There are UI guidelines to make apps show something however useless it might be. https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/loading

I guess most developers go for a logo rather than a spinner. Maybe they worry that folk will forget what app they tapped on?

Hardly surprising since they were acquired by Google.

It’s only piracy if you grab a cutlass and storm the local shops. It’s time to call it what it is = digital theft / running unlicensed software / whatever. If someone hacks into your accounts, I doubt you’d call them a pirate for stealing all you personal videos and pictures, taking over your steam account, ‘borrowing’ your netflix, and so on. The whole thing is deeply uncool.

Personally I wish the laws would change to make copyright non-transferable from the original artists, who deserve reward for their efforts but shouldn’t be a meal ticket for others. I’d also like to see abandonware legitimised - if folk can’t buy it then it should be fair game.

I dropped Reddit, but I’m still not 100% into Lemmy. To put it another way: Reddit was a pinned tab, as is Mastodon, webmail, Qobuz, and a whole bunch of other essentials. Lemmy is unpinned and gets looked at briefly every 2-3 days.

I’m not sure if this is viable or too expensive, but we do like Sigma and use their lenses professionally. This has just been announced: https://camerajabber.com/sigma-launches-100-400mm-f5-6-4-dg-dn-os-c-for-fujifilm-x-mount/

It might be a bit slow at the long end though for birding, but I’m sure it’ll be razor sharp.

The rubber on mine turned sticky and I got rid of it. It was nasty to touch. I’d get another if it was a different material. Ended up with a G903 but not keen and want something new after just a year.

Powerbeats Pro have hooks over the ears and only get used when a wire would be intrusive such as workouts. I don’t much like them but they are hard to lose. They’re notorious for not charging properly and worked much better on Apple than Android, but at least I still both left and right buds.

Earbuds are worse, it’s always one that’s dead because it didn’t sit properly in the charging case.

My experience: via iPhone 8 + Apple adaptor, it couldn’t drive big cans, and even for earbuds they lose significant volume. My phone has the 3.5mm jack, and it can deafen me. This matters more when hooking up to sound systems because it raises the noise floor.

It’s better than nothing, but it’s not good. I don’t know about the USB-C alternatives though - I can only hope they are better than the ‘lightning’ connector ones.

No headphone jack, no sale. I have three hard criteria:

headphone socket usb-c charging expandable storage

I’ll stick with my Sony. Two-out-of-three isn’t good enough.