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As a point of comparison, Microsoft ships its OS across a variety of manufacturers and largely keeps it maintained across them (give or take some exceptions like enterprise environments & the like).

Even unlocked Android phones purchased independently of carriers have inconsistent lengths of support, so it doesn't seem to be entirely a result of carriers, so...What happened here?

Curious if any folks here have a Unihertz phone (Jelly/Atom/etc.) and how they've been for them. Knowing their constraints, I've still been tempted to get one because I think I'd like the more compact sizes, and they're not super expensive.

However, they are also still budget phones and despite being small, a tad thick, so...

There's probably a better way to ask this, but when I say calling here, I'm trying to describe a line of work that you find tolerable and maybe even proud of yet perhaps somewhat separate from other interests/hobbies/passions.

Separate from those only because anyone that's turned a hobby or interest into work (or tried to) can tell you how that can spoil them if not careful. To put it another way, some type of activity you've found you can live off of and keeps your interest/clicks with you?

Bonus if it's also led you to organizations that seem to regard you as a person.

On one hand, since the money would be going to some larger businesses regardless, I guess it kind of doesn't matter, but on the other, I don't really like the UX of Amazon/iTunes for digital music (to say nothing of not wanting to give them money if I could avoid it).

Businesses are in it for the money, employees tend to be one of the larger expenses, so maintaining some bullshit positions that would cost them money doesn't make fiscal sense, so what's up?

When you read up on U.S. political basics, you can't help but come across the detail that many of the people in cities in the U.S. seem to lean left, yet what isn't as clear is why and what influences their concentration in cities/urban areas.

Cities don't exactly appear to be affordable, and left-leaning folks in the U.S. don't seem to necessarily be much wealthier than right-leaning folks, so what's contributed to this situation?

Supposing there are some, that is? It seems like an underappreciated side of custom firmware & homebrew that it may enable the creation of altogether new games, if the scene has developed enough.

Also if there may be a better community to ask this, let me know!

Besides proxying to try to mask their activities, wouldn't those playing host to bad actors have to have some insight or notice some abnormal activity that might give away that someone may be abusing their services?

Or is it that there's a mix of a financial & legal advantage to remaining as ignorant to that activity as possible for as long as possible up till push comes to shove & they're being served a warrant?

I know various apps & launchers enable different sorts of long press context menu options, but I was wondering if there's any sort of "universal" context menu that could be used across apps to enable some otherwise absent functionality.

For example, some apps it doesn't necessarily make much sense to have text selection enabled, but you may still want to copy over the text to run a separate search. Others may try to force you to open links via the app's link redirect/browser (or the app's just glitching & won't let you tap the link) or whatever instead of letting you select & copy the link text to open it in your own browser or run it through a link checking tool.

Given those situations, this sort of "universal" context menu could be super useful, but I haven't had luck turning anything up & I'm not sure what search terms may be better for this. Thanks in advance!

I'm sure a lot of regular photographic techniques apply, but what might be some specifics to keep in mind with smartphone cameras in particular?

For example, would camera app choice make much difference, or is stock preferred as being more likely to have the most access to the camera's hardware/sensors? What are some ways to mitigate or prevent any automatic "improvements" to photos taken via smartphone outside of whatever simple settings stock camera apps may provide?

Regarding that last question, might that be the breaking point where one might prefer a more dedicated camera over a smartphone's camera?

It's the best way to make the most of your flag! It gives it a good wash and really livens up the colors!

Whether it's foot in mouth, a sudden heavy subject, or some utter nonsense that you don't know how to process, what's something that's come up in an otherwise alright conversation that's stopped it dead in its track for both of you?