Nice one. Will check it out.

I think the thinking is that half a million is a disgusting amount for anyone to earn annually and I tend to agree with that.

Have you a nice dark mode plugin going on that I should have?

developer verification can be disabled, bypassed, or worked with

In reality this is useless given the technical capabilities (or access to the technology necessary) of nearly every android user. What percentage of them do you think has the capacity and capability to use ADB?

you called it sideloading removal, which it isn’t.

Strictly it ticks the box, however effectively it is sideloading removal. Arguing otherwise honestly makes me think you work for them. It’s such obvious marketing bullshit “Oh, we left this tiny window open to tick the box which people can use, but almost certainly not you and even if you are capable, it’s a pain in the arse”. There are lots of intelligent people in my house. I’m the only one capable of using ADB without enormous effort, making it a deliberately huge barrier and even I’m not going to do it to install a trusted open source app.

Let’s be clear; the only reason they left that little window open was to have people like you say “no, sideloading is still possible” to cover their arses legally and also for actual developers, not because they care about an open ecosystem.

Adb is functionally useless for most people.

S2 was a great phone in fairness. If you do upgrade the phone you’ll be shocked at how far screens have come in that time. Cameras too but more on the mid range and higher phones. Cheaper ones are still taking mid pictures.

My phone is 14 years old

Incredible work tbh. Mind me asking what phone that is?

I got 5 years out of my last one and 3 so far on current one and feel like I’m doing well with 8 years from two phones.

100% fatality rate.

I think it’s cool! Congratulations on your two degrees. As to your question, I’m not sure why people would find it negative.

Yes!!! Me too!!! I recorded it onto a VHS tape off the TV as a kid and I’m probably at a similar watch count to you. It’s my favourite movie of all time.

Aliens.

Still holds up in 4K nearly 40 years on. The drop ship, the mother alien, the armoured carrier, all incredible looking.

This is the context I came to the comments for. Thank you. I knew Mandy was a solid human.

If only they understood why they’re called hydrocarbons. Might explain all that water they leave behind in the air. Alas…

Haha. Sorry! I mean I really did enjoy it. But “must watch” is a high standard.

I faced similar with Aliens (my favourite movie of all time) with my 15 year old. I deliberately didn’t watch it for nearly 10 years to wait on the 4k release. Got gifted a Blu-ray player between my wife and eldest son for Christmas, had a big “Aliens night” when the disc arrived and she called it “mid” 😭

I appreciated the recommendation of something slightly obscure enough to watch it straight after your comment though for what it’s worth.

Thanks. Haven’t come across this one before. It’s on prime for anyone interested.

Will add this to the watchlist.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352802/

Edit: Watched it just now as it’s short and the house is quiet. I wouldn’t have it on my must see list but it was enjoyable

I more or less do the same for finding new communities but I do browse my feed by “scaled” first to try to engage posts early in Comms that I’m interested in, then move to all top twelve hours after.

What is that thing on the bonnet / hood?

Lawnchair supports it.

https://lawnchair.app/

And finally: I still have a flip-phone and have no other computing devices beyond the one desktop PC I’m writing

That is hardcore. I respect it. Even my 86 year old mother has a smartphone.

I am incredibly difficult to buy gifts for because I have everything I want, which is not much at all.