Perhaps an unpopular take, but more teams is absolutely not what we need right now. It’s ludicrous to think that Andretti could just waltz in and be competitive. And what exactly would another bottom-feeder team add to the enjoyment of the sport? Or even a midfield one? We have plenty of both.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it as many times as I need to. I’ve lived in “3rd world countries”, and I’ve lived in Texas. Texas is worse.

If we have nothing to talk about in the off-season except clickbaity trash like this, can we please just keep quiet?

Off the seven seas? Try Britbox. Relatively affordable, no ads whatsoever. They’ve got Cats does Countdown, QI, Mock the Week etc.

Britbox has all the series since the start, when Stephen Fry was presenting.

Fair enough. I think us and everyone else on this thread can definitely agree on that last point, at the very least. 🫡

Sam Collins will definitely still call them Sauber. Now and forever 😂

Unlike Sauber’s new name 🙄

I hate how advertising has infiltrated every damn aspect of this sport (and many others).

I remember watching a hockey game in the US for the first time, and they were talking about “the Lexus intermission report”. You what?! 🤨

You fail to sell when you fail to timely implement desirable features. And you fail to prioritise properly when you disregard or misinterpret feedback.

None of this is better mitigated by subscription models.

This sounds almost identical to the script our former VP of PM parroted. Everyone in engineering was vehemently opposed. But the C suite loved it, so we switched to a subscription model. Guess what, NEMs and govt clients don’t like paying subscriptions. No one does, but these are huge, powerful business entities we’re talking about here. You can’t force their hand. We lost 3 of our 4 biggest clients within 6 months. It took a massive amount of work to reverse course.

Just admit it. Subscriptions are nothing more than a blatant money grab. We (the SW industry) have been successfully releasing software and making fucktonnes of money for decades before some bean counter decided to get too greedy and come up with this bullshit.

they actually need to be able to consistently make pretty sizeable upgrades

Precisely! It keeps them honest. Furthermore, it forces closing the feedback loop with users. Developers need to understand what features users want most, and what bugs or usability issues need to be prioritised. Not listening to feedback means no future revenue, simple as that.

The subscription model does none of that. It’s just a greedy money-grab.

There’s actually quite a lot of software that monetises similarly to what you’re proposing. DxO and Ableton, just off the top of my head. Millions of happy users between those 2.

You get minor version updates for “free” (included in the one-time purchase). Upgrades to the next major version are discounted. Don’t need the features in the next major version? Stick with what you have for however long it works for you.

It’s by far my favourite model because it allows the developers to get paid, whilst not squeezing my neck. Everyone’s happy.

You can tie a specific watch face to a Focus. And you can automatically start a focus by geolocation from Shortcuts/Automation.

Aaaaaaah! Amazing. I too am stupidly excited that I can swipe to change watch faces again. Bonkers decision to disable that in the first place. What the bloody hell were they thinking?!

Nah, I have the 2nd gen and it just ruins music. The effect is somewhat interesting with some movies, but I mostly just stick with pure stereo.

One-shot quali. Bonus: get rid of the dreadful fucking sprints.

Edit: No, wait! I thought of something even more impactful. Stop fucking zooming in on the cars so much! It’s gotten ridiculous. Most of the time you’re seeing about a quarter of a car, you can’t even tell which corner it is. It makes it feel so slow, and it’s sooo much less enjoyable than in the olden days. I want to see cars going around a track quickly, not some bullshit advertising for some company I couldn’t care less about. Ffs, just stop it.

Brilliant 😂

Exactly. Great journalism there… smh

I have no experience with Jellyseer, but, in Sonarr, the Specials are unmonitored by default. You could try Monitoring them from Sonarr and theyll eventually show up in your library if you’re lucky (specials are usually harder to find than regular episodes).

Doesn’t solve your Jellyseer problem, though. Might be worth logging a ticket with the developers I suppose.

On an unrelated note, love your content choice! Who is your favourite DI? Mine’s Mooney, although I’m quite fond of Neville as well.