Looks to me like it had been drinking vodka backstage.

So iOS users are probably ok, doesn't help Android users...

Samsung makes three tablet lines: the A, which is a value product that isn't bad for around $200; The S6 Lite, which is a specific mid-tier offering that is updated less than annually and has its own model specs per release. There's also the full-fat Tab S line, which are premium tablets.

I have an S6 Lite from 2020, a Tab S8 and an S9+. The S8 has a fairly normal 10" screen and is actually my favorite of the bunch; I find the 12" screen on the S9+ too big since I mostly want a reading device rather than a watching or playing device. I use the S9+ as a portable monitor and video capture device for my camera when I'm shooting photos with models. It's big and bright enough to see even in outdoors in broad daylight. All three of them have reasonable Qualcomm SoCs and big-boy amounts of RAM. All three of them have an SD card slot for big-boy storage. Newer Tab S series tablets are also water resistant, if you're someone who might use such a device in the bath or near a pool.

Not everybody wants to buy a premium Android tablet and I'll admit I don't pay full price for them either, but they're superb hardware, and I have no problem recommending the S6 Lite or the comparable Lenovo M11 for general use. Those aren't waterproof and they don't have high end SoCs, but they have nice screens, work well in their intended ecosystem and they aren't saddled with a sub-par mobile OS like Apple or Amazon hardware.

Yes, I know it's possible to add the Play Framework to a FireOS device. The problem is that you have to fight to keep it that way since Amazon updates will eventually reset your settings. As far as I know, there's no cure for the limitations of iOS, which is why I'd never bother with an iPad.

None of that matters. If the original lyrics are reproduced it is copyright infringement.

Yes, it is getting that way. That same phone can also server the same function as a burner phone when traveling to risky countries like the USA that like to check you social media posts. On that phone just install Truth Social and post to how great you think trump is.

You are assuming that 'deleting' the app actually removes its spyware functions, not just removing the icons you see as a user. If you can actually delete it then it will run slower when you reinstall it as it will have to spend time uploading all the data you have added since last time it was installed.

I feel like you are maybe clinging to this dream as a way to stay sane. That's fine, a lot of people do that. I don't want to shatter it for you.

You are assuming Ryanair's app developer knows what TSL is, how to use it, and will actually bother to do so. It takes time and money to code right and that certificate stuff is just more work.

This works great when you have an airline you trust. I use the Air NZ app as I trust them and they will be complying with the much tighter New Zealand consumer protection law. I doubt I would trust an app from most USA airlines as the law there lets them do almost anything they like.

In the early days of Android when you installed an app it showed you all of the permissions and you were expected to explicitly agree to them before the app was installed. It is the reason I have never has Facebook on my phone, when I saw the permissions it was demanding I though no way you are getting access to all that stuff.

Now days it seems to be "Trust us, install the app and don't ask questions". I have very few company specific apps on my phone as I resist the bloat without good reason.

I am assuming once the Ryanair app has finished stealing all the info it can find on you phone you will get target notifications several times a day about buying flights and related services.

There is no such thing as largely imaginary. There is no 'partially imaginary'. And I don't see how you can say charging time is imaginary. It's almost like EV proponents can't see or don't care the problems people may have with the technology. You want it to disappear in a puff of smoke and pretend it isn't there. And in the mean time, people will continue to buy ICE cars because no one will do anything about the things they are concerned about.

Well of course it has to be adjusted. They don't make single edged changeable razor blades any more. And you used that word again.... Inflation. I have ascertained that inflation is only part of the increases in cost of living between then and now. Forget about any stat adjusted to inflation.

I don't see how the complexity makes it any different. The complexity is there to support many other possibilities, but in the end it is just like someone took the double click code for Windows and made it loop on a GPU for a minute before opening the application. It is still a method of activation. The AI companies are legitimately trying to make their AI into operating systems in fact. So if a command in a shell is to be differentiated from an AI query, at how many CPU cycles does it cease to be a shell command and becomes something other than a command?

Disabled passengers are still able to get assistance at disabled counters in airports, including blind people. But people who just refuse to put on reading glasses don't count unfortunately.

What market consolidation? Ryan air isn't just not the only option for consumers, it's not even the only low cost option in Ireland. The number of competitors to Ryanair are too high to count, and certainly massive enough in number that they are trivial to avoid on principle for any start / destination combination (which I already do).

You don't need to fly Ryanair to get cheap tickets. Many people didn't long before this announcement.