The fact that it is a open linux device and I can launch in to KDE is the reason I got it. If it was some proprietary OS like other games consoles or Windows, I wouldn’t have bought it. The Steam Deck is such a breath of fresh air compared to how hostile other consumer electronics have become.

Apple is the one holding back the user experience on their operating systems, not third party developers.

I mentioned game consoles as an example of consumer electronics that function without having yearly updates. This is largely due to giving game devs a performance tagtet to hit, but it shows you don’t need marginal updates every year. Mobile app software could probably benefit from not having better hardware every year, forcing devs to write better software.

From a software standpoint, iPhones are locked down like gaming consoles, focused on consumption and not general computing devices. Apple controls what software runs on their devices just like Nintendo.

I think yearly car updates are also wasteful and the car industry has adopted a fashion style model where the changes are mostly atheistic and they try to make people’s cars feel outdated/obsolete and for them to buy a new model. Cars are viewed as a status symbol, so this works.

Apple has been applying the same play book as the auto industry, though they can actually obsolete hardware through their software.

Maybe they can finally stop releasing new phones every year. We don’t have yearly game console releases.

Anyone try it out yet?

UT04 > UT03

https://slrpnk.net/post/8404225

Sounds like he has a work addiction.

Why are Messages and FaceTime dependent on WiFi drivers? This seems insane.

There’s a steam deck graphics preset on the next gen version that works really well. I have the FPS locked at 45fps and it is really smooth. I am also playing the next gen version on my PS4 and it is really laggy compared to the steam deck.

As far as I understand, this isn’t changed.

Apple didn’t really open control of iOS as all apps still have be approved by them through notarization, which they said will be done by a person and not automated.

You can’t run unsigned apps on iOS like you can on macOS.

Same, that would be terribly corrupt and disappointing if Tim had gotten approval for this implementation.

The FOSS contributions from companies mentioned is only at the kernel level. And a lot that use the kernel, but with proprietary blobs for their hardware. I suspect that is because kernel/embedded development is hard and costly.

Most of the dominate OSes people use, with the exception of Windows, is based on an FOSS kernel, with then the layers above and applications being proprietary.

These software systems are being used to lock people in to the specific platforms and perform user hostile behavior. So while having the kernel be FOSS, it doesn’t result in user freedoms imagined by FOSS, it just companies reducing their costs.

It made since when iPhones were small enough to be used with one hand.

Now that they are all phablets, they introduced the double tap on the home button to slide the top half of the screen down. No idea if this shortcut exists for devices without a home button.

There’s some truth to it. I’ve seen devs not clarify something from the designs with other stakeholders due to lack of social skills. You end up with something they implemented to the spec, but makes no sense it reality.

It’s pretty scary to be honest. On iOS there is no choice but to use Apple’s centralized severs. On Android there are options like UnifiedPush.

I have problems where when my Apple Silicon MacBook Pro will have been “asleep” for days in a backpack and then I try and use my Bluetooth headphones on another device, it will connect to the asleep Macbook.

I solved it by running a small program that kills Bluetooth when the laptop goes to sleep.

Doesn’t this waste more power being connected rather than actually sleeping? With a laptop lid closed, there’s no screen to show notifications on. What’s the point of this?

Once Sonoma is out, Big Sur won’t see any more security updates. Apple only updates the lastest three versions of macOS.

The bigger problem is software applications increasing there minimum macOS version very quickly once Apple stops supporting the OS version.

Apple is the worst with this with Xcode increasing the minimum macOS version each year. You can’t stay on old Xcode versions, at least for iOS development, as Apple requires a certain version to submit to the AppStore. This in effect causes devs to have to buy new hardware quickly after Apple drops support.

It’s a different story for their computers. Macs from 2017 are not supported by Sonoma. It’s pretty terrible to have a desktop/laptop obsoleted at 6 years.

I just had to RMA mine in for this issue, still waiting for new unit. Hopefully this does really fix it.