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You’d be surprised. Check AliExpress. There are aftermarket units built to fit perfectly into every dumb auto fascia they’ve come up with to prevent it. A simple harness adapted is usually sufficient to restore steering wheel controls etc.

I’ve heard of a couple of vehicles where you simply cannot replace the media centre because it doubles as climate control input etc but the simple answer is: refuse to buy those vehicles.

GM Single handedly keeping aftermarket stereos relevant. I wouldn’t buy a car with this solution.

Android auto upgrades with my devices. It’s the best solution.

Nobody uses dropbox because they like dropbox. They use it because it’s usually the only such service supported by the stupid fucking app they need on the stupid fucking ipad their company insists they use which has no other viable way to put files on and off of the fucking cunting thing because apple is fucking stupid and so is this god damn company.

Someone once told the IT manager that apple devices are “the most secure” and he doesn’t even fucking realise that by forcing us to use fucking stupid third party fucking services like fucking dropbox to get files on and off that they are subjecting confidential commercial fucking information to being fucking exposed to third fucking party boneless fucking cunts.

Finished as in they no longer get to be installed on anything in my house. I realise that most people seem to love the taste of shit sandwiches. Not for me.

As soon as streaming services start acting like that, they’re gone. The only one I have left is Netflix, and it is on thin ice - we’ll see what they do with their pricing structure going forward and if they start trying to push ads on higher tiers.

This would involve successfully finding a wall stud to install on and the use of power tools. With the information OP has revealed about themselves, that seems like a recipe for a broken TV and half a wall ripped out or a trip to the ER. Of course it will be the fault of the drill manufacturer and they might sue.

That sounds like something that should be illegal. You bought the screen. It belongs to you.

Can you root the TV and be rid of that horrible functionality?

I disagree. I will not under any circumstances be advertised to in my own home.

I’m happy to pay for your goods and services, but if you break that agreement our relationship is immediately concluded. The penalty for breaking the original terms of our agreement is that I will take what I originally paid for in perpetuity. You had your chance.

Same rules apply for attempting to renegotiate the rules whilst the ball is in play: see Amazon’s new trend of attempting to charge an additional monthly fee of the same amount as the initial service to access documentaries etc. They’re finished.

I have also walked away from the franchise. I played the MW3 beta and it was an identical game to the one prior.

They didn’t fix any of the things that ruined it.

The trouble is, there’s really nothing else comparable that has a playerbase.

My friends and I tried BF2042 for a while. It’s ok but still a pretty weak BF title IMO and even when you’re winning, not all that rewarding.

There’s plenty of milsim titles with players, plenty of battle Royale titles with players, and CSGO still massive.

What is missing is arcade style shooters like COD that are not COD, or movement based shooters. Whilst there’s plenty on offer, nobody is playing them.

I know there’s some cool stuff in the pipeline. ‘The Finals’ play test was really cool but kept getting booted for “cheating”. A few others coming but right now there’s just nothing.

If you are aware of this issue, it is your obligation to tell all of your friends, family, associates and coworkers to stop using Chrome immediately, and try out a new search engine.

It’s the least you can do.

This behaviour by Google is not going to stop. The mask has slipped too many times. They have become the very thing they swore to destroy.

Not many people will be ready to de Google their phones and stop buying their products. It’s the little things that will hurt them the most and show they’ve stepped over a line this last year or so.

This. Make the bastards chase you.

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Is anyone actually paying for it though?

Don't get me wrong, actual journalists deserve a great wage. I just haven't seen much of it worth paying for in recent years. Real journalists get locked up and it looks like the rest took that threat very seriously. I'm not going to pay money to read corporate puff pieces and controlled opposition.

They don’t need one. No enforceable copyright law.

I can't imagine it's a Tesla or it wouldn't say anything about keeping the engine running.

Either way, fuck all this bullshit. Every day I grow less and less likely to part with my old beast BUT the near doubled and still rising price of fuel will probably force my hand eventually.

I just went on a touring holiday and fuel was easily the largest component of my budget.

Boot weirdo reporting in. I wear boots pretty much all day every day.

My current favourite are “Steel Blue” brand, model: Argyle.

They’ve been around for years now and each iteration has actually been an improvement.

These things are so god damn comfortable, which is quite rare in a boot with such protection and a 300C sole.

Can’t recommend them highly enough.

I bought a ridiculously expensive pair of hiking boots and ended up going back to my steel blues because they just fit me so well.

I had issues with that lack of HDMI 2.1 support.

Tried to pair mine with an LG CX OLED and could not for the life of me get it to reliably run at 4K.

It chooses its own dogshit res and it looks bad even though it scales well. Not about to watch a bad picture on such an expensive display.

Really? I disagree. I have this crazy belief that high value, high quality goods do not need advertising. Instead they create their own reputation and word spreads organically.

Then as profits begin to increase they will cheap out on materials and labour to eek out a few dollars more and destroy themselves because this is the game.

Starlink won’t beat FTTP or FTTN, but it sure as shit beats fixed wireless and sky muster.

Shit, just not having to deal indirectly with NBNCo every time there’s a problem (multiple times per month) has got to be worth $100 per month to me.

No regrets. FUCK NBNCO sideways, with an axe.

What the fuck are we doing?!

You can also pull this one off when your wife asks to turn the air temp up a bit. Just beep it up twice and then down twice. Suddenly everyone is happy.