fulg

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[–] fulg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It is exactly my case, as HomeKit by itself is way too limited for automations.

All of my HomeKit devices are actually exposed through HomeBridge, so I can still use HomeKit stuff if needed, and devices that do not support HomeKit can still be added to HomeKit.

My current challenge is on the Smart Dashboard side, I don’t really want to buy a Google Pixel Tablet for this, and the Nest Hubs I have don’t really integrate with HomeAssistant except through Google cloud services.

HomeKit dashboard is fine but too basic.

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I was being a bit facetious, thanks for the corrections and insight. Cheers!

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (16 children)

They became a poster child for why you should never “start over from scratch” even if your current codebase is awful. Because when you do that your competitors keep going, then they have years on your now stale product. Netscape lost all on their own…

Also: selling a browser? Man, the 90’s where wild.

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah it was not a surprise, and I understand someone has to pay for the bandwidth those features use up. But I still resent them for making remote start app-only.

I am otherwise happy with the car itself, but this does leave kind of a sour aftertaste. I feel like it’s only going to get worse with my next car…

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Subaru does the same thing, on my car it was free for three years then you pay or lose all connected features. That includes remote start, there is no way to start the car from the keyfob.

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

You'd just point yourself in a random direction and see what popped out as interesting.

Fallout 3 was the same, and I loved this so much. Somehow they failed to keep this up with 4 (I never played 76).

I guess they felt like worlds you were a part of, rather than the center of. So many things to discover!

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Amazon is a prime example

I see what you did there…

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I thought the main issue with NordVPN was, good luck trying to close your account once you’ve signed up.

I don’t really remember, I use another provider and would avoid NordVPN if only due to their aggressive YouTuber push, they must be a scam!

[–] fulg@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (13 children)

To be fair, USB-C didn’t exist when Lightning was introduced, and it was vastly superior to Micro-USB.

It doesn’t really have any reason to exist now…

Agreed with your other points though!

I have an old iPad that I try to reuse for another purpose and all the locks to stop me to keep using it make it such a pain in the butt, when the alternative is simply to enable developer mode on an Android tablet.

Thankfully I remembered when buying a laptop and skipped the very enticing M-series hardware, because in 5-7 years that thing is a brick destined for the landfill.