Ok first of all: GrapheneOS is great, probably the best alternative Android OS, but their PR skills are rock bottom. Still, many ignore that due to how good it is.

With that said, I don’t believe their claim that it’s impossible for them to target a user with a malicious OTA: their reason is basically that the update server never even knows who is downloading, and so it can’t send a different file to just one user. That’s true, but thet could, in theory, make a single OTA that everybody gets, but checks for a specific IMEI or other device ID and only there enables some malicious payload.

I trust them not to do it, for many reasons, but technically they could. I also don’t think they’d do it to Louis, despite the beef they have with him.

Sure, but the problem is the ecosystem of alternatives stores effectively collapsing or falling under Google’s control. That will affect everybody who uses them, whether on GrapheneOS, LineageOS or certified devices.

With Newsom’s signature, now it’s up to the voters to decide whether to temporarily sidestep the state’s independent redistricting commission

How temporary is “temporary”? I can’t find it in the article

As many people here are saying, you don’t owe them anything and shouldn’t be ineligible for rehire for giving them the stardard 2 weeks notice, but if you care about your coworker and your manager on a personal level, e.g. because they are good people, maybe even friends, then sure, go ahead and offer to be accomodating, within reason. Being kind, while not required, is likely appreciated, but do it cause you care about them, not about your rehire eligibility (which, once again, shouldn’t be an issue here).

Well, clearly as others said, it’s the economy of scale: making large quantities of the same thing is cheaper than making small runs or one offs, and spare parts don’t sell as much, if an item is designed well (i.e. doesn’t break immediately).

But, I want to add something important IMHO: buying new because is cheaper isn’t really the problem, the problem is the waste it generates, and when we throw away (or hoard…) something, neither we nor the company that made the item pays for the cost of disposal. In fact, in many cases, the cost will be paid by society as a whole, sometimes by future generations. This is why it appears cheaper to buy new, but really, there’s a hidden cost that individuals and companies don’t directly pay.

If we could, somehow, make a company pay for the disposal of all the waste their products create, I tell you, repairing would be a lot more common.