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  • Marcbmann@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlTarget Acquired
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    11 months ago

    I need to fly from NJ to California in a few months. Economy tickets are around $275. I’d like a bit of extra legroom for the long flight, so I check out Economy plus. Economy plus tickets are $800. What in the actual fuck is this? It’s not first class. I get no added benefits other than a few inches of extra leg room.





  • I was at Home Depot trying to get a gas powered hedge trimmer. I have almost an acre of property, and there are tons and tons of bushes around the house.

    Salesman says I should buy electric. I tell him yes, but I’d have to buy another battery or two just so I can do all the work in one day. Which makes it significantly more expensive than gas.

    “Ah that’s the thing. You just replace everything with electric, and you get a battery with each device!”

    Okay, so, what if I want to cut the grass, do the edging, and trim the hedges in one day? I understand the need to switch to electric and reduce emissions. But the number of towns banning gas powered lawn care equipment is just ignoring the obvious. Electric is simply not practical for anyone with a remotely large property.


  • I had a car with push button start and a CVT. After putting the first 50 miles on the car, the brake light switch died. Nissan, in their ultimate wisdom, used the brake light switch to tell the computer if you are pressing the brake when starting the car. Well, no brake light switch, no starting the engine. Had to get it towed back to the dealership to get fixed.

    I now have a real key and a manual transmission.


  • They are notoriously bad. And they don’t get fixed. Got my Subaru and

    1. The radio defaults to SiriusXM every time I turn on the car, even though I do not pay for it and do not want to.
    2. Android Auto and Apple Car Play would cut out regularly
    3. Eventually the entire system would just randomly crash and reboot frequently throughout a trip.
    4. Found out there was a TSB out on the radio for frequent issues, and had to get it warrantied.
    5. Even with the new radio, I have occasional issues with Apple Car Play freezing
    6. I can’t have both an android and iPhone connected at the same time, because I won’t be able to use Android Auto, I’m forced into Car Play

    And on the new cars Subaru made the screen narrow and tall. This effectively reduced the amount of screen space for Android Auto/car play in comparison with prior years.

    Add to that the entire display is now needed for HVAC, heated seats, etc and do you really want to depend on a glitchy computer that frequently crashes?


  • Marcbmann@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldLemmy is losing users
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    1 year ago

    Really long story, made short: Reddit API was free. They decided to charge an insane amount of money for it, and gave developers almost no notice of the changes. Most 3rd party apps were forced to shut down as a result. This meant apps for people who need accessibility features, apps that moderators depended on, etc. Reddit’s official app is a dumpster fire and offered very few much needed features.

    People protested. Reddit removed moderators that protested. Many users left in response. At least one major 3rd party app switched to supporting Lemmy. A lot of users followed.