I wish all game companies put out detailed requirements like this!

The media has been trashy for ages. You gotta check out a book from the 70’s called The Mind Managers by Herbert Schiller.

We still do sometimes. You’d be surprised by how many IRC channels still exist.

Yeah, I’ve been beta-testing a Lemmy app on my iPhone and it’s not perfect and it had an issue which caused me to accidentally double- and triple-post.

I’m hoping the EU’s new battery law will mean all countries will get Sony Xperias with removable batteries, though I realize it’s probably too much to expect.

What do you mean by “ph”?

Well, at least it won’t get you in trouble at work or otherwise around others.

Has Asus’ build quality improved? I read that it tanked after Lenovo bought the company.

Has Asus’ build quality improved? I read that it tanked after Lenovo bought the company.

I think it would be best to hold off until the Lemmy developers push out an update which solves the issue of having separate communities for the same topic on multiple instances. For example, multi-community feeds or merging instances.

This is true. It’s also why nuclear power plants aren’t a lot more common.

A lot of folks unfortunately think open-source software is much more vulnerable than closed-source software because anyone can inspect it. The great irony of it, as everyone here knows, the opposite is actually often true.

For me, the worst part is actually the duplicate communities. Sure, it’s nice that newbies can have these duplicate subs so they don’t have to learn how to traverse the Lemmyverse, but it would be really nice if duplicates could be avoided. Like, maybe if Lemmy instances kept better records of communities on other instances.

This is true.

Yeah, except when you want to do anything with other instances.

Browser extensions help a bit, but just not on iOS.

I think you might have misunderstood me regarding the Xperia. I considered buying one six months ago, but I decided against it because the battery was a major PITA to replace. Before I got too serious about buying that phone, I looked for guides and videos for replacing the battery. I was able to find a teardown which showed the battery-removal process. I get the impression that Sony really doesn’t want people to be able to replace the batteries in their phones.

I want a phone with a battery which can be quickly and easily replaced. That’s why I’m interested in Fairphone. I’m just waiting for A) Fairphone to start selling in the USA so I can get an in-warranty exchange if I get a defective phone, and B) Fairphone to make a new phone with a headphone jack, as the current one lacks one.

I find it very strange, suspicious even, that the Fairphone 4 lacks a headphone jack. I find it at least somewhat suspicious because Fairphone only even unveiled this most recent model a few months after beginning to sell non-repairable wireless headphones. For a company that’s so focused on making repairable devices, it’s rather strange that they would make their phones less environmentally-friendly by taking away the headphone jack and also that they would sell headphones which were not repairable. Fortunately, that was a couple years ago, so even though they usually go 2-3 years between versions, it’s possible that they might release a new one this year. I’m really hoping it’ll have a headphone jack and that it’ll be sold in the US.A

I actually don’t have an Android phone. Well, not yet. I want to get one. I’m just waiting for the right one.

I want an Android phone which has a headphone jack, an easily-replaceable battery, good enough specs to easily manage 3-4 major OS upgrades, and support from an alternative Android-based OS like /e/. Though, I have to admit that I’m starting to worry that I’m asking for too much.

I’ll probably get a Fairphone 5 if it’s released in the US and has a headphone jack.

I’d go with /e/ because it’s free of bloatware and Google’s spyware.

I’ve looked into Teracube, but the specs are appallingly low and the company seems pretty dead right now. Fairphone looks really good. I was going to buy a Fairphone 3 a few years ago, but refrained due to concerns about cell service and warranty, since I live in the US. Plus, they removed the headphone jack. Hopefully, they’ll bring back the headphone jack soon.

Which brand is your Android phone and are you running an alternative Android-based OS like /e/ or LineageOS?