I've only bought ic! Berlin and Mykita the last 3 pairs of sunglasses (both are German companies). They both use these tensioned metal hinges instead of screws, which makes them hold up really well. I consider them both BIFL brands that are infinitely better than that luxotica crap.
Highly recommended!
Ooh, this is fun. Another piece of data is that we have most of what appears to be the zip code, so we can get pretty close to knowing where they are located:
It shows multiple routes, although I typically use the fastest / default.
https://applerankings.com/opal-apple-review/
The Opal apple looks like it shit itself. I apologize for being uncouth but there is no more apt observation. Just look at the top of it. The Opal apple looks like a jaundiced, freckled, unwiped anus.
I moved to GrapheneOS a few months ago and haven't really looked back. Someone else below covered using the Sandboxed Google play / Aurora Store (I use both, in addition to fdroid).
Although I could conceivably install more apps, using GrapheneOS had made me think more deeply about whether I actually need an app, instead of using a web browser. It's true that using the web is a degraded experience (likely intentionally so, in some cases), but this is a cost I'm willing to pay for better security and privacy.
Finally, I wanna rep Magic Earth as a solid alternative to Google maps. Route finding is accurate and includes traffic warnings, etc. It uses OpenStreetMap data FWIW.
Huh, interesting. It very well might be - I am on the dbzero instance, which generally does not defederate like .world or beehaw. Couldn't tell you why .online is defederated from that community instance, although I assume there is some record of that somewhere.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25139717
I feel like this is definitely what's happening to video games, which I consider to be an artform just like film. Everything is made to attract the widest possible audience, and A/B tested until it's soulless altogether.
Making art as a group is stupid hard, and at scale it just seems nearly impossible. So unfortunately scale / growth at the cost of everything else is gonna make bad art.
But even if it's bad art, it can still sometimes make lots of money. And company execs will throw billions away for a shot at the big payout, and then rarely pay the price when they inevitably fail - just sacrifice the workers (who probably knew shit was bad to begin with but had no power to do things different).