clb92

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[–] clb92 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

and frankly people got really pushy about a thing they don’t even pay for

He doesn't owe anyone anything, and he can decide to run his open source project just as he pleases, but it could have gone so much better. People are mostly just disappointed, I feel like.

[–] clb92 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'll have you know that I always use the Wii safety strap! Some call me weird for still walking around with that strap so many years after I sold my Wii, but I haven't broken a single TV since then...

[–] clb92 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You could fit a small soldering iron in there too, like the Pinecil or TS80P.

[–] clb92 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Alright, thanks

[–] clb92 2 points 9 months ago

Yup, I can customize and change the settings of my Moondrop earbuds with Gadgetbridge instead of the official app.

[–] clb92 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

They have a feature where they toggle sound presets depending on your location. That's the only thing that requires an account, as well as access to your location. It's opt-in however (and pretty useless imo).

If it can toggle ANC and "passthrough" mode based on location, that would actually be an awesome feature for me. I often wear my earbuds while walking, taking the train, and shopping, and in the train I like having ANC on but at the supermarket I like having passthrough mode on so I can hear the cashier better.

[–] clb92 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure you can save them locally, it just requires extra clicks every time, which is super annoying.

[–] clb92 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Or in America, "We're going to sew you back up, but first, please enter credit card details and sign here regarding your payment plan"

[–] clb92 3 points 9 months ago

Why, PorkBun is great?

[–] clb92 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

But you never truly "own" a domain anyway, you just rent it via the registrars. The registrars and registries can take it away from you at any moment anyway.

[–] clb92 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

What's the value proposition here? Free no-questions-asked replacement if it breaks? Free upgrades when new models come out (though they have no real incentive to keep developing new "forever mice")?

If my mice on average last, say, 6 years and cost $175 (I splurged on a high-end one last time), the subscription will have to be less than $2.40/month, and since customers absolutely hate subscriptions, especially if there's no real benefit, probably even less than $1.50/month for most to even consider it.

In fact the Logitech mouse before my current mouse lasted 12 years and cost me $75, so that's a max subscription cost of 50 cents/month for it to be comparable.

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