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i_am_jl··on Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro?
>The worst part IMO for both is that they prioritize mobile apps over their PC software so if you want to edit on a computer like a normal reasonable person you lose features compared to idiotically doing things on a phone.

This was my main gripe, but also:

* Image stabilization (Hypersmooth Pro/ReelSteady) as a subscription feature.

* Auto-rotate and orientation lock don't work in streaming mode. (I reported this as a bug on the Hero7, was told it was being looked at, still a problem on the Hero10 when I stopped paying attention)

For what it's worth, DJI does offer desktop software for their Osmo action cams. They also have a direct NAS/cloud storage upload option from the camera, as well as allowing normal transfer over USB or by pulling the SD card.

i_am_jl··on Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro?
Their hardware is unimpressive and expensive, and their software is horrible.
i_am_jl··on StubHub, CEO hit with ‘deceptive practices’ class action over mass scalping
For StubHub to have insider dealing isn't so surprising, but I am shocked at how brazenly and openly it's occurring. Nothing covert or concealed, just the CEO of a marketplace openly admitting that they run a hedge fund that resells scalped goods on that marketplace while keeping other scalpers off the platform.
i_am_jl··on Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C
I play games with a guy who does concrete work in Arizona, he mostly works at night.
i_am_jl··on Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C
Given that the article specifically calls out a construction union and an agricultural union as two of the unions making this request, I don't think that's a realistic solution to the problem.
i_am_jl··on Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027
I honestly had no idea that Apple had moved on from the Pentalobe.
i_am_jl··on Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027
An Apple product manager just fainted at the thought of a user taking a screwdriver to an iPhone.
i_am_jl··on Your phone is about to stop being yours
I'm not the commenter you replied to, but I'm doing the same math they are and coming up with the same answer.

From my perspective iOS is better than Android in a number of ways but Android always won out overall for me, in large part because of the freedom regarding software. Remove that freedom from the equation, I think the balance tips towards iOS.

i_am_jl··on The FAA’s flight restriction for drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE
The US doesn't have any general restrictions against filming in public.

Court rulings citing the amendments above were made to affirm that law enforcement are not an exception to the general rule that filming is allowed.

i_am_jl··on Delve allegedly forked an open-source tool and sold it as its own
I think you're missing the crux of the problem here.

"We didn't understand the licensing!" isnt usually an incredible claim, but it becomes so when it's being made by a company that manages software licensing compliance.

i_am_jl··on Zero-day CSS: CVE-2026-2441 exists in the wild
I don't believe those numbers will ever come close to converging, let alone bounty prices surpassing black market prices.

It seems like these vulnerabilities will always be more valuable to people who can guarantee that their use will generate a return than to people who will use them to prevent a theoretical loss.

Beyond that, selling zero-days is a seller's market where sellers can set prices and court many buyers, but bug bounties are a buyer's market where there is only one buyer and pricing is opaque and dictated by the buyer.

So why would anyone ever take a bounty instead of selling on the black market? Risk! You might get arrested or scammed selling an exploit on the black market, black market buyers know that, so they price it in to offers.

i_am_jl··on Boeing knew of flaw in part linked to UPS plane crash, NTSB report says
Niki Lauda, eat your heart out
i_am_jl··on Keychron's Nape Pro turns your keyboard into a laptop‑style trackball rig
Kinesis charges $100 to ship anywhere outside of North America.

Also, it's not a split board, you can't actually separate the two halves.

For a touch over $300 you could have almost any split board/track pad combo you'd want. Such a strange product from Kinesis.

i_am_jl··on People who come off slimming jabs regain weight four times faster than dieters
>but only as long as you take them.

This is why these drugs are a treatment, not a cure.

i_am_jl··on Vietnam bans unskippable ads
Your question boils down to "If I was buying a product from a company, and they made it worse, why would I pay the same price for it?"

Because YouTube has a functional monopoly on online video advertising in a huge number of markets.

Enshitification is not just for YouTube's viewers and creators.

i_am_jl··on Vietnam bans unskippable ads
Regarding the kiosk, I wholly expect that an unattended device with YT on auto play will ratchet up the length/frequency of ads as long as they're never skipped.

Someone who falls asleep watching YouTube will skip ads, unless they're asleep.

The idea is that if YT can infer that someone is asleep (location, no movement, no sound, low light, night) that they can show the longest, most skip-inducing ads that they've got since they know they won't be skipped.

The difference between the kiosk and the sleeper is that if the sleeper gets a 20 minute ad at 2pm while they're eating lunch, they'll skip it. YT is incentivized to show the most profitable ad that someone won't skip.

The value in identifying sleepers isnt showing a long ad, it's showing a long ad with the certainty that it won't be skipped.

i_am_jl··on Vietnam bans unskippable ads
Good shout.

They don't have SIMs, they'll be connected to a VPN router, and I'll create new Gmail accounts for each device, from each device.

i_am_jl··on Vietnam bans unskippable ads
I've seen these advertisements too, also only when my phone had been playing unattended for some time.

I have a (unsupported, unsubstantiated) theory that YT detects phones of "sleepers" and pushes more profitable content with the understanding it won't be skipped.

I've got a few spare phones, maybe I'll run an experiment.

i_am_jl··on Dr Matthew Garrett v Dr Roy Schestowitz and Anor
The linked post indicates he expects the judgement to include costs (which I understand to be the rule of thumb in UK courts).
i_am_jl··on iPhone Pocket
That's fair. I suspect that as phones get more "premium" the margin from a small phone shrinks faster than a larger phone.

HTC has been making cheap (very cheap) and small phones for the discount market. Foldables exist in the premium space, but the price tags appear to bake in a higher margin for a device that won't sell the same volume.

i_am_jl··on iPhone Pocket
Small phones (to an extent) are less expensive than larger phones to manufacture.

The thought that "Small phones are only more popular because they're less expensive" seems to willfully ignore that the phones are less expensive because their inputs are less expensive, because they're smaller.

i_am_jl··on Starcloud
I think that's very charitable.

I'd describe it as "kayfabe".

i_am_jl··on Starcloud
Assuming these people don't understand that their ideas are unworkable is a mistake. Don't believe for a second they are stupid or ignorant.

The difference between a criminal and a law-abiding citizen isn't that the citizen knows that crimes are wrong, it's that the citizen cares that crimes are wrong and the criminal doesn't.

i_am_jl··on Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died
"Morbid" indicates that the curiosity about disease and death is unhealthy.

Describing a university course on infectious disease as "morbid" would be incorrect.

i_am_jl··on 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence
They can, but they have to ask a court to enforce any sort of block. I imagine that's coming soon.
i_am_jl··on A mechanic offered a reason why no one wants to work in the industry
I'm also skeptical. I suspect that book time for this varies wildly depending on drivetrain config.
i_am_jl··on A mechanic offered a reason why no one wants to work in the industry
If the article is to be believed Ford has changed how book time is calculated considering they're paying 36 minutes for a job that requires removing the cab.
i_am_jl··on What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?
Really?

What jurisdiction has that rule? Are you sure you're not conflating simple audio recording with a recording of audio telecommunications?

i_am_jl··on Imgur's community was in revolt
It definitely exists.

I use imgur to share stuff with friends, sometimes I forget to mark it private and users will vote and comment. I didn't notice until I got a dog and started posting pictures the community cared about.

i_am_jl··on RIP Shunsaku Tamiya, the man who made plastic model kits a global obsession
>At the very least it requires young people to have access to so me pretty expensive stuff.

For what it's worth, the cost to purchase an army's worth of models from GW is between $350 and $800. If you're painting any real volume of models print to paint is less expensive than buying GW models.

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