I really dislike Mac OS.

When is Asahi likely to be viable as a daily OS?

I'll put it to you like this: if the current state is not viable for you, then it's possible that it will never be ready.

Fair enough.

I think I'm going back to Linux when this laptop is no longer functioning.

Maybe I'll be returning to Lenovo.

Why no android app?

I plan to make one in the future. It's just me

Would love to take a crack on this on Android

Why no website as well? Can't use it from a laptop, it's a bit strange for a social media, many don't like typing on a phone.

That's a great question, since the genesis of this was the domain name, which no one using the app will care about or visit. That is, the only thing that was actually needed here was the trademark, it appears.

Especially odd considering that Friendster began at a time when social media on phones was unheard of.

I remember when we considered a website that tells the user to download an app an anti-pattern (e.g. earlier versions of iMusic).

why not a proper Progress Web App so it can run on any device independent of app stores? it's not as though a social app needs deep OS integration. I'm sure Claude or Codex could vibe code that in an afternoon.

The central point of this app is to determine proximity of two devices. That's not possible today in a cross-platform way using web apps.

PWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android

> PWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android

This (EDIT: this app) is iOS only right now. And I hate the normalisation of giving websites access to Bluetooth and NFC.

I managed to make an ESP32-controlled RC car move by sending it commands from a webapp running on my Android phone last year. I don't believe I have telekinesis magic power, so I'd rather believe that this is not in-fact iOS only.

Sorry, clarified.

You can with the Geolocation API.

The main functionality to add friends is that you need to use the phones physically touching feature of iPhones. This doesn't exist in Android afaik.

The guy wants people to meet in person rather than doing social media the normie way.

Android has QuickShare which can be leveraged.

For the record, the feature you describe was first introduced on Samsung phones 14 years ago - and later removed, likely after poor adoption. Because Apple "reinvented it", it's now planned to be reintroduced on Android too.

https://developers.google.com/nearby no?

Clearly targeted towards a US only audience I guess?

Even in the US... something like half of people have an android.

Starting a network effect product like a social network where you exclude half the social graph seems like... quite a decision.

It's likely much more than half because I don't see a guy working on his laptop and switching on his phone to be able to answer messages, I personally never use social medias on a phone, it's annoying to type.

I prefer most communication to happen from my phone. Keeps the laptop less distracting when I don’t talk with people so much on it. Except Slack on work computer. That one I keep open and use for talking with coworkers. But that’s because it’s part of the job, and also relevant for me and them to be talking about things we are working on.

I think it's more like 70% Apple in the US and Android 30%, whereas most elsewhere it's reversed.

Worked for Facebook.

In which case, perhaps the app doesn't correctly remove notifications on delete which would mean Headspace could be to blame?

There’s no indication to the developer or app when a deletion happens. We rely on the OS to clean it up.

We've already seen where iOS notifications was storing messages, so it does seem plausible that notifications are involved. Especially as the latest release patches the notifications issue used by law enforcement. It's possible something new was introduced, revealed, etc. The timing feels right

A very basic point of view. If you can't see how you're being disingenuous, there's no point in having a conversation with you.

The same developers who fed the machine, didn't make the machine.

Your comparison is incorrect.

Is this satire?

Likely, https://www.reddit.com/r/forexposure/ material otherwise

50% satire

Well, yes .. we have the freemium economy first. Fucked on the way in, fucked on the way out.

Ultimately the main benefit obtained from not allowing battery replacement, is an increase in sales of newer models.

While your reasoning has _some_ merit, it reads as an apologia for the status quo .. rather than an example of why we should prevent easy battery replacement.

I think an interesting counterpoint, is whether the value obtained is reducing.

Exactly. AI is not really replacing people but it's definitely allowing them to do more and more interesting things. You should offset the cost of having an AI do something against the cost of doing that manually. Your mileage may vary of course. But I am definitely getting things done that I wouldn't even have started without AI assistance. And that stuff is valuable to me. Although you could argue that anything AI can do is actually deflating in value as well. The economics here will get pretty interesting. But all things considered, I'm not spending an unreasonable amount on all this AI stuff. Probably around 60-100$/month currently. It varies a bit.

Value feels pretty relative to me. If anyone can do a 'thing', is that thing worth less?

If you still need that thing done, the value is basically however you value your time. Would you pay extra for having someone or something do that for you instead?

But is there as much value in the doing the thing in the first place if anyone else can do it cheaply too?

> Although you could argue that anything AI can do is actually deflating in value as well.

But it's possible to have usability and a unique design character, if you use a human designer.

not only possible but sometimes necessary because sometimes you need to sacrifice familiarity and question the assumptions we have to truly make meaningful improvements

If you work with an exceptional one, sure

So no one has done anything wrong, but researchers find it difficult to understand the breadth of prior research and therefore end up duplicating it?