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It's the most first world of first world problems, but purely for that reason any more I buy will be Sonoff.
Yes, it's good, and I'll keep using it for the foreseeable future, but it's not an unassailable lead.
This is exactly the kind of endorsement I’d expect to see from an IBM customer.
On mobile, Googling 'radio 4 schedule' is the quickest way, and the only negative bit about the entire experience is the popup that tells me 'it's better in the app'.
It's not. Not by any metric.
My search and opening a webpage takes a second or two. Opening the app takes several seconds, then navigating to the Radio 4 page and scrolling down the schedule takes several more.
I submitted a bug report on the topic and they basically told me "we hear you but shush and use the app".
My two requirements for a device are:
* Being able to pay for stuff
* My blood glucose sensors work (Librelink)
If they worked on a dumbphone, I'd have a dumbphone.
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* people offering to steam clean my roof/drive
* the local Fibre company trying to sign me up.
* well known scammers who claim to be on some kind of prison release scheme selling overpriced kitchen/household tat
Ultimately though, package managers (whether it's apt, dnf, Steam, some app store, etc) are the best for most people, myself included.
I've never had a cheese stick or seen one in a supermarket (UK). I assume from your description it's like a fish finger but filled with cheese.
Pity they don't seem to make them any more, the newer ones use GPS and don't look quite as nice (in my opinion at least).
https://www.rigbyjewellers.co.uk/products/radio-controlled-r...
https://yalehome.co.uk/yale-sync-hub
It's not really something I want 'home rolled', I just want it to work.
Same goes for the boiler really. If it stops working I can phone Valliant and they'll send someone round to fix it.
*almost, I have two things that need an app. My Vaillant boiler and my Yale alarm system. Both apps are terrible, but I have a 10 year warranty on the boiler and my alarm is up to scratch from a home insurance point of view.**
I listen to Radio 4 through the day when I'm working on things that don't need my full concentration.
It's the alarm that wakes me at 0630 and I often listen to the news before bed.
Adverts drive me insane. It's a national treasure and I'd pay the licence fee again just for R4 + Sounds.
I only use it for movies and TV shows though, the live TV experience (with a HDHomeRun) was incredibly buggy and slow, and once you've tried it and failed, it seems like it's impossible to remove the remnants of it from your interface.
The music and audiobook support never felt like it was as polished as TV/movies either, so I gave up on that.
Now I use:
* Jellyfin for films/TV shows
* Channels for live TV
* Navidrome for music
* Audioookshelf for audiobooks and podcasts
I'd happily buy and use a Dell monitor in my front room next time around. I don't use the speakers or tuner in my current TV so I'm not sure what I'd be missing out on.
Worth mentioning that Lego lifted the idea from Kiddicraft. Hilary Page patented Self-Locking Building Bricks in 1939 but had committed suicide by the time Lego brought their product to the UK.
He wouldn't get away with his headgear in the commons but top hats are permitted (at least when not speaking) so he has some room for manoeuvre.
Another is 'on accident'.