There is a similar quote from Bojack Horseman „You know, it's funny; when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.“
Not really relevant. But the quote reminded me of the show.
Im not sure if you follow the „knockoff“ legos, but the quality is very close for several brands. I own several 5000+ piece sets and while there is the occasional mold issue, you get plenty of replacement parts, pay a third for it and don’t have to deal with all the random colors that Lego includes in the unseen parts of the builds. They are usually tighter compared to Legos, but since I don’t intend to take these sets apart often that’s not an issue.
Also some of these sets are official as well. Like the Cada AMG One with the license from Mercedes and Michelin, which is miles ahead in feature/price compared to LEGO technic offers.
I mean, you just described a straight downgrade over lego. I understand it suits your specific need, but it's not lego. It was intended to be taken apart
A lot of private trackers, indexers or forums operate on an invite fee/donation to get access. So I’m not really surprised that people would pay a small amount for a possible access to an unlimited amount of entertainment. There’s also an active market for paid access to private Plex servers.
so, a bunch of privately owned channels all in one place that can be subscribed to in a bundle? sounds like we went full circle and reinvented cable. way to disrupt, netflix!
In germany the difference would be the license to transport other people.
At least that was named as the issue when Uber initially wanted to expend to Germany.
Germany made a lot of mistakes over COVID. There were several cases of testing center scams where people reported more tests than they actually administered. No proof required. There is not a lot of bureaucracy surrounding vaccinations at least not from a patients point of view. So if you forgot or lost your vaccination pass you could probably just get another shot especially if you’re older/at risk.
Not sure why you arw being downvoted, the testing center scams are estimated to have cost more than a billion euros [^1]
and from the experiences I had, the people that ran them, and their sheer abundance, this number is probably a very conservative number, and it doesn't include yet all the ones that operated on the brink of scamminess. There wasn't a need to completely and obviously fake the numbers to funnel a lot of public money into your pockets, often without providing any tangible benefit (no qualified personnel, unreliable tests, inadequate execution).
Way into 2021 many streets in the city I live in had one improvised testing center next to the other, mostly ran by people without any medical qualification, using tutorials from the internet and a process almost designed for corruption, where setting up a test center was a state-funded get-rich-quick scheme for quite a while.
Very rarely do I defend the last government of Germany, but the strategy was to give centers a good margin and low bureaucratic hurdle to maximize the number of testing centers and ensure that everyone can get tested everywhere. Given the seriousness and uncertainty of the situation
at the time, I think that was a good call.
And there was required documentation, it was just not checked at the time. Once the situation settled down, the state started clawing back fraudulent claims.
> There is not a lot of bureaucracy surrounding vaccinations at least not from a patients point of view. So if you forgot or lost your vaccination pass you could probably just get another shot especially if you’re older/at risk.
That was by design, to facilitate and speed-up the vaccination process, and in the context, there was nothing wrong with that approach to keep the population safe and the country running.
You say these apps are shitty, but you haven’t posted any specifics. What is it that makes these apps so bad?
I don’t mind any of the apps you mentioned. I vastly prefer the music app to Spotifys UI (at the least the last time I’ve used it which is admittedly several years ago). Mail notifications are sometimes buggy but I can read my mail just fine. Most calendar apps I’ve tried, even paid once, started spamming me with subscriptions.
I do see the issues with photos, namely that Apple pretends that downloaded images are just as important as photos I took myself.
> I don't think people realize how fees and its absolutely horrible discovery is responsible for the shitty state of apps today. […] it is absolutely, 100% Apple's fault that App Store games suck, and Steam's don't.
AFAIK Steam fees are 30% as well at least for the average developer + 100$ for publishing a game. So I don’t think the fees are responsible for the shitty state of apps. I think it’s more about customers not wanting to pay for mobile apps in general. Looking at a few successful indie games, they tend to be free (and ad or iAP supported) on the App Store but are sold directly on steam. For example vampire survivors is free (+ Ads) on iOS but costs 5€ on steam. Other games release full price on IOS but the UI is so bad that it’s barely playable.
You can use both at the same time as well.
But not all the core Data features are supported yet. I use Core Data abstractions in my app and can’t port that part over to Swift Data yet.
Not really relevant. But the quote reminded me of the show.