There’s one thing that’s preventing me from doing exactly that and that is, as a non-native English speaker with tinnitus, the constant struggle to find good subtitles that are properly synced. My lazy ass just wants to enjoy a movie at a normal volume without having to force myself to be super-focussed in order not to miss the whole goddamn plot of the movie.

Who cares. If you have a shred of privacy awareness, you’d steer very clear from it.

I really don’t understand why companies use these tactics. Makes me instantly hate them and leave their website/cancel purchase processes etc. never to return again unless it’s absolutely completely unavoidable. Rather pay a bit more than dealing with scummy/scammy businesses.

Even € 15 in the Netherlands. :(

I don’t entirely agree with you. Comparing the same song in MP3 or FLAC on the factory-fitted audio system in my car (2023 Skoda Octavia Combi) already makes a huge difference. Of course the difference is smaller when using 256 or 320 kbps MP3, but even then FLAC just adds that extra bit of depth and “openness” to the music

FLAC files are typically larger than MP3, because with MP3 roughly 90% of the original file is discarded on encoding, hence lossy compression. At decoding the codec tries to restore this 90% out of the original remaining 10%. This sounds worse than it actually is, but you understand why MP3 is considered inferior by audio purists.

On the other hand FLAC uses a different compression technique that reduces the original file by 30-50% but without any data deletion, hence lossless. So, original file let’s say 100MB as .wav, compresses to 30-50 MB IN FLAC and 6-10 MB in MP3.

I gladly sacrifice the additional storage to get noticeably better quality audio.

Yeah, exactly the same here. Oh well, time to switch again.

Downvoted for making a point to support devs who built FOSS. I’m getting some “nice” Reddit vibes here.

I’m definitely not trying to shame anyone. Just saying it’s the gesture that counts. Even donating 1, 2, 5 dollars makes a difference. It’s a big thank you to all the devs who make all these awesome apps and tools for free. And in my opinion nobody is too broke to show their appreciation for these people, even if it’s just a very small amount. It makes a hell of a difference to those devs.

Not too broke to own a PC or smart phone to be here, so easy excuse imo. Small bits also help, it’s the gesture that counts.

Rightfully rejected imo. This is exactly the kind of comments that made Reddit the toxic environment it is in so many subs nowadays.

Honestly, what more do you really need from a smart phone nowadays? And for this price, I’d buy it in a heart beat. Sadly, this will probably never come to Europe.

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Same here and what’s so special in this case is that the castle has been in the same family for it’s entire 800 years of existence. That is really super rare.

It definitely was! We were there 2 weeks ago. Day started off quite foggy, which also created a really .

You already have it. Whatsapp = Meta

And this makes it a bad app? Slight inconvenience and some less emojis? You’re right that it needs improvement, but I’ll happily accept this in exchange for not just another stupid big-tech company snooping around my personal stuff. I’m so fucking pissed at the constant privacy attacks from these evil ass holes