I agree, unless it’s straight up paid software which I usually don’t mind paying for if it’s good and I need it. Although arguably uBlock Origin is so close to perfection that I can’t imagine how a paid ad blocker would hold up.

So…Red Dead Redemption infringes two of these three patents?

• Throwing an object (lasso) to capture a target
• Player character being able to ride on another character (horse)

Is Nintendo afraid because Rockstar can actually afford the lawsuit?

Flatpaks also just come with a set of default permissions at install time, so running in a sandbox only really protects against flaws in the software, but not against malicious intentions by its creator. Flatpak doesn’t have an “ask for permission” system afaik, at least not standardized. What you do is you add or subtract from the default the app itself specifies.

With the iPhone 14 no longer being sold the specs of the rumored SE 2025 make a lot more sense.

YouTube is by far the slowest website I visit, it’s so bloated.

Braiding doesn’t really increase the cable quality per se though…?

It’s $90 because it has fairly thick wiring and as Margot said is likely an active cable (with a chip in the plug). It’s actually fairly cheap considering the feature set.

I have this cable: https://www.spigen.com/products/arcwire-usb-c-to-usb-c-cable-pb2202

It’s 2 meters long, 240 watts and supports Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 (40 gbps).

I couldn’t test the 240 watts charging as I don’t have any device pulling more than 100 watts, but the Thunderbolt 4 part definitely works.

Apple sells a 3 meter Thunderbolt 4 cable (albeit limited to 100 watts of power) that isn’t optical either (I think there’s some special circuitry in the plugs though).

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