This is their promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

Punching that guy in the face is not violence either, you know? /s

We literally removed “don’t be evil” from our mission statement, but you can totally trust us, bro.

Google

Installed Mint on two aging family laptops. One is smoothly running 00s era games already and i barely needed to help the family member with that.

Another thing blowing my mind is the complete lack of screen brightness support. World oot on a few Linux distros I found. My keyboard has the keys, let me dim my damn main screen with those instead of the finicky buttons on the screen

Time to install Linux. I’m busy setting up family with Mint this holiday season to keep their rarely used devices alive.

After testing a bunch I am now using HERE WeGo maps a lot. Less detailed on local shops and restaurants but has some reviews, opening hours etc Has great route planning including for bike and public transport.

More free would be CoMaps but that’s really mostly grey’s mapping and turn-by-turn and very little info on shops apart from them existing.

FAFO.

Amazing read, thank you for this trivia comment

Gizmodo still exists 😲

This. Some convenience features simply don’t play well with non-standard setups and that’s fine IMHO. Of course wireless android auto cannot work if you manually overruled how your phone should connect to networks

Interestingly it loads today. I have AdAway on my phone and PiHole in my home network

Archive Link or alternative source? This crappy site refuses to load due to my AdBlock

There’s this one Nazi CEO that I hope we can agree either has no soul or at least one that we could do without. Yet we’re not killing him.

Killing people is wrong and while there may be factors that make it seem more warranted, nothing will ever make it right.

Tried that many times. It has given me the exact same place for slightly cheaper than AirBnB once. Other times it was more expensive but most often of simply had worse choices.

I guess: great concept, shitty company.

Like with so many “tech giants”, they had a great idea but greed is spoiling it. I wish we had more “public infrastructure” for this. I’d love to have OSS, tax-funded or at least heavily regulated SoMe, video sharing, home swapping/renting, local marketplace, … Those should not be industries, they should be part of our society’s fabric like the fire department or trash pick-up.

I share a lot of of the criticism towards AirBnB. However, I’ve often ended up using them either way. We travel with a dog and a toddler. They need to be allowed in the first place. And ideally we get a kitchen, a separate room so we can still have normal noise and light when the kid sleeps. Often we even find Airbnbs with toys, kids books, dog beds, treats on the table when we arrive, …

You simply don’t get that in hotels. At least not in a price range I’ve considered so far