What’s mildy infuriating is your attempt to advertise your app here. I have ad blockers, but I kind of suspect this site has ads on it somewhere.

When you design a new device from the ground up you make them fit in a way that allows the remaining space to be a single large rectangle to be entirely filled with battery. This might require custom PCB to have some L shapes. If you want to target a specific weight and having that much battery is too heavy then you make the device thinner. Instead it looks like they took pre-existing components from other devices such as Pixel phones or the Google Home and put them in a larger case.

It’s not necessarily a problem that this device exists how it is, but that it is a cheap way to go about it and yet still sold at a premium price.

Yes, but at $500 the profit margins are still huge. This is like a $200 tablet being sold for $500. It probably costs $50 to manufacture.

I see. If someone is yelling obscenities at you then its probably ok to yell at them too although I wouldn’t bother personally. I don’t think this poll can mean anything though as I imagine everyone has different understandings of what a “speaker” is and is doing.

What does it mean to “Shout down a speaker”? What are they speaking about and what is the purpose of shouting at them?

How is this not illegal, but sending spam emails is? What a messed up world.

Between the legs must be a supremely comfortable spot for a cat.

They are still good for alternative builds of Android such as GrapheneOS. Ideally I wouldn’t support Google at all.

I dream of an ad free future.

I’ve been seeing this a lot lately. Lots of bandwagoning going on. It is what it is though. People are fallible and often just follow the herd instead of thinking.

Make sure to also link to Lemmy. 👍

I’ve been using an mp3 style walkman for awhile. There’s something about dedicated single purpose electronics that is so comfy. They also just work as the software is always barebones simple.

Profitting from free user generated content is uncool. 👍

She could have used that $12k as part of a down payment on her own place… what on earth is she thinking.

I think you are right with old listings and then maybe new people looking at old listings to make new listings without verifying.

Scalping I can understand completely, but this is a thing that is still made and available all over the place.

Is there a convenient way of doing this? There is no way I can always babysit my device and wait for it to reach 80% and then remove it from the charger.

Longer lifespan? Does this mean they will have user replaceable batteries? I’d consider spending more than $200 on a phone if it could actually be kept in peak condition for more than 4 years.

What is this device? I’m confused as to why it even exists.

Edit: I discovered it is literally called “Car Thing”.