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The author is a different Heather Burns from the actress.

https://heatherburns.tech/about/

If you scroll down you’ll see an image of the author.

I have a 2025 Model 3 and feel the same way. I’ve used FSD a ton in Southern California and it’s fantastic.

People just want to raise their pitchforks at Elon/Telsa without actually evaluating the product.

> Tesla used to sell Model S vehicles with software-locked battery packs. This was a way to offer different range options without having to make production more complicated with different battery pack sizes.

> Later, Tesla started to offer owners of those software-locked vehicles the option to unlock the capacity for an additional cost. Tesla phased out the practice over the years, but the company still used software-locked battery packs when doing warranty replacements of battery packs of certain capacities that it doesn’t produce anymore.

Upgrading the head unit for a 2013 Model S triggered an error and reverted this old generation battery to software lock.

This clearly was a software bug and Tesla reverted it for all customers using these older batteries.

This has literally nothing to do with subscriptions (the word subscribe isn’t even in the article once). I don’t even think you read the article.

I’m not sure what the cheaper subscription you’re referring to is.

Only “Premium Connectivity” aka the internet data plan (streaming media, live traffic, and live sentry video feeds) is exclusively a subscription.

Tesla has always offered the option purchase the Full Self Driving upgrade outright. The option to subscribe monthly to FSD was added later.

Maybe you’re thinking of the free trial of FSD that new vehicles come with?

There is a lot of criticize Tesla for, but they aren’t locking features behind subscriptions.

In the past, BMW has locked heated seats, wireless Apple CarPlay, even software updates behind their ConnectedDrive subscription.

I also use a Kobo and occasionally an iPad. Do you know if it's possible to sync progress between the two.

I've been meaning to try calibre-web, but I'm doubtful iBooks will support OPDS.

Strongbox - I’ve been using it for the past two years. It’s been rock solid and has gotten a few useful updates in that time.

here’s an older of comment of mine for more details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36022210

Respectfully, I don’t think enough has been removed.

As someone with Indian heritage it’s super disheartening to see plenty of comments negatively generalizing a diaspora of over 1B people.

Treating anyone who presents as Indian as apart of cultural monolith is absurd. I was born and raised in the US, and have no connection to the alleged cronyism or caste-based discrimination.

Many of these comments make blanket statements about Indians. I don’t think the same moderation guidelines are being applied in this case. Replace Indians with Europeans, Black people or any other ethnicity and it should become clear that this violates the site’s guidelines.

Here are a few top level examples:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41786112

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41786205

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41786534

Other browsers could add support for the native macOS password autofill apis (introduced back in 2020 in macOS Big Sur). So far both Chrome[1] and Firefox[2] have refused to add support.

[1] https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40744291#comment15

[2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1650212

Yattee, an alternative to NewPipe, has been available on the AppStore for over a year. Well before there was any pressure from the DMA. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yattee/id1595136629

I love the idea. Is there any way you could add in the functionality for the user to upload a dictionary for a specific language? I would gladly pay $20+ for a pro version.

I’ve been trying to learn Kannada, a South Indian language that my parents speak. Most apps like Duolingo and Babbel don’t support Kannada, so it’s been hard to be consistent.

GrapheneOS devices lack push notifications, and lot of other features that make it unviable for most users.

Making exceptions like installing the Aurora Store or microG, defeat the point of a degoogled phone.

iOS can’t be hardened it to a 0 telemetry state like GrapheneOS, but it is a fully featured OS.

It strikes the right balance for general consumers, and prosumers like myself.

Nova and Sublime.

BBEdit seems philosophically opposed to adding the option for vim key bindings.

I occasionally use VSCode for specific extensions or languages.

Yup, after I switched to a console - I was finally able to just play games with my friends and not waste mental energy on fiddling with settings.

I don’t have to worry about downloading a game launcher riddled with telemetry or wait 6 months after launch for a PC port to reach a playable state.

I paid $350 for my Xbox Series X. I then spent another $120 for 1.5 years of Game Pass Ultimate (there’s an arbitrage method to convert an existing Game Pass Core sub).

For a casual gamer, like myself, I don’t see a point in spending $1500+ on a PC for diminishing returns in performance and game compatibility. It’s also common for new AAA PC releases to be much worse than their console counterparts.

I can cheaply buy used physical games and still have access the vast majority of the Xbox back catalog. 100% of the Xbox One library, 600+ Xbox 360 games, and 90+ Xbox games.

The official Xbox Live servers for these older games are still up and maintained. It’s seamless for my non-technical friends and I to get into a COD MW2 lobby. On PC there are only community servers, and the cheaters are way more common.

I’m not trying to discourage people from PC gaming (I use my Steamdeck quite a bit too).

I think the trade offs only make sense if you spend a significant amount of time gaming, or can get more value out of the PC by using it for productivity.

I’ve owned 3 different Logitech mice and have had a ton of issues with Bluetooth and the LogiOptions software.

There isn’t much competition, and only recently are we seeing other companies like Elgato compete with Logitech’s peripherals.

Orion is a browser on iOS that added support for Firefox and Chrome WebExtensions. It still uses WebKit.

Android Firefox only added support for WebExtensions recently, like within the last few months.

Safari on iOS has had support since 2020.

I would argue that Firefox and Chrome are not being restricted in any ways that harm users.

Firefox likely wouldn’t have added support for web extensions even with access to Gecko.

Chrome wouldn’t ever add support for extensions since Google is actively trying to fight against ad blockers.

The only outcome of opening up iOS to other browser engines, would be an increase in Chromium marketshare.

I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background. It’s a one time purchase, not a subscription.

Adguard [1] is a decent free option.

I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network. That blocks ads in apps (not in the browser) like Letterboxd for example.

[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html

[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html

[2] https://pi-hole.net/

What advantages are there for AdGuard Home over Pi-hole?

There are probably hundreds of macOS specific bugs that Mozilla will never fix.

Firefox is probably the worst browser in the terms of feeling native to macOS.

These aren’t minor, cosmetic issues but glaring omissions in functionality.

Here’s one on the missing support for the macOS password autofill api. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1650212

Safari and Orion are much better options.

I’ve also given up on using Firefox on macOS. I used to be a hard core fan, but Mozilla consistently ignores bugs.

For example, years later Firefox still doesn’t support macOS password autofill api. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1650212