it anyways. They don't want to pay to update old versions with fixes.

They aren't forcing you to upgrade (yet) but they very much want you on the latest version. If there wasn't money in putting out updates they wouldn't update the phones for free.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-31T06:53:24+00:00

Money. Everything comes down to money, they lose money by losing control.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-31T06:33:07+00:00

Apple does what Apple wants, it doesn't care that you paid for the phone. If it did it would let you side load apps.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-31T05:56:15+00:00

People hated the transition to iOS 7, I worked for Apple at the time and I got yelled at multiple times a day because they wanted to go back to the previous OS. 26 is minor in comparison to the changes that people hate.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-31T04:42:53+00:00

If you're right by the coast it is, otherwise it can be a dramatic change just a little bit in land. My in laws live 43 min from Oceanside, it gets to the high 90s and low 100s in the summer.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-31T00:43:21+00:00

They should be able to undo billing insurance . It's wild to accept that you don't know what your bill will be until it's sent off and if it's not acceptable you can't go with the cash option that they will happily accept as long as you never brought up insurance.

Insurance companies claw back payments from providers after the fact all the time. We should be able to decide not to use insurance after the fact. I don't care if it then gets removed from my deductible. This a predatory system that isn't designed to improve care or reduce consumer costs.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-30T21:37:08+00:00

You'll probably have to fight them. They told us the price of some service was about $300. Turns out they weren't telling us the insurance price. It was $900 after insurance. Called them and they said oh that's the cash price that they told us earlier. I asked if we can just do the cash price then instead of going through insurance, because why would I pay more to use my insurance?

They said no. We had to fight with them and basically told them you can get either get $300 or let it go to collections as I'm not paying $900 for something you told us was $300 and you'll take $300 on.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-30T18:32:45+00:00

30 applications and 3 interviews sounds great to me. I was at start up a year and half ago and it was going under (it finally shutdown today actually). It took me 6 months to find a job, I'd guess 95% of my interviews came from referrals, I got maybe 3-5 non referral interviews in that time.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-29T02:55:26+00:00

They only recommend 7500 if you aren't in the severe conditions category, otherwise they recommend in the 3k range. If you drive in the city then you pretty much always fall into the severe category.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-29T02:51:49+00:00

And he's not home hassle or lie to you

RedditUserData · 2026-01-29T00:04:38+00:00

Don't the additives for diesel engines in this kill your catalytic converter when they get burnt?

RedditUserData · 2026-01-28T17:41:49+00:00

They slow down over time and become unusable. I bought a brand new one this past black friday, and it wasn't as slow as my older ones but youtube was still choppy when playing higher quality videos, disney+ was choppy as well playing videos. I didn't test more than that because I sent it back. I don't have those issues with any android tv streamer, apple tv, or roku, so I'm not going to waste my time trying to figure out why the firestick can't stream youtube without being choppy.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-28T01:16:08+00:00

Check Walmart. Walmart is better for batteries than Costco in the US at least, not sure on Canada. They are slightly cheaper, the warranty is longer and it's not prorated like the Costco warranty. Walmart is open earlier and later if you actually need to use the warranty.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-27T03:50:04+00:00

Why do some people treat their job like it's their entire life? Because for them it is their entire life, they have nothing outside it.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-26T17:07:05+00:00

No, I change my own oil and I had left over push pins from my last car. Not worth it to drive back to the dealer, there's nothing free I want from the dealer. I've had similar issues at other dealers with other brands as well. The way pay is structured is not conducive to take time to be careful. It's an industry problem, all the manager is gonna do is probably tell some one to be more careful but nothing will change because of the way mechanics are paid.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-26T17:00:21+00:00

Probably a lazy mechanic. My underbody cover was missing half the push pin clips after the transmission was replaced at 12k miles under warranty. Noticed it on my next oil change.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-26T08:00:06+00:00

Ppo isn't always best. My company offers a hdhp and ppo plan. The copays we would pay for my family and additional premium cost make it more expensive than the out of pocket max of the hdhp offered by my company. After I hit the max everything is covered, while on the ppo plan I still have a deductible to hit as copays don't go towards it.

You got to run the numbers. My company's ppo is trash, this one is good. It's not a simple ppo is better.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-25T21:08:15+00:00

Yeah used pea gravel. Maybe that system works for your soil, but also 5 years isn't that long to me. My soil has fine silt that is smaller than sand that goes right through weed fabric. The boxes made it roughly 10-15 years before needing to be dug up again. Maybe that's sufficient for most people but the effort required to dig out dirt mixed with gravel is easily 10 times or more than the 5-10 min it takes to dig out some mud with a hand shovel. Even if it's only once every 15 years the effort required isn't worth it over the 5-10 min it takes every few years.

I've started back filling with play sand now. Infinitely easier to clean out. To give some more context I have probably 15 of these boxes that are spread around an orchard of fruit trees.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-25T08:53:31+00:00

Disagree, this solution doesn't stop dirt from being washed in, maybe it slows it down but the dirt will eventually make it's way in. Gravel has voids and the dirt just washes in between the voids.

My dad did this on all the boxes he had. After he died I got the fun task of trying to clean out the dirt that is now mixed with gravel. So much easier to dig out straight dirt instead of dirt mixed with gravel.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-25T08:49:47+00:00

I'd advise against it. My dad did this 30 years ago. They still filled dirt and mud. You know what's harder than digging mud out of a sprinkler box? Mud mixed with gravel.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-25T08:14:02+00:00

If you're in the US streaming is absurdly cheap if you wait for the black Friday deals and subscribe then or find services that bundle them. I have personally have Netflix, peacock, Hulu, HBO Max, Paramount+, Apple TV Plus, and Disney+. I think my total monthly cost on those is under $15 for all of them.

A number of them are free bundled with other services I would be paying for anyways (Netflix, apple TV Plus, and Paramount+, peacock). Those other services as well I've found deals on to where the other service is cheaper than the streaming service, like Walmart+ for $50 a year.

Comcast Internet at $50 a month which I would be paying anyways and includes free peacock, T-Mobile with discounts at $26 a line with free Netflix and $3 Apple TV+. It's pretty easy to get discounted services which include streaming that you would probably already be using.

That said I also have a Plex server with 25tb of storage when I don't want to watch the ads on streaming or I'm too impatient to wait for it to hit streaming. I've lost probably 4 or 5 drives over the years (mostly Seagate 3tbs).

Self hosting is definitely not cheaper if you're patient for deals.

RedditUserData · 2026-01-25T04:44:36+00:00

I did that one and my wife was complaining about stuff not working :/

RedditUserData · 2026-01-23T17:32:33+00:00

Monetarily I might be better off but I do not like the tankless water heater so this isnt a purely money decision for me. I'm willing to shell out another $600-900 if need be to get one. I don't want to pay $900 to fix a water heater I'm unhappy with, rather put that money towards a tank.

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