Seems aight, I'm fine with FF ATM though.
I do keep alternates around for rare issues, so when helium is out of beta if it ever is, I may install it.
Honestly, I'd just create a new account/alias and carry on as normal. Maybe bounce around between a couple accounts on different instances, retiring any and replacing it if it gets too much negative heat.
Could always keep your icon or part of an alias name if you want them to be recognizable, but I wouldn't bother personally.
Fresh starts are nice.
Projection for cars?
Superficially it looks pretty good, but there are some details I didn't find handy. For $400 I expect to be able to switch roms and batteries, and for the storage to be decent (not sure what kinda storage they run).
If it tests out to be durable enough for 4 years it might be worth the $400, but that's a gamble for those who just have to have a keyboard and don't care about much else.
For comparison, the other device linked here (Comet) is $250ish and has some swappable parts, including gaming controls. And I think that's overpriced too. Considering neither are tested and known quality tools.
Well, for $50 I'd buy it, maybe $10-20 per addon depending on complexity. For $200-250 it's way too underpowered and far too untested to justify.
Neat concept though.
That's not going to be enough. And please stockpile some at other secure locations.
I got into a fight in a bar, and some guy showed up, intervened, then hung out and kinda insisted I follow in my father's footsteps. I was like, meh, but I had nothing better to do, so I signed up.
Just seeing this now, March 1st, 1am.
Post says it's 4hrs old?
How'd you get that pic of my cat?
I even have a futon cover that looks like that. It's brown, but if the photo was desaturated or tinted it could look the same.
I don't expect it to bring change, but that wasn't a rant. Neither was the OP.
And, besides, a responsible developer wouldn't be on 'unpopularopinion' policing the language of the complaints made by their basic apps users either.
So I suppose we're going to remain at this expected impass indefinitely. Because...
I've been in customer service my whole adult life. Every product, whether service, or app, or device, will see mostly complaints as their primary feedback.
It is simply human nature for a person to not mention a thing that works well vs actually act or speak out in response to issues that they encounter.
A lot of the time the customer is going to be frustrated while doing that, and that will be reflected in their tone and language. And that should be expected, and thus allowed.
It is in the best interest of manufacturers and producers and service providers to look to those complaints intentionally for resources to improve their products or services. And to do so with the knowledge and acceptance that their customers are possibly pissed off, frustrated, drunk, speakers of another language, or, and this is the most important one, not professionals in the relevant field.
Are you a professional developer? If so maybe you know how to use GitHub, or even what it is. Not everyone downloading a social media app on Play is going to know any of that, nor should they have to learn about it to complain when they have an issue.
This is a small platform made of primarily open source tools as a service to humanity by mostly good meaning folk. Inclusivity is important. And that means being accepting and welcoming to the less tech savvy. And understanding of their frustration when they have tech issues.
So, if you or any dev or service provider or manufacturer of any sort wants to thrive, I suggest learning to listen more, and police your customers less. They don't tend to respond well to that, especially if they are already frustrated or disappointed because of something you are responsible for.
It's a topsy tervy world where a customer has to concern themselves with a business opinion of them rather than the other way around.
And even if the service provided is free, or just a pet project, it's still being produced and provided in a world where these things are true.
Regardless, I've migrated away from Blorp and will no longer be recommending it's use. I'm actually going to be recommending against it. And who knows, maybe I am somebody, maybe me recommending a app tends to lead to mass adoption? It's hard to tell.