The situation may be worse than I’ve been exposed to, due to the phone brands we have in our house.
I still think it’s better for the environment to not ship a charger with every phone, even if you cannot assume that everything is USB PD nowadays.
You are absolutely right, the prices have gone up. Still better for the environment to not ship a redundant charger with each phone.
Aren’t everyone apart from OnePlus basing their fast charging on USB PD nowadays? At least Apple, Samsung and Google phones can fast charge with USB PD. There is usually no need for a proprietary charger anymore.
Not getting a charger is a good thing. I’d rather not pay for the additional charger since my house is full of high quality chargers already. I don’t need another one.
And my axe!
I switched at about the same time. I miss being in my twenties. 😋
My employer is forcing us to migrate from Debian to Ubuntu because they want access to paid support. Holy crap, I hate snap so much.
That’s due to decisions by the money bags (or lack of funds) and not the competence of the engineers.
South of Sweden
I’ve been using Linux professionally for 15 years. It’s been Debian or Ubuntu almost everywhere I have been. Although that might be regional.
I try to follow Bash strict mode. It can protect you from some foot shooting.
I hate that my government (Sweden) is a driving force behind this.
No thanks
You are right, I didn’t think of MBR.
It was possible for Ubuntu once upon a time
Odd choice to use Android 11 on one of them and Android 14 on the other. Makes me suspicious of their ability to keep these devices up to date over time.
Yes, unstable Debian is still hella stable. But you probably don’t want to suggest it as the first Linux dust since you need some extra carefulness when updating.
They disappeared for a reason. It was a crappy gimmick.