You spent more time typing that out than it would have taken to actually check Google’s wording. They claim “7 years of OS updates”, you’re just spreading misinformation.

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_8a_specs

Every Google search should include an AI answer! Who cares about energy usage, we’ll just buy a nuclear power plant!

Anyone looking for a free drop in replacement, I’ve been using Rancher Desktop without any issues https://rancherdesktop.io/

If they fill the rest of the phone with a bigger battery, yes that’s exactly what I want.

Elon Musk ’s backing of Donald Trump is hurting Tesla ’s struggling EV business in Europe

I don’t understand how anyone can call the Disney Vault anything other than anti-consumer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Vault

Valve makes infinitely more money off of store fees selling other people’s games. Why would they want to make a fraction developing a single game when they can go after Android’s 30% cut?

Reality is stranger than fiction https://www.communityphone.org/blogs/smart-landline-phone

If a game developer can’t trust the platform you’re developing for, you probably should look to find better business partners.

Right, and blockchain/NFT have nothing to do with that problem. Xbox could have implemented the exact same program without a blockchain, they just wanted the buzzword in the headline.

Because then they wouldn’t be able to evangelize NFTs. You see this constantly with crypto/NFT tech, a solution in search of a problem

Russia is killing people every day and will continue to do so. When you are afraid to help your neighbor from an aggressor, who will help you when it’s your turn?

What are you smoking and where can I get some?

What do you mean? The US is switching to NACS which is a standardized plug, Tesla superchargers will not be the only charging network to use it.

They wouldn’t even need to license it, part of getting the other car manufacturers to switch to NACS was establishing it as an open standard. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Charging_Standard

To extend your analogy, you first said “Even my non-artist relatives know the sky is green” then I said “most people know the sky is yellow”. Why would I need to “prove” my statement any more than you should? You think it’s my job to educate you or something? If you want to know go do some research, otherwise we can just agree that we have different views, but I’m not about to go do your homework for you.

https://thosenerdygirls.org/logical-fallacies-8/#:~:text=The anecdotal fallacy occurs when,at one point or another.

Sure, just like the statement “Even my boomer relatives know this and they know jack shit about the tech world.” is a vague generalization with no data to back it up.

Most people have never given it any thought. Their photos are stored on iCloud, if you pushed them you might get them to think about it and then they would realize it’s just another computer, but most people have never even considered where the pictures go.

If you’re willing to put in some work https://valetudo.cloud/ is a great project that takes an off the shelf vacuum and de-internets it.