for cars it makes sense only if you really need to have a new vehicle every 3 years and you really need to have an all inclusive insurance that covers everything
otherwise you save thousands by taking a loan, get limited liability insurance, then sell it after 5-6 years
although the absolute savings (for a newish vehicle and not a shitbox) is to get a used one ex-leasing (max 3 years old, low mileage, all maintenance made correctly because the leasing company paid for it) then sell it after 3-4 years (or keep it until it becames a shitbox)
Again a "if you don't do as I like, then I will shoot my foot" threatening from dump
go ahead, the Chinese models would still continue to improve for the rest of the world, American users will pay 10x token prices, and all the American companies that spent billions to build massive datacenters just to run the Chinese open models won't have anything to run. Just go to watch how many American companies are offering glm 5.2 via api: https://openrouter.ai/z-ai/glm-5.2#providers (half the list, like 15 different ones, totally not a bubble)
For tech stuff basically a financial entity buys the goods for you at full MSRP (they calculate a almost 100% depreciation over the term), then you pay that full price + interest over 48/60 installments, and when you're done, they take the goods back and sell it back via some liquidator.
And because the financial entity bought the stuff for you especially to lease it, you're contractually obligated to pay until the end of the contract, can't just get it for a month and then be done with it
You paid $1200 to use something worth $900 for four years and then it's not yours
Unless you're a business and the accountant says that's better for taxes, leasing something doesn't make sense
Exactly, Microsoft is more guilty than LG because this is not the first time it happened, last time it automatically installed some Razer malware when a mouse was connected (or maybe it still installs it).
That Razer malware allowed system privileges on a restricted windows account: just plug a mouse dongle and the system is automatically exploitable
Windows update, by default, is set to automatically download and install the malware for them when the HDMI cable is connected to the computer, within less than a minute.
This is 100% also Microsoft fault and they are to be held accountable for this. With many drivers it can happen that one manufacturer goes rogue, but Microsoft needs to have a zero tolerance policy for this: do it once and your signature is permanently revoked for all your drivers
I once got a screen replaced by a street vendor in shenzhen for $5 but then it cracked on the way to the hotel (just the glass put on the LCD with thin strips of vhb on the side)
It's going to be irrelevant, why bothering going in a physical store and get bombarded with upsells to get a GS+ subscription for getting just a download code that can be downloaded from your couch?
Download codes are the reason the PC section in all game stores is missing or extremely tiny
All hp printheads are "refillable". The problem is that the printhead itself is not designed to last more than a refill.
HP doesn't sell those standalone, all the generic refillable cartridges compatible with HP are hand picked from e-waste in some third world country, then cleaned, primed and sold as "new"
If I remember right it's because they outsourced that feature to a third party called peel
It started as a dumb remote (which was everyone wanted) but they had some monetization ideas like full TV schedules and "suggested" (aka: sponsored) content.
The same for Xiaomi. A simple ir remote app in the mi 5, but no, in the next updates they had to bloat it until it imploded and nobody used it anymore so they could say "see? Nobody uses it, we can save the $0.05 ir LED"
It can work 100% offline because it has a 5" screen inside the door so I can see who's outside
It can record 100% offline because it has a 128gb microSD (located inside the door so it can't be stolen without breaking&entering)
It has a PIR sensor in front so it only activates when someone is in front, so cars passing on the road don't activate a recording
It has a removable battery
The battery is 5000 mAh so it lasts months and months
It charges via USB c
Bidirectional microphone and if someone rings the bell (and I gave it wifi access) first I get a notification "someone is in front of the door" when the pir sensor detected movement, then when he rings the bell I get a video call
No subscription required
App UI to see recordings is decent, thanks to the dedicated movement sensor it highlights times with recordings without using AI detection or something like that
IR floodlights to see everything clearly in night time (although in pitch black can see faint dark red lights from the LEDs)
It costs half price than the ring and doesn't come with the mandatory privacy intrusion
Doesn't require screws or vhb tape, once inserted in the peephole it has hooks for a toolless install of the inside vision LCD screen
Maybe because it's based on tuya it can be possible to integrate it with home assistant? I didn't try it, I didn't trust it so I placed it on a "no LAN access" WLAN
Disadvantages:
It doesn't support onvif or other standard protocol so if someone wants an automatic backup of recordings off-site, the only option is to pay a cloud recording subscription
Fucking tuya
Technically, it can be removed without tools to charge at an outlet once a few months, but then you need to insert again the flat cable from the camera on the motherboard, not something that can last hundreds of insertions, I had to buy a very long out of spec USB cable to charge it (temporarily for 2 hours every few months, then remove it)
for cars it makes sense only if you really need to have a new vehicle every 3 years and you really need to have an all inclusive insurance that covers everything
otherwise you save thousands by taking a loan, get limited liability insurance, then sell it after 5-6 years
although the absolute savings (for a newish vehicle and not a shitbox) is to get a used one ex-leasing (max 3 years old, low mileage, all maintenance made correctly because the leasing company paid for it) then sell it after 3-4 years (or keep it until it becames a shitbox)