CharlestonChewbacca

Yeah, it’s painfully obvious that’s the case.

You can use Ubuntu and Zorin just fine without the terminal.

They do

Because you need to transfer that heat somewhere.

150 degrees F is a normal temp for a CPU, but your computer isn’t gonna run well in a 150 degree room.

Fair enough.

It’s missing some of the gesture customization others have. I particularly like the left AND right swipe gestures in Thunder. Plus, there are more actions you can assign to them.

Thunder also has more visual adjustments. Things like edge to edge images and post action customizations.

Also, the reply window makes formatting and quoting easier.

The feature different isn’t big though, and most of them aren’t a big deal.

I’m not sure why you think Thunder is ugly though. The way I have them setup, they look almost exactly the same, except I have nested comments in factors more visible on Thunder, which makes it a bit easier to track the conversation.

This isn’t just full magazines…

I agree about Plex. But I don’t get the love for Sync.

It feels kind of clunky and it lacks some features many of the other apps have. Personally, I’m liking Thunder right now, but I’m excited for Boost to come out.

Sync has ads unless you pay, it’s not open source, and I haven’t actually found anything superior about it.

It definitely looks promising, but I still don’t think Jellyfin and Reiverr are quite ready to compete with Plex yet.

There is. It’s called Apple News+

https://www.apple.com/apple-news/

Yep!

Yeah, since May 2018

I’m not a fan of backup cams. But judging by how many people are, they should absolutely be included in every vehicle.

Look, I’m not the target market for this anyway, and I know that. But I won’t ever buy another car that doesn’t have both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Especially now that head units aren’t so simple to replace.

Like, no matter how good your software is when you release it, you’re not going to have the same level of support, frequency of updates, timelines of new feature releases, and actual hardware upgrades (via my phone) I’d get from you having AA or CarPlay.

Both AA and CarPlay have gotten pretty damn good in the last few years too.

I drive a 2008 Mustang and I finally replaced my head unit a couple years ago with the Sony XAV-AX5000 and it was the best upgrade I could’ve possibly made to my car. I was really feeling like getting something new because I wanted modern convenience and this $350 upgrade gave me the luxury of perpetually being up to date. The only downside is that it doesn’t have wireless AA, but hardly anything does.

And no, I’m not good with having just one. My last several phones have been Pixels, but my GF and my Best Friend have iPhones. I need to be able to do both seamlessly. Plus, I don’t want my car locking me in to a phone OS. If apple releases an iPhone with USB-C, AoD, side loading (all of which should be in the next phone), add better UI scaling options, and they fix the back gesture, I’ll want to switch and I don’t want my car to keep me from doing that.

No. Sandboxed apps only prevent some fingerprinting, but notably provides a ‘reasonable budget’ for data that can be gathered.

Sandboxes absolutely prevent all cross-app tracking. The app doesn’t have access to anything outside the sandbox.

What you said about the advertising ID is true and is basically what I said, but disabling the advertising ID does not stop profiling or fingerprinting, just limits the most obvious applications of it.

What useful tracking do you think is still happening when you take these precautions?

Using a VPN is a start, but we’re comparing the privacy of Android and iOS. You can use a VPN on both. iOS includes an opt-in pseudo-vpn baked into the OS with private relay, for $0.99 per month. And besides, using a VPN does nothing to block the the fingerprinting done by native apps.

So then what difference does it make? You can use whatever VPN you want.

Are you sure you work in security? Like, mall security?

Yes. Stick to the topic. The ad-hominem is just childish.

I’ve found Thunder to be the best so far. But I’m holding out for Boost.

No. What they’ve done is made a local Ad ID that can be used locally on your device without interacting with another app. But you can disable it.

Plus, on Android you can literally completely sandbox apps: https://www.gtricks.com/android/how-to-sandbox-android-apps-for-privacy/

Or use a VPN if you’re worried about IP/Device tracking.

Google restricts Cross app tracking and you can entirely disable the ad profile.

They will continue to make money off of the users who don’t care, while capturing more market from those who do.

No. I’m very aware.

Android gives you full control over the permissions given to apps just like iOS does.

And since you can download additional browsers and browser plugins that aren’t just repackaged Safari, you can have a lot more control over your Internet privacy if you want it.

Sure. I’m just saying it’s not an advantage of iOS.