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Hahaha good one!

True, like they banned two-time world champion Michael Schumacher.

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I'm on Slowroll though.

Other manufacturers did/do parts pairing as well.

Apple also removed a couple of roadblocks for third party parts and you can pair replacement parts on device now.

Is it perfect? No. My point is simply that most other major smartphone manufacturers are no better (remember Google's Pixel 4a battery performance program?). But around these parts people seem to be prejudiced and maybe have outdated information. I just feel like it's more of a "pick your poison" instead of a "grass is greener on the other side".

Jup, I just never buy games with Denuvo these days.

Under Windows, the 5 machine activations per 24 hours limit they impose wasn't something I ever hit, but under Linux it's kind of easy because, as the article states, switching Proton versions counts as a machine activation to Denuvo.

Ah, Microsoft. Just when I thought you understood how to properly release a game with South of Midnight and TES: Oblivion Remastered: Steam Deck verified, no Denuvo or other intrusive DRM (doesn't mean the games are DRM free), available on multiple storefronts. Along comes Doom and they just couldn't resist Denuvo. Idiots.

I think iPhones have one of the best iFixit repairability scores among popular smartphones. The current iPhone 16 Pro scores 7/10, while the Pixel 9 Pro and S25 Ultra only achieve 5/10. Parts - first or third party - are broadly available.

Neither are "normies" "ready" for degoogled Android.

99 % of smartphone users don't care about USB-C transfer speeds because they only use the port for charging. Maybe a fraction of these users uses wired CarPlay, which works the same with USB 2.0 speeds. Maybe some users use a USB-C to headphone jack adapter which works the same as well.

There's a tiny fraction of users that'll ever notice the speed difference (because they use the port for actual data transfer) but they won't find reading a spec sheet confusing.

A Way Out is marked as "Playable" by Valve, mainly because of Origin (or EA App nowadays?) and some quirks with the controls. Should play just fine though and once in-game controllers should be well supported.

Same. It's pretty cheap, comes with unlimited free traffic and is just simple to use. Supports many ways to access it, including BorgBackup.

Did the orange cats share their OneOrangeBraincell with him for a moment there?

I switched from a HP MicroServer with TrueNAS (the BSD one) to a Synology 8-bay system because of convenience, mostly (DIY 8-bay with hot swap, low idle power and all seems hard to come by).

Hopefully it'll last for years to come but if I ever need to replace/upgrade it it's not gonna be another Synology with this type of extreme vendor lock-in.