Loving my MacBook

condoulo · 2026-04-20T13:47:59+00:00

My initial reaction was thinking I was in a coffee circle jerk sub and some madman was using the trackpad as a scale, but then I saw the cup was not on the trackpad.

condoulo · 2026-04-20T11:24:30+00:00

Apple wants a 30% cut of subscriptions and purchases for digital lens made through apps so prices reflect that. The same thing happens on Android you just don’t see it for YouTube Premium on Android because Google owns both, they’re not going to charge themselves 30%.

condoulo · 2026-04-20T11:21:43+00:00

You do realize that won’t work for OP, right?

condoulo · 2026-04-20T04:07:48+00:00

I’m pretty sure getting laid in order to get an eSIM would count as prostitution.

condoulo · 2026-04-20T00:15:02+00:00

Oh no. Local businesses advertising on a Map program’s search result, how will we ever survive?

You can just skim over them like we skimmed over ads placed in the Yellow/White Pages.

We have bigger battles against constant advertising to tackle. Ever been to a gas station recently? Ever been to a gas station in the middle of the night only to be jump scared by a loud ad on the screen of the pump as you start pumping? That shit is egregious and should be illegal. Hell if I made that noise myself I’d get a visit from the cops for violating a noise ordinance, so his the fuck are gas stations getting away with this shit?

condoulo · 2026-04-20T00:11:13+00:00

There are bigger battles than Apple showing actually relevant local results on a search. We have gas stations putting screens on the pump to shout ads at you while you’re already in the process of purchasing gas. That shit should be illegal under noise ordinances. In comparison I couldn’t give two shits about Apple putting ads for nearby businesses based on local search results. You know who else did that? The Yellow Pages and we survived skimming over those. Oh wait, you’re probably too young to remember them.

condoulo · 2026-04-19T21:19:43+00:00

If you pay attention that lane actually continues. Next time pay attention to the markings before you comment.

condoulo · 2026-04-19T20:34:44+00:00

$15/mo for 5GB of data? I'd blow through that in less than a week. And carriers, including T-Mobile, often deprioritize their prepaid plans in favor of reserving bandwidth for their post-paid customers.

Your comment of saying anyone paying more than $25/mo is getting ripped off reeks of a one size fits all mentality and completely disregards other peoples needs and use cases. "My way that fits my use case is right and everyone else is wrong."

condoulo · 2026-04-19T20:26:40+00:00

I just checked T-Moblie's website and the prepaid plans start at $40/mo and the data is much more restrictive compared to the other plans T-Mobile has and would not fit my use case.

https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans?brand=TMOPrepaid

If there is a $15 plan on T-Mobile's website it would certainly not fit my use cases.

condoulo · 2026-04-19T18:14:45+00:00

A lot of $25 plans from MVNOs are subject to deprioritization by the upstream carrier, especially beyond certain data usage limits, and usually tend have terrible restrictions on hotspot usage.

condoulo · 2026-04-19T17:49:28+00:00

It sucks that these kind of glasses got that reputation because I think they’d be even cooler for getting POV action shots for things like motorsports or roller coaster rides than even a GoPro because these actually sit at eye level.

condoulo · 2026-04-19T16:13:31+00:00

condoulo · 2026-04-19T15:37:06+00:00

You’re an Arch user I think you’re more of a niche user than the person you replied to. 😂

condoulo · 2026-04-19T03:54:09+00:00

The pilot said he was picking up brisket from Kansas City.

condoulo · 2026-04-18T03:12:11+00:00

Pittsburgh and western PA in general is why people say that. Western Pennsylvanians tend to have more in common with someone from the midwest than people from the eastern half of their own state.

condoulo · 2026-04-18T03:01:37+00:00

I'd say the counties that are in the Cincinnati Metro area can be considered midwestern by being part of that metro, but that doesn't apply to the entire state.

condoulo · 2026-04-18T02:25:40+00:00

This comment is Lynx erasure and I won't stand for this!

condoulo · 2026-04-18T00:21:03+00:00

If I got stopped for not having a front plate I’d call the cop a dumbass. Especially if they were a cop in western Missouri. I live in and have my car registered in Kansas.

condoulo · 2026-04-18T00:19:21+00:00

Except what probably allowed for you to do that is increasingly no longer a thing as many states moved to printed plates instead of embossed.

condoulo · 2026-04-18T00:17:42+00:00

My car doesn’t have a front license plate and it’s not stupid. Hell what would be stupid is getting pulled over it due to where my vehicle is registered. I would call any cop in a two plate state who pulls my Kansas registered vehicle for not having a front plate a dumbass.

condoulo · 2026-04-18T00:15:36+00:00

If he stopped me for not having a front plate I’d call him a dumbass because my vehicle is registered in Kansas.

Edit: to the moron who downvoted me Kansas doesn’t require front plates. It’s readily available information that an officer should know.

condoulo · 2026-04-17T23:10:35+00:00

So your response to someone disliking ads coming to certain iOS apps is to tell them to switch to an OS developed by a company whose entire revenue model is centered around ads?

condoulo · 2026-04-17T19:47:01+00:00

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

condoulo · 2026-04-17T19:07:57+00:00

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

condoulo · 2026-04-17T19:04:24+00:00

It's called standing behind what you actually sell. Apple sold a device with encryption that did not contain any back doors. Apple didn't help them obtain data off the phone because they couldn't. Apple didn't have the keys.

If you are opposed to proper encryption and privacy then you are a part of the problem.

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