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If userland software can soft brick the camera, the problem is not the userland software.
This is what happens when you choose “freedom” over stability. (iOS is not necessarily what I mean by “stability”. Not anymore at least.)
Nobody that is smart trusts a company that provides services for free. If you are not paying you are the product and not the client.
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> - Sometimes soft bricks my camera (need to restart in order to use my normal camera app) Skype manages to do that on Android as well recently (while it used to work fine before).
If userland software can soft brick the camera, the problem is not the userland software.
Maybe it's just that my phone (Nexus 5X) is getting old, but Snapchat is probably the worst Android app I've ever used. Not sure how the iOS experience is. Let's go down the list: - HUGE (>300 MB) - Extremely Slow/Laggy UI - Battery Suck (mainly because it auto turns on location services, etc.) - Sometimes soft bricks my camera (need to restart in order to use my normal camera app) I only use it to stay in the loop o…
They have taken short cuts on Android and instead of fixing the core app, they are focusing on their AR add ons. May be the right choice, but it has ended up with a horrible user experience on Android, at least on mid-level phones.
This is a great example of how personnel leadership doesn't matter for success, so long as your product leadership is successful. The product success subsidizes everything else, including absent or toxic leadership. And yes, Snapchat is clearly successful. They might be taking hits from the majors and close down in the long run, but Snap did create a new product category and redefined how video is consumed. They were…
Mastodon is growing on me. These big ol' VC driven social media giants are all overgrown and the cracks are showing. With mastodon, if one instance screws up, just go to another and still contact friends. I can even choose an instance with the economic and decision making model of my choosing, or run one myself and just engage with the federation on my own terms.
Thing is, I've seen performance issues on some of the instances out there. Also, the UI could use a lot of work before it goes mainstream.
Mastodon is growing on me. These big ol' VC driven social media giants are all overgrown and the cracks are showing. With mastodon, if one instance screws up, just go to another and still contact friends. I can even choose an instance with the economic and decision making model of my choosing, or run one myself and just engage with the federation on my own terms.
>Employees show up in groups of about a dozen, sit cross-legged on black cushions, and take turns with the “talking piece,” a heart-shaped purple geode that gives the bearer the right to confidentially share deep thoughts. Is this SOP in sillicon valley?
That speaks volumes in and of itself about the company culture. When a company bans its staff from using their own product what does that tell you?