You end up in spam with Gmail if you haven’t got your email hygiene in order. I’ve sent messages from cold Hetzner IPs and a cold domain name and managed to deliver to Gmail inboxes by having SPF, DKIM and DMARC correctly configured. It really is that simple. Same goes for Microsoft. Follow the standards, avoid spammy looking words, avoid sending empty messages and you’ll be fine.

Emails that I want from non-gmail senders end up in spam. Sometimes fake Amazon emails from random gmails end up in my main inbox. Google passing responsibility for their own bad algorithms onto users is a consequence of their monopoly status.

Google chose a jury trial, rather than a bench trial. The judge maid their ruling based on evidence presented, and largely ruled in Apple’s favour based on evidence provided by both Epic and Apple. No two cases are ever the same, there are always nuances. Throw a jury in to that mix, it’s even more of a crap-shoot.

The fact that the justice system can come up with obviously contradictory conclusions in nearly-identical cases is a bug, not a feature.

No. That is indication that it is working as designed. The key word that you used is nearly. So, not the same. They were heard differently too. The truth is that you’re upset because it’s Google and not Apple.

Microsoft also “incentivized” OEMs to not install competing browsers by threatening to remove their OEM licensing. Didn’t Google do something similar?

No. They just threatened to remove access to the Play Store.

So, something similar then. OK, not as onerous as removing the whole OS, which they can’t do because Android uses an open license, but the next big thing. No play store, no Google services. May as well remove the OS.

Absolutely. The problem here is that people that generally parrot the “1984” meme haven’t read the book, let alone read any Orwell, or Huxley for that matter.

I like using it to say something is a waste of time or too much trouble; it’s a faff…

Now, I’d say the really correct usage would be “a bit of a faff” but if you find saying that too much faff it’s all the same to me mate.

Anyway, I’m on the drag getting to the shops. I need to fix a picture thas on the huh. ;)

A good example of 'faff' is when you join a queue, get to the teller and they tell you a) you needed to take a number and/or b) you're in the wrong line.

Oh, no. A faff is an activity, rather than a scenario. Going to the bank could be a faff, but your example is just a bloody nuisance...

Fascinating story behind the origins of the naming of that element. Davey, the British scientist who first isolated it, originally suggested it be called alumium. Somewhat ironically, he referred to it as aluminum in his papers, while it was a Swede writing in a French journal that spelled it aluminium.

Ackshually, the pentalobe screwdrivers, commonly available now, are superior to Phillips as they are more resistant to cam-outs and tamper proof.

Who said I was comparing it to Phillips? Sure, Apple used to use Phillips for their case-back screws on their laptops, but Torx (superior to Pentalobe) already existed, and may have already been used by Apple elsewhere (I don't readily recall).

Tamper-proof? Hardly.

Comparable battery capacity, materials and technology? No.

Who is us? Likely a similar sized segment that wants to tinker and are Louis Rossman fans.