I just don't get how Google was found liable and Apple was not. Google had at least alternate store (Amazon) while Apple has had none. Google allowed sideloading so there was (and still is) a way to load apps not in the store while Apple doesn't allow sideloading. You can say Google suppressed the development of alternative app stores, but Apple never even had to suppress because there was simply no way to get them on the device.

Easy, you're looking at it wrong.

The market is not Apple vs. Google. it's Apple vs. Samsung, Nothing, Oppo, OnePlus, Nokia, Motorola, etc...

The Apple App Store only runs on Apple phones. Likewise, Apple phones only run Apple's OS.

Google provides Android OS to hardware manufacturers like Samsung, etc. Google also licenses things like the Play Store to those manufacturers under a different agreement.

For Apple, it's like buying a Tesla and wanting it with a V8. As Tesla makes the whole vehicle, they are allowed to offer just what they choose to offer.

For Google, they're selling effectively a crate motor to anyone who wants to use it. (Most manufacturers do this - you can get a Chevy big block motor and stick it in your Ford, if you wanted). But they then offer the transmission that goes with the motor with a different agreement - if you want the transmission you must agree to have things done a certain way in your car.

That's the key difference. Apple makes iOS for their phones, and everything on iOS is keyed to their hardware. You cannot get the App Store on a non-Apple phone. You cannot get iOS on a non-Apple phone. If you wanted a phone with a folding screen running iOS, you can't, because Apple doesn't make one (yet).

it's what makes the EU DMA a bit odd on Apple, since they're basically demanding the equivalent of Tesla to offer a V8 option if people want it.

Or perhaps folks become obese enough to get diabetes, which causes them to decide to get on the GLP-1 and lose the weight, but kidney function does not return.

Insulin is produced by the pancreas. Type 2 diabetes is caused by a general insensitivity to insulin by the cells - think of it as a producer and consumer. Type 1 is where your pancreas fails to produce insulin, type 2 is where your cells fail to absorb insulin.

GLP-1 can't really solve your cells being desensitized to insulin.

Anyhow perhaps the other solution is food is so expensive that people are eating less? And fast food is so freaking expensive that you're not indulging on Big Macs so you're eating cheaper foods and less of them. Eating less is one of the biggest ways to lose weight.

Mercury amalgams are generally safe, but making them does involve handling mercury and spills have happened. And no doubt the tools and such may simply be washed down the drain. It's why most dentists these days don't offer amalgams - they use plastic resins which also have the advantage that they don't stick out and match the color of the tooth.

Alas, most dental insurance only pay for the amalgams. And dentists prefer the composite because it's easier and safer on everyone so they don't even offer amalgams.

You can get routers that run OpenWRT out of the box. GL.inet uses OpenWRT as their base router OS. They have wonderful travel routers but also make regular home routers.

And they support WiFi 7 as well.

They even list which version of OpenWRT are used on their routers.
https://www.gl-inet.com/suppor...

(And their stuff is easily available on Amazon)

This is a good example of why no-fault divorce is terrible idea for society. It is expensive and wasteful. Getting divorced is generally the WRONG decision, unless there is actual abuse or infidelity, or criminal activity of some kind.

No fault divorce is what lets one partner (usually female) escape their abusive spouse (usually male). Before no-fault divorce, women generally couldn't get a divorce because they'd need permission from the man in order to do so, and if you're escaping abuse, the chances of that happening are basically nil.

And you can bet they wouldn't certify anyone who disagreed with them as an expert...

You can find experts to espouse any view.

Heck, remember Surgeon General of Florida (who is a doctor) doesn't recommend vaccines. And there are plenty of scientists that deny climate change is happening.

And let's not forget the person who started the whole "vaccines cause autism" thing was a doctor.

So as much as the law might do something, I doubt it will do anything. It might just stop people parroting stuff, but qualified influencers have a huge range of opinions.

I am considering Cudy products at the moment. They are well priced and seem like decent hardware. To some extent there isn't that much difference between many of the products now, they are all essentially a couple of reference designs for a handful of chips.

Might try one of their POE access points.

The is the OpenWRT One as well. The form factor is a bit awkward, with the ethernet ports and antenna jacks on the same side, and it could do with a cover for cosmetic reasons, but it has the big advantage of being reference hardware and thus extremely well supported. Maybe I could 3D print a case for it.

Yeah, that's a deal breaker for me. Web UI, ideally OpenWRT.

Ah, thanks, that's interesting. I will have another look at their stuff again then. I'm looking at access points. Looking for something WiFi 7 with tri-band and POE.

Yep, once upon a time it was hard to get enough food to get fat, especially with all of the exercise that was required just to live. People didn't change, the environment did. I'm not sure why you think it's now a moral failing not to exercise the personal responsibility that was previously unnecessary. Why not just accept GLP-1 agonists as part of the new environment?

No, it has to do with food -- good, bad and indifferent -- getting far cheaper and more abundant. Americans spend a much smaller percentage of their income on food than they did, even in spite of the fact that we eat restaurant-prepared food far, far more often than we used to.

Yes, the availability of cheap, convenient, tasty and empty calories is a bad thing, and its cost has fallen faster than fresh food, but all food is much, much cheaper than it was when America was much slimmer. It's also relevant that Americans are more sedentary because transportation is cheaper and more work and entertainment activities are sedentary.

And with this you undercut your whole argument. Grades provide a way of sorting the student body by ability, whether said student body is composed of elite students or low-middling students (like my alma mater). As long as people want to know who the best of the best are -- and they do -- it's in the best interests of Harvard and the students to sort them effectively.

Note that the fact that Harvard Law has renamed A, B, C and D/E as High Honors, Honors, Pass and Fail, doesn't change that they are still giving those grades. My guess is that they did this renaming because rampant grade inflation everywhere has made people believe that A is good, B is bad and C is awful, and by renaming they enable professors to give C's without the stigma. It's a way to fight the grade inflation problem -- give new labels to the grades to shake off the negative connotations of the lower of the old labels.

Perhaps the rest of Harvard should do the same, and then their professors could go back to applying proper grading curves, so most students will get C, er, Pass.

Of course, unless the school can convince the students that hard grading is a feature, not a bug, this will just produce a renaming treadmill. Everyone will start thinking that only losers get anything less than High Honors, so they'll push professors to give mostly High Honors, so High Honors will lose its meaning and another round of renaming will be needed.

I know blaming people for being weak minded morons makes you feel warm and fuzzy, but the reality is that three quarters of Americans are overweight. It's the normal state, being a healthy weight is the exception.

There's clearly some environmental factor at play here.

I thought Ubiquity needed some proprietary controller app thing.

Yeah, about that... Here's a list of Linksys CVEs that are scored 9.0 or above:

CVE-2002-2159, CVE-2008-0228, CVE-2008-1247, CVE-2008-1268, CVE-2008-4594, CVE-2009-3341, CVE-2009-5157, CVE-2010-1573, CVE-2010-2261, CVE-2013-4658, CVE-2017-17411, CVE-2018-17208, CVE-2018-3953, CVE-2018-3954, CVE-2018-3955, CVE-2019-11535, CVE-2019-16340, CVE-2020-35713, CVE-2020-35715, CVE-2022-38555, CVE-2023-46012, CVE-2024-33789, CVE-2024-57223, CVE-2024-57224, CVE-2024-57225, CVE-2024-8408, CVE-2025-34037, CVE-2025-45487, CVE-2025-45488, CVE-2025-45489, CVE-2025-45490, CVE-2025-45491, CVE-2025-4999, CVE-2025-5000, CVE-2025-5441, CVE-2025-5442, CVE-2025-5443, CVE-2025-5444, CVE-2025-5445, CVE-2025-5446, CVE-2025-5447, CVE-2025-6751, CVE-2025-6752, CVE-2025-8816, CVE-2025-8817, CVE-2025-8819, CVE-2025-8820, CVE-2025-8822, CVE-2025-8824, CVE-2025-8826, CVE-2025-8831, CVE-2025-8832, CVE-2025-8833, CVE-2025-9245, CVE-2025-9246, CVE-2025-9247, CVE-2025-9248, CVE-2025-9249, CVE-2025-9250, CVE-2025-9251, CVE-2025-9252, CVE-2025-9253, CVE-2025-9355, CVE-2025-9356, CVE-2025-9357, CVE-2025-9358, CVE-2025-9359, CVE-2025-9360, CVE-2025-9361, CVE-2025-9363, CVE-2025-9392, CVE-2025-9393, CVE-2025-9481, CVE-2025-9482, CVE-2025-9483, CVE-2025-9525, CVE-2025-9526, CVE-2025-9527

Is there anyone else in the consumer/SOHO space you would recommend?