iOS doesn't support alternative browsers unless they use Webkit underneath which comes with limitations. You have to upgrade to a better OS for it to work, or wait for the tide to turn (the EU has already forced Apple to be more open here)

It's true that they probably will not start their own butcher's shop. Then again, what do Germans need? Most want affordable meat, which requires cheap labor. They want affordable houses, which requires cheap construction workers. They want affordable logistics and shipping, which requires cheap personnel.

These jobs are never going to get a top loan because that would cause inflation for everyone. And most Germans aren't even motivated to work there even if the wages were good, because the work is hard/irregular/dirty.

Western European countries have always needed foreign workers, many of which have become part of our society such as the people from Turkey that came here decades ago. If Germany wants to continue without their foreign workers they would be immediately having around 8 million vacancies even by removing the people who don't have a citizenship yet. Germany has one of the most aging populations in the world, there's not a chance those vacancies will be filled without foreign workers.

In Germany, there are truly many vacancies in some areas. For instance, there are around 35k open vacancies for nurses and this number is expected to grow to around 150k in the coming years as the baby boom generation is getting older. Most Germans just don't like the prospect of working irregular hours and wiping elderly patients' butts, even though wages and secondary conditions are improving for nurses.

Depends on your angle. The Pixel is a good phone and the OS works well, but it is a Google device. A growing minority wants to avoid investing in US big corp, or in anything US related in general given the current political situation.

It's weird though. Pencils were never a good way to transport tape. It was also investigated that only certain Japanese pencils fit as these are bigger. In my memory we always used a BIC ballpoint pen which fits perfectly.

I agree with your point. However that's not what the article is about. It's about the social and aesthetically engaging aspects that come with physical media compared to the utilitarian services where music is presented like "tap water", and the sense of indifference that's created through abundance, hurting the artists financially.

Usable addition, and the fact that it is only in-browser is actually a merit in some cases. Firefox gets a lot of hate but is way more privacy centric out of the box compared to Chrome. AI is only opt-in and you can literally customize the entire browser using about:config. Mozilla also maintains the only real competing web engine (not considering Apple's locked in ecosystem) and they are the reason browsers are open source these days.

The free option is limited to a certain amount of GB. Mozilla can upsell an unlimited version in the future. Likely the reason they don't do that right from the start, is that their VPN network is completely new and it's hard to judge the network capacity needed.

Confirmed by Spotify that it was a bug and has now been solved. It only applied to Basic users. Basic is the slightly cheaper version of Premium which doesn't include audio books.

The law is there solely to ensure the customer always has the option to buy the product without a charger, in order to fight waste. It doesn't restrict manufacturers from offering the product including charger as well.

For consumers it doesn't matter. Capitalism is capitalism. If the price of the laptop + charger is not attractive, consumers can buy a competing product. Arguably buying an Apple on a budget is a controversial choice anyway, as the ecosystem costs (software, cloud services, accessories) are generally higher compared to other OS, which have an open hardware architecture, less licensing costs and more competititon.

Article says 47 Wh/kg. Thats around a third of LFP cells. But the power density is way higher. Meaning it can do enormous peak currents.

For grid energy storage, energy density is not the most important factor, but the power density is a great plus. It means these cells can rapidly charge or discharge in the grid, offering flexibility to buffer in any way that is required. And the cycle life is also way higher.

This, the Shuffle function should play every song exactly once, just in a random order. This is what cd players have been supporting since the late '80s.

It is a very simple algorithm but Spotify turned it into something complex that barely works. By default, in large playlists, it will heavily prioritize some songs while others are almost never heard. People have complained about this for years and there is an option in the settings for it now, although I am not yet sure if that setting really disables all of the "smart" algorithms Spotify has associated with shuffle.