The rise of more partisan news (or “news”) sources is probably exacerbating that trend.

I have not (seriously) considered switching, no. On specs alone, no doubt I’d get a much better deal going w/ some Android phone, but for all the reasons I listed, I’m sticking w/ Apple and iOS. It works well for me, and I figure why mess with, uh, success? If I wanted to spend $350 on a new phone I’d definitely go w/…

Amen to that!

even worse, $500 is probably on the low end, with premium phones often costing $1,000 or more. For the love of gadgets, folks, get and use a good case on it!

On one hand, I’m one of those Apple loyalists - even to the point where I’m only half-joking when I admit that I “drink the Kool-Aid” - I generally agree w/ the marketing hype that MacOS and iOS are more “intuitive” (whatever that means), easier to use, run more smoothly and reliably, that both their hardware and…

Nice catch - looks like they corrected the info :)

Fair enough. It’s not even 100% clear to me whether the new modem is a rental or he bought it, or where he bought it from, all we have is this vagueness: “...a service appointment to replace a supposedly fried modem. Said appointment has come and gone. All I have to show for it is a brand new modem...” I *assume*…

The Qanon crap is bad enough.

Unless I’m missing something, Bryan’s ISP is Optimum, not Time Warner or Comcast - nor is Optimum owned by either. Also, the article you linked is regarding modem rental fees, which also seems unrelated to his problem. Did I misunderstand your post?

Superb article - thank you so much!

Thanks Shoshana - beyond that specific beef of mine, solid article - keep up the good work :)

yeah, that makes sense, although my understanding is that Internet Explorer (or Edge now, I guess) is not nearly as dominant as it used to be, lots more people using a non-default browser (esp. Chrome and Firefox), more businesses are supporting browsers besides Edge, etc. Mostly moot point for me, given I’m not…

This would be brilliant - if such a thing existed! I’ve heard rumors of other search engines - lots of talk about something called “Bing” - but I’m pretty sure it’s just an urban legend, like “el Chupacabra” or “good cops”.

I’m surprised that the author never brings up what seems like the worst part of this “robbery” - while small businesses undoubtedly benefit from hurting their competitors (or driving them out of business altogether), the company that gains the most direct and significant benefit is Google (or Facebook or possibly some…

The talking point he’s brought up - repeatedly - is that the unemployment rate for Black people in the US is at a record low.* ** ***

The talking point he’s brought up - repeatedly - is that the unemployment rate for Black people in the US is at a record low.* ** ***

I agree that’s the most likely scenario. On the other hand, I think there are dramatic weather/climate-related disasters that used to be (relatively) rare, but are going to (continue to) become more common, maybe in some cases even “normal.” (We’re already breaking records left and right in terms of temperature.) In…

If you’re on twitter and find this article the least bit encouraging, you owe it to yourself to follow Bicycle Lobby:

I’ve been fixated - probably to an unhealthy degree - on face masks for the last couple days, so I’m just gonna dump some stuff I ran across here: