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It also closes when you click/tap outside the dialog, unlike most other Windows dialogs. I actually can't think of another Windows dialog with the same level of functionality that …

In the 70s the ads were a one-way broadcast. Now the ads watch you back. Far beyond the time wasted, they're an invasion of privacy.

My interpretation of "break web pages" was serving XHTML with MIME type application/xhtml+xml, in which case browsers don't render anything when the XHTML isn't well-formed, which …

I think you're confusing XHTML and semantic web on the "break web pages" part.

At the point in time when I disabled notifications for the app, it did not. I tried that. Even after navigating dark patterns, digging into the menus, and turning those options off…

Push button light switches that had two circular buttons with this behavior also used to be extremely common.

Uber violates this. At least as of a few years ago, there was no way to get notifications about driver arrival without also getting special offer and Uber Eats spam notifications p…

For many, and hopefully increasingly more and more of us, time and attention can be more valuable than money. Manipulating our behavior to develop familiarity with a product by see…

Missing vertical taskbar is probably the most egregious omission, but it's not so much they took it away as it is they created versions of a number of Windows Explorer components i…

> iPhone Pro can transfer at up to 20 Gbps Citation/proof strongly needed on 20 Gbps

Fully denying internet access for an app is actually in iOS and has been there for many years. But it's only available in China. https://tinyapps.org/blog/202209100700_ios_disable_…

Similarly to making so many of the playlists "made for you", they've completely ruined the "radio" feature. You used to be able to select the radio option on a song, artist, or pla…

Blog post on wordpress.org concerning this: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/secure-custom-fields/

Not in the BitLocker configurations I've seen over the last few days. The file is deletable as a local administrator in safe mode without the BitLocker recovery key in at least som…

The BitLocker configurations I've seen over the last few days don't require the recovery key to enter safe mode.

The "store 2 bits of information" approach Apple was moving exploring would solve at least a lot of that case. You could effectively store 3 pieces of information: 00 = default sta…

It's not specific to iCloud Keychain--it applies to on-device Keychain on iOS devices, too, even if you don't use iCloud. Any developer can store data there with no way for the use…

iOS actually does have a separate "internet access" permission for apps, but it's only available for devices sold in China.

Canada models have a SIM slot, but they don't support 5G mmWave bands.

If you don't care about mmWave 5G... and there are other bands missing as well.

Can QR codes for eSIMs be sold like traditional SIMs? I haven't actually gone through the eSIM registration process, but I assumed this should be possible.

This prevents my day 1 purchase as well. My US carrier (Verizon Prepaid) doesn't support eSIM yet, and I don't want a postpaid plan. I see absolutely no reason removing the SIM slo…