From the article: Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile, have launched satellite-based services through a collaboration with Skylo, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider.

This guys a fucking idiot. And in my opinion, his whole own your accessory game is about collecting affiliate revenue from recommending third-party chargers.

He has written multiple “articles with promoted picks” recommending phone cases and screen protectors for $800 USD or above phone, just looking to add third party chargers to that list.

iirc only pixel 9 lineup has a modem capable of satellite connection.

I had to turn off RCS due to spam and go back to Whatsapp.

Its Google’s version of E2EE. The key is “trust me bro” its encrypted.

Google Phone app’s spam filter has worked really well for me.

YouTube app on Android.

Valve did not say exactly why it got rid of its forced arbitration clause. But the company is currently being sued in a class action lawsuit in Washington state over the dominance of the Steam platform and over claims that it has overcharged for some games. The plaintiffs in that case actually went to arbitration and convinced an arbitrator that the forced arbitration clause should not apply to them, and were allowed to sue.

The plaintiffs in that case “retained separate counsel and mounted a sustained and ultimately successful challenge to the enforceability of Valve’s arbitration provision. Specifically, the named Plaintiffs won binding decisions from arbitrators rendering Valve’s arbitration provision unenforceable for both lack of notice and because it impermissibly seeks to bar public injunctive relief,” the class action lawsuit against Valve reads. Valve has not yet filed any arguments in that case.

Source: https://www.404media.co/steam-removes-forced-arbitration-clause-gamers-can-now-sue-valve/

Google meet(original) is the only meet left. They killed Google Duo for this crap.

Wired has a great article on why this feature should exist: https://www.wired.com/story/weddings-social-media-apps-photos-memories-miscarriage-problem/

Best we can do is more scammy suggestions(Ads) when you use the search bar in play store. - Google

Care to elaborate ??? I don’t see it, helping stalkers.

Had the same idea, but it won’t work:

1. There’s a 15 min edit window from the time message was sent.
2. Edited message tag is visible

On the flip side, they can read your group chat messages. Many(me included) will prefer that it isn’t a possibility.

The bar shows dates?

People on metered connection and low connectivity areas are probably going to more inconvenienced by this force update banner. Unable to use your message app because you forgot to update and now cannot connect to the internet.

The badge is to help people identify official apps.

I think it’s not about that development but whom the data is being sent to, the state or some third party that provides same services.

Like a National Emergency Broadcast app or app for vehicle and driver’s license registration service, that need sensitive info like your Govt ID and other details.

Firefox flatpak version had a lot issues. It has improved a lot, still a long way to go.

I have exclusively used Firefox flatpak for the last year and updates has been quite smooth. Never had my session closed automatically(to my memory) due to an update, usually waits for me close the session and when I reopen its updated.

My experience is limited to Ubuntu.

I never had this issue. What were you using deb, rpm, flatpak or snap version?

Are there any other options?

A persistent banner asking to update at the bottom of the search bar is a good idea. Barring access to an essential app under any condition is just bad UX.

Google Play’s simultaneous downloads do not apply to application updates, which would be more useful as updating is more common than fresh installs.

I agree with the author, updates happening in parallel would help with the 3mb update to Gmail holding up 30-40 mb update on another app problem.

Duo was perfect for this.I really miss Duo.