I mean, it’s an obvious scam. Always has been. They only have a few tech demos, and bunch of polished marketing material. There’s nothing to actually release.

That’s very interesting, actually. Because manufacturers of self-driving cars say they’re only drive-assisted, not autonomous. To dodge liability for their cars causing accidents. If the car is without a steering wheel and therefore fully autonomous, and the car runs somebody over, is the car gonna go to jail?

Well, there are some significant negatives to a powerbank solution.

• Charging from a powerbank takes a long time. Swapping a battery for fully charged one can be done in half a minute.
• You need to make sure the cables stay connected. How many times did you have phone on charge in a backpack for an hour, only to find out it wasn’t charging because the connection got a little loose?
• Each charge cycle reduces lifetime of the battery. If you have two batteries to swap between, you effectively double the overall lifetime.

And of course, when (not if) the battery dies, you can replace it at your leisure, instead of searching for a repair shop in the case of phone being glued shut. Battery is pretty much the only perishable component in your phone. If you keep your phone safe from falling or drowning, it can work just fine for decades. But the battery will need to be replaced one day, regardless of how careful you are. You also wouldn’t need to pay the extra service fee if you can open the phone and put the new battery in yourself.

Honestly I always felt kinda awkward after getting one, knowing somebody paid real money for a stupid icon. What a waste. Good riddance, I say.

Has anyone else always had a spare phone battery in the pocket to swap on the go?

Imagine you could just do that.

Now i hope it says something about availability of the replacement batteries…

Due to unexpectedly high demand, the $300 battery you ordered has 5 months waiting list. Payment in advance, of course, for your convenience.

Remember that consumers expect certain things from smartphones nowadays, which will mean that OEMs can’t just go back to the old way of doing things. An IP68 rating would be very difficult to obtain while still offering a premium-feeling device with an easily replaceable battery, for example. These are hurdles OEMs will need to get over to be in compliance.

this is straight-up BS. there were many phones with ip68 and user-replacable batteries back when sealing the battery in a phone was frowned upon. not all but many.

install … a website? is that a thing?

Gotta say, the website works great on phone too. No reason to get an app

Lemm.ee is omnipresent

That already happened. For example, we have mozilla [email protected]

edit: I think it’s a mistake to throw mozilla into in the same bag with the other corpos. The whole truth is a bit more complicated than makes money = bad. In this case I’m happy to take the L

I couldn’t say no to that

I do over all agree with you. Not sure about the non-profit, though. That seems like something for later when the dust settles.
However, as we all know - power corrupts.
Some form of governing body(ies) is probably necessary to keep the lemmyverse from falling apart by forces inside and outside. Right now the fediverse seems to be pretty much free-for-all. If there was to be a governing structure, it would need a lot of thought and careful consideration in regards to its shape, size and strength.
It is actually exciting to see and participate in how things develop.

Fun fact, you can also press ZQ in normal mode to exit without saving.