The majority of users don’t replace their launcher and as such, where Google can, it should change the browser. If that code is baked into launcher3, most OEM and third-party launchers will pick it up too. There’s no excuse not to change Chrome for the user choice on the default launcher.

The article “How Lime squeezed out the Santander bike” by Andrew Kersley details how Lime, a private e-bike rental company, has rapidly become the dominant bike-sharing service in London, eclipsing the long-standing Santander Cycles (formerly known as TfL’s cycle hire scheme).

Lime has achieved significant public relations successes, including a cabinet minister using one to get to a meeting and celebrities and sports teams opting for Lime bikes to avoid traffic. In 2024 alone, over 16 million trips were made on Lime bikes in London during commuter hours.

This success comes at the expense of Santander Cycles, which, for 15 years, was the premier bike rental option in the capital. The article suggests that Santander Cycles’ decline and Lime’s ascendancy are due to a combination of policy failures, technological differences, internal conflicts, and lobbying efforts, with London councils reportedly benefiting financially from the shift.

In terms of anime fansubs, it’s normally just great folks in the community. Some got hired by studios. But the studio is meant to provide the subs.

That’s fair. I would like to see the current model in Silicon Valley come to end so teams are allowed to iterate and polish and there’s room for genuine innovation rather than chasing numbers. Even this release of Android 16 was only put out to appease shareholders before the release of the Pixel 10 rather than to ship anything.

I’m not saying I want it now, I’m just saying there’s room to evolve. The idea that operating systems are mature and so aren’t exciting is what I’m taking umbrage with. It’s just when you have a small minded conservative at the helm that chases trends and stockholder dividends, innovation is suppressed.

I don’t subscribe to that idea. The Jedi stuff was cool, Material 3 Expressive is cool, adding Monet to Wear OS is cool, the thermometer is cool, the AI that Apple’s added to Apple Health is cool. There’s a tonne of room for growth, it’s just Sundar Pichai lacks imagination.

DDT until they get Lucida back up

So what exactly are Dyson attempting to take credit for here?

These people don’t want to save the world. They just want to look like heroes

I agree. But it doesn’t mean these people can’t do good things and this system seems a good thing to me. Is it perfect? No, as you said

this kind of system seems limited to small cash crops rather than staple foods.

So that’s a problem. But it’s a step in the right direction.

Dyson has personally done far more to harm British food security than this gadget could offset. He was an ardent Brexiteer, which resulted in substantial barriers to importing food from our closest neighbors.

He is absolutely and unequivocally a wanker. But if he’s done something good here, it will mean alternatives will become available and that’s a win for everyone.

I think the price will come down now that they have a proof of concept.

I dunno. This feels like a case of making a rod for your own back. The EU are doing a good job of creating a safety net, but ultimately there’s a reason that Samsung, Apple and Google are and should be so popular. I would never buy a phone from a manufacturer without ensuring their update history was up to scratch, that means good, timely updates.

I don’t get it.

People have been able to lock, unlock and even start their cars digitally for a while. Some manufacturers even have an app just for that, I’m not sure why people have issues with keeping your car keys in the same place you keep your driving licence, plane tickets and bank cards.

Glad I could be of help.

This just came up the other day on !fdroid@lemdro.id https://lazysoci.al/post/28964710

Ah, I get you.

What do you mean?

Oh, that’s not UK.

Where are you based? I have a theory that the European implementation is just way better

I’ve never used it, but I suspect it’s the same as any other supported app.