I am in the same boat, except I have 2 thermostats. $300 is pretty steep but the alternative(s) are not great either.

When Prime "Day" went to 3-4 dayS - that was a sign that it wasn't anything special. Enshittification.

Wow that brings back memories! I think I experienced that, or another vendor had something similar.

I see far too many people in MODERN CARS EQUIPPED WITH CARPLAY AND ANDROID AUTO with the driver holding their phone, looking at the screen. Sometimes it's in their laps! I cannot understand how Instagram or whatever became more important that looking at the road. I wish I had a EMP gun to shoot at these fools.

What the hell!? I've been using it forever and now they've killed it? Do they think they're Apple? I'm seriously pissed.

That was exactly my feedback. I read a story from before Covid that listed all the things about China that no one (outside the central party) knows. I wish I had saved it because it was lots of very basic stuff.

Why would they stop updating? Seems completely illogical.

The owners will get massive payouts and continue to take big profits and the employees will continue to get fucked over.

If you're technical: sometimes it pays to be rude and shitty right out of the gate. I spent over an hour with telco tech support trying to replace a device that wouldn't boot (it was totally dead) and I finally had to turn on 'jerk mode' to simply get a replacement device.

If you proved to me that Leon was compromised by the Russians, I would never disbelieve. With his weird fetishes and stuff - he seems like someone who could easily get doing something kinky/weird while on camera for Vlad.

Sir, that is coming "in 6 months". Do not question Leon as he is never wrong.

In other news: Uber CEO says that traditional taxi cabs are not needed. Check who has a stake in what's being said. Sometimes I hate capitalism.

A few years ago I got an email from Amazon that went: "You've been returning a lot of items, we thought you should know" I figured it was auto-generated and decided to reply to see what would happen. I think I said "Well now what?" I actually got a response that was apologetic and along the lines like "that was just an FYI" - meaning Amazon is paying attention to excessive returns.

or some good Pornhub content.

Not sure the temperature here on Slashdot right now, but this is something I like about my iPhones. Sure you get their embedded stuff but it's VERY non-intrusive.