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Because of ensign.

I think we had Prime before streaming even started, so that was like a bonus.

But lately we hardly use it. The site is so janky and bloated with trash, I’d rather pay shipping and buy directly from a brand website or a normal retailer. Most have free shipping nowadays anyway.

I just bought an Apple USB wall adapter from Amazon because Best Buy was out of them. I spent like 20 minutes inspecting it and the package and watching videos about how to make sure it isn’t counterfeit. Buying a $20 thing shouldn’t be a stressful ordeal.

Local residents had repeatedly contacted Google to have them change their online maps after the bridge collapsed in 2013, the suit claims.

Barriers that were normally placed across the bridge entrance were missing due to vandalism, according to the Charlotte Observer.

The lawsuit is also suing three local companies, arguing they had a duty to maintain the bridge.

That’s a lot of fucking negligence.

Or gangster style one dude in the crotch, stomach, chest, and head

GOP policy on Israel is used in domestic politics as a tool to pander to Christian evangelicals and fundamentalists who believe it will put the US on the right side of Biblical end times prophecy.

IOW it’s just batshit and has nothing to do with “helping Jews.” On the contrary, they believe Jews will ultimately mass convert to Christianity when Jesus flies back on a white horse while shooting swords out of his mouth.

I recently switched from Voyager to Avelon. Voyager is great and I’m keeping it because it’s always been so reliable, but I just really like Avelon. It has a nice explore tab for finding new communities, and it’s SwiftUI, so it has that clean native iOS look to it. They’re very similar otherwise.

The only things holding me back from buying Bean are lack of customizable gestures and the inability to jump to comments from my profile. Avelon has both of those, but it lacks community grouping. Bean is just a bit more polished otherwise, and I like Bean’s larger post titles and formatting in general. I love the toe beans icons also. Keeping an eye on it for those additions.

Data Vac is my plan once I finish this 12-pack of cans. But at this rate, that’ll take me another 2 years. It was $26 when I bought it, but now I see they’re $45 - that’s half the cost of a Data Vac. So there’s no point in getting disposables at that price.

I’m a fan of iPhones, Apple Watches, and iPads, but most of Apple’s accessories are terrible. MagSafe is fine because of how it’s used, and their wall adapters are fine. But Apple brand cables, phone cases, watch bands, etc. are all garbage. I mean, they will literally be in the garbage in under a year. Never fails.

Doesn’t matter how “environmentally friendly” a product is - if you need to replace it frequently, it’s bad for the planet and for your wallet. Just exclusively buy 3rd party cables and accessories that are cheaper and higher quality.

Alternatively, get yourself a bulk pack of compressed air cans and solve this and many other problems in life without needing to jam shit into the port. If you use it often enough, invest in a powered air duster.

Voyager’s new app is great and extremely solid. Avelon and Bean are great, but they might be iOS only - not sure.

Bean requires a subscription or a pricey lifetime purchase for full features, like Sync for Android, but it’s very smooth and polished and it has community grouping.

Avelon’s community browser is 🤌.

Lots of great devs still coming through with new apps for Lemmy.

Look at Nomad Goods. I’m using their MagSafe leather case. The buttons are a tad stiff, but other than that, I have no complaints so far. They have non-leather options as well.

It’s holding up much better than the Apple silicon and leather cases I’ve used for this 12 Pro Max till now, and on past phones I’ve used Otterbox and other cases where the silicon tore off within a year.

I’ll be checking Nomad first for any accessories I need from here on. I have a solid metal MagSafe desk stand and a few watch bands from them as well. All are great.