Did you get a browser error when trying this? It might be because you left the www in the URL. I had to remove that and replace it with old, and it works. The rest of the link structure is the same on both old and new reddit. I even tried it from a VPN just to be sure it wasn’t seeing my logged in cookies, and in a private browsing window where RES isn’t allowed to run. Worked fine.

Private Internet Access works for me. Just tested logged out in an incognito mode tab.

Interesting. I’ll have to test it when I get home. I’m always signed in and I use RES so could be some other factors causing it to not be a problem for me.

Old Reddit works for me, but I am logged into an account.

That is basically what they did. There are a decent amount of third party apps around that work. I personally use Narwhal.

The further we get from the whole third party app debacle, the more I think this was just a way to kill the most popular apps. The ones that people said made reddit worth using. The ones that got shouted out in Apple keynotes.

Old Reddit works for me. Does it just not work in general for you, or does it not work when not logged into an account?

Did people call RCS open source? I’m not a huge follower of the standard, but I don’t think I ever heard that said. In fact, I’ve heard people complain about not just the proprietary encryption but lack of E2E and carrier/Google control.

Its only advantages are that it is better than SMS and supported by the carriers, Google and Apple sometime this year.

It’s a shitty standard but given how shitty SMS is, I’m willing to hold my nose and jump in.

It’s why I cancelled last year. I got it for free through my FIOS Internet connection for a few years, but after that went away I paid for a year. But the price increase was just not worth the like 2 shows and maybe one movie that I watched on it a year.

Probably. Whatever standard governs side by side video likely isn’t supported in Safari.

I’m interested to see how this thing reviews. But, I think it is DOA.

It is way too expensive, especially to not have MagSafe magnets built in. It only works with the iPhone 14 and 15 which are the third and fourth generation of iPhones that have MagSafe.

The moment for physical keyboards on phones passed like a decade ago. For a phone form factor, a touch screen keyboard is going to be faster and less tiring to use in almost every case. And if you do want a physical keyboard, there are plenty of options that don’t cost as much.

It’s a very weird product decision IMO.

If I’m thinking of the same one, the problem was that the keyboard was a clone of the Blackberry keyboard. This one should be fine when it comes to patents.

I just finished Spiderman 2. I enjoyed it. It’s technically ambitious with the city being so huge but detailed, second load screens for fast travel and just generally beautiful. It adds a lot more combat mechanics and balances some broken mechanics. The story was heartfelt and well done for the most part as well with a few non-combat sections that really let me relate to Peter and his relationships with Harry Osborn and MJ. Yurenthal as Peter Parker put in some emotional performances.

But the gameplay overall is extremely iterative. And the last third or so is extremely rushed with whole plot lines being crammed in and resolved in literal minutes.

If you liked the first game and just want more and “better”, you will get that with this game. I was definitely satisfied.

I’m not finished with the game yet, but I’m a decent chunk into it.

They have really focused on his development more. In a way they’re copying the normal Spiderman story (how to cope with balancing being a super hero versus having a regular life) but they’re changing it a little bit by having him deal with emotions and plot points from the Miles Morales spin-off. And he’s also balancing Pete who is going through the classic symbiote stuff.

I’d consider him a more interesting Spider-Man than the last game, but his regular life development isn’t any more interesting. But I’m probably about half to 2/3 through the game so that could change.

That’s true, but this isn’t about the comics. I still haven’t beaten SM2, but it does obvious that they are heading towards Miles being the main SM going forward. He’s really going through an evolution arc while Peter is going through a real rough patch.

Good catch, that is APR not MPR.

Last year I remember seeing some stories about GS’s issues being caused by people defaulting on the card. It isn’t hard to get approved, so if you have even a middling credit score you can get the credit card. So at first it made sense that a bunch of people who probably shouldn’t have been approved for a credit card got one and got in over their heads.

That being said, the idea of people just not paying interest makes more sense to me. The Apple Card is probably the easiest card to see how much your balance impacts the interest paid. I’ve had the card since it came out and have never paid a dime of interest. I also only use it with Apple Pay meaning at minimum I get 2% cash back. Add to that, the savings account where I get 4.15% every month year. Again, with no fees or interest. I can see that hitting their bottom line.

I’ll play the world’s smallest violin for them. I only hope if GS does offload the program to someone else the terms don’t get worse. Because it has only been upside for me since it launched.

EDIT: Clarified the interest is 4.15% a year, not a month.

If you have an iPad you should be able to. Maybe even a Mac. But I don’t think you can get one otherwise.

Good to see. I was thinking we wouldn't get a fix until 17.1.

Thankfully I haven't had any overheating issues after setting up the phone. But it did get too hot to touch on the left hand side during data transfer when first setting up the phone.

Android users spending less money doesn't mean no money. There is money to be had, it is just less than iPhone users. And devs did try their own App Store and continue to. Epic for example has their own for Fortnite.

But what happened is that no one wanted to jump through the hoops of enabling third party app installs so most had to bend the knee and come back to the Play Store. If Apple is required to allow the same, I see the exact same thing happening. The majority of users won't want to jump through hoops and won't do it. Some devs will try to force it, but the loss of income will make them come back.

I’m in my late 30’s, I definitely remember those toolbars and other crapware that was common back then.

But now is not then. And smartphones aren’t the old Windows 2000 and XP machines of back then. I keep repeating it, but we already have a modern example of how this will go. It’s modern Android. And for the vast majority of people (in the West at least) they don’t install apps that are outside of the default apps or the built in Play Store. And I think the same will be true if iOS allows third party App Stores.

Sure, app developers will try. Apple devices are a huge honey pot that scammers and crappy devs would love to exploit. But after that initial gold rush, users that don’t have the knowledge to discern what is safe and what isn’t will be deterred by the difficulty of installing third party stores and inputting their payment methods. Scams will get press and Apple will warn against using them. And then the vast majority will just use their iPhones as is, with some users going third party for piracy and porn and then savvy users going to them for utilities and functions that Apple just doesn’t allow in the App Store.

I think it will be fine and the history of modern smartphones seems to support that theory.