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Submission + - Why Volvo Is Replacing Every EX90's Central Computer (insideevs.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: On Monday morning, I spoke to a Volvo EX90 owner who reported a litany of issues with her 2025 EX90: malfunctioning phone-as-a-key functionality, a useless keyfob, a keycard that rarely worked quickly, constant phone connection issues, infotainment glitches and error messages. I was surprised not because I hadn't heard of these kinds of problems, but because I experienced them myself over a year ago at the EX90 first drive again. At the time, Volvo said software fixes were imminent. Today, we know the issues go deeper. To solve them, Volvo announced on Tuesday that it will replace the central computer of every 2025 EX90 with the new one from the 2026 EX90. It's a tacit admission that the company can't solve the EX90's issues while simultaneously launching its next-generation software-defined vehicles, and that it's easier to replace the original computer than to build bug-free software for it. But for some, the damage to the Volvo brand has already been done.

Comment People still watch TV? (Score 2) 137

by Asteconn (#65590738) Attached to: Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy

Honestly, I'm legitimately surprised that there is enough of a market for TV to support an industry.

Not just with the enshitification and commercial operators trying to wring viewers for every penny they have; and not even for myself there hasn't been a single compelling reason to even bother with an online subscription, let alone something like a TV license — it's just bad value. I can get more entertainment value per hour from a half-arsed £5 game from Steam or GOG than TV could ever hope to match.

Comment People still watch TV? (Score 1) 1

Honestly, I'm legitimately surprised that there is enough of a market for TV to support an industry.

Not just with the enshitification and commercial operators trying to wring viewers for every penny they have; and not even for myself there hasn't been a single compelling reason to even bother with an online subscription, let alone something like a TV license — it's just bad value. I can get more entertainment value per hour from a half-arsed £5 game from Steam or GOG than TV could ever hope to match.

Submission + - Pirating back in vogue as enshitification stretches patience, and wallets (theguardian.com) 1

Submitted by Bruce66423
Bruce66423 writes: Even journalists have noticed — and some are resorting to piracy, again

'A decade and a half on from the Pirate Bay trial, the winds have begun to shift. On an unusually warm summer’s day, I sit with fellow film critics by the old city harbour, once a haven for merchants and, rumour has it, smugglers. Cold bigstrongs in hand (that’s what they call pints up here), they start venting about the “enshittification” of streaming – enshittification being the process by which platforms degrade their services and ultimately die in the pursuit of profit. Netflix now costs upwards of 199 SEK (£15), and you need more and more subscriptions to watch the same shows you used to find in one place. Most platforms now offer plans that, despite the fee, force advertisements on subscribers. Regional restrictions often compel users to use VPNs to access the full selection of available content. The average European household now spends close to €700 (£600) a year on three or more VOD subscriptions. People pay more and get less.

'A fellow film critic confides anonymously: “I never stopped pirating, and my partner also does it if he doesn’t find the precise edition he is looking for on DVD.” While some people never abandoned piracy, others admit they have recently returned – this time turning to unofficial streaming platforms. One commonly used app is legal but can, through community add-ons, channel illicit streams. “Downloading is too difficult. I don’t know where to start,” says one film viewer. “The shady streams might bombard me with ads, but at least I don’t have to worry about getting hacked or caught.”'

Personally, as a reader not a viewer, I find a few months of Netflix and my BBC iplayer access as a result of having a TV in the UK, sufficient, along with rather more DVDs than I will ever actually watch...

Comment Re:Breaking news (Score 1) 222

I'm one of the unlucky ones with two, living in a country where a considerable proportion of the 'traditional' diet is vegetables with high concentrations of bitter chemicals; and where alcohol consumption is not just commonplace, but an expected part of socializing.

Things like brassicas (cabbage, kale, and so on), rutabaga, turnip, and many others, are quite simply not food. It's not just a 'dislike', it's a gripping colossal disgust that is viscerally overwhelming and so overpowering that any unfamiliar plant is treated with the utmost caution and aversion until demonstrably proven safe to consume.

Having to explain all of this to the ignorant gets real old, real fast; especially in my experience those brought up on the relics of wartime ration diets.

Comment Re:Anubis for the win! (Score 1) 86

Anubis isn't there just as a blocker - it's there to also make it computationally infeasible for companies to repeatedly spam servers with junk requests.

An average Joe/Jane Public doesn't usually care if they have to wait a few moments once to access a site. But that computational cost is soon going to add up for bad actors.

Comment The article is a blatant shill, but... (Score 2) 21

by Asteconn (#64927353) Attached to: DataBreach.com Emerges As Alternative To HaveIBeenPwned

Here me out for a moment -

Clearly the provinence behind HaveIBeenPwned is much better than this commercial shenanigan — However having some manner of redundancy for something as important as HaveIBeenPwned.com is useful. Presently HaveIBeenPwned's bus-factor is only 1 (IIRC) ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ).

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