blitzen

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Nothing about Saudi Arabia is pro-consumer.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not defending anything, other than basic usage of the English language. I’m not saying Bluetooth is better, objectively or subjectively, than a wired connection. You’re free to prefer one over the other, but any preference is just that, a preference.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don’t think you understand what objectively means.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not objectively

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

They are going to answer with some stupid reasoning like removing the 3.5mm jack.

But truly Apple stance on right-to-repair really is their only non-defendable stance. And this is coming from an Apple fanboy.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm certainly not trying to be an Apple apologist here, as iMessage has plenty to critique. But it bears consideration that iMessage falling back to SMS is a certain amount of openness, is it not?

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not an unfair complaint against Apple, but ignores Google's/Android's problematic "support" for RCS, and in this context of this comment seems to imply that What'sApp isn't "closed" like iMessage.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

apple hates open standards

What about WhatsApp is open?

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this is the thinking I can expect on this instance, perhaps this is not the instance for me.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I feel that maybe you're reading my question as 'critique of China is inherently support for the west/US/etc' which I absolutely do not mean. I think that it's possible that painting all critique with a broad 'xenophobia' brush (while undoubtedly warranted at times) can prevent discussion in good faith.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I am asking this in full earnestness: is any critique of the Chinese government assumed to be rooted in xenophobia?

 

Had a bit of a showerthought this morning. c/books could do a monthly book club pick but with the additional feature of inviting a related community to participate. For example, if the book pick was "Two Wheels Good" by Jody Rosen, !bicycles@lemmy.ca could be invited to participate. Seems to be a great way to encourage more people to read and more people to subscribe to the sub.

 

Say what you will about reddit, at least an established subreddit was the place to gather on the topic, ie r/technology etc.

With Lemmy, doesn't it follow that similar communities on different instances will simply dilute the userbase, for example !technology@lemmy.ml and !technology@beehaw.org. How do we best use lemmy as a (small c) community when a topic can be split amongst many (large C) Communities?

This is an earnest question, in no way am I suggesting lemmy is inferior to reddit. I'm quite enjoying myself here.

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