It’s a consequence of retail. Because carriers in the US determine which phones most of us can access, with the exit of LG from the market the Android landscape in the US was effectively reduced to Samsung. Other manufacturers may as well not exist for all the average shopper is led to believe – the brick and mortar store where you pick out your phone gives you two options: iPhone or Samsung.

Certain markets too, perhaps. I’m in the US with an A32 because I’ve just flat-out stopped paying for flagships, and I haven’t seen any junk in the most recent update.

What exactly does Sabbath mode do? Is it like a burst of deep freeze so the appliance can power down Fri-Sat and stay cold, or what?

Asking as a renter with Sabbath mode on the fridge in my apartment.

Fool—the scroll wheel is a scalpel; the scrollbar is a broadsword. Use the right tool for the job.

D’oh, my Lemmy Explorer count is three lower than my sh.itjust.works count. 😔

FOSS

ngl I always assumed that was a placeholder sub without any content, just to sustain the meme that /r/lounge was a thing

Tangentially it took me absolute years to start reading smh.com.au as “Sydney Morning Herald.com.au” and not “shaking my head.com.au.”

Mainly because the Herald’s news always seems to radiate deep Florida-man energy.

Their announcement doesn’t strike me as all that alarming. I could be mistaken.

It sounds like their mods have watched an unexpected expressway arrive at their door this week, Douglas Adams-style, and so they’re closing the door momentarily to evaluate what the new traffic will look like. Honestly feels reasonable, unless I’m misunderstanding it.

The message seems to be that this isn’t meant to be a permanent change.

As a 12 year reddit user, I assure you the majority of reddit is full of paid spammers and bots. The numbers have been as artificial as Twitter’s for a while.

I started (like 2 hours ago) a Poetry community in my instance. I modded a few microscopic subreddits that never got any traffic, so I’m used to imposter syndrome as a moderator 😥