Ondřej Pokorný @ondra@unextro.net

Does it lock you in? Is it built on top of open protocols or APIs? Is it decentralized? Federated or distributed? Does it work without a mobile device and/or phone number? Can anybody implement their own client for any OS or the #web or are you stuck with the ones the app is available for? Failing that, you are surrendering your freedoms to somebody else making the choices for you. And they can change these decisions anytime in the future.

#Apple finally admitted in writing they hold the web to much higher #privacy standard than apps in their own app store.
If you don't want to try to make these APIs available to #web apps in a safe way, fine, but don't block users from installing other browsers then.

https://webkit.org/tracking-prevention/#table-of-contents-toggle:~:text=concerns:-,Web%20Bluetooth,User%20Idle%20Detection,-Some%20of%20these%20features%20may%20reduce%20fingerprintability%20down%20the%20road%20which%20would%20allow%20us%20to%20reconsider

via https://toot.cafe/@tomayac/104426406313233477

It's ironic how so many people are still afraid of #EV battery longevity while #Volkswagen prefers not to sell even their used electric cars because the batteries will outlive them.

"The task for our organization is to really try to keep hold of the batteries, and probably get into a second or third lease cycle for the car and then reuse the batteries," Diess explained. "[...] we would like to keep every one of the batteries forever."

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-planning-lease-used-evs-strategy-keep-control-batteries

#PWASummit, October 7

A free, online, single-track #conference on Progressive #Web Apps organized by Google, Microsoft, Samsung Internet and Intel

https://pwasummit.org #PWA

The whole video is like a trailer to #Chappie prequel: https://youtu.be/EezdinoG4mk

#cyberpunk #BostonDynamics #Atlas #robot

Just got our 2nd Comirnaty (Pfizer–BioNTech) dose.
I'm glad, but still have mixed feelings about it. I mean, good for all the people (from countries which hoarded the vaccines) posting that they finally went for a beer or got a haircut, but there are others around the world who need the #vaccine more than I do...

To be fair, its software and overall UX is still a mixed bag, though. Controls are far from intuitive, especially the unobvious capacitive buttons with swipes, soft vs hard (and accidental) presses and the haptic feedback. Plus it’s receiving the first OTA update this month, almost a year after 1st deliveries. Future ones should come every 3 months. Hopefully one of those will bring true one-pedal driving. Permanent 5 km/h creep mode never made any sense to me.

#ID3 #EV #electricVehicle

The Tesla we usually use was already booked for the date of our vacation so we finally borrowed an Volkswagen ID.3 which we wanted to try ever since its announcement. After test driving it for 8 days and 500+ km, we are seriously considering getting our own.
It has some advantages over Model 3... It's a better fit for narrow european roads, passes our garage test(!), has a display in front of a driver, subjectively better ride comfort, supports Android Auto etc.

However, I've finally cancelled my #Tesla pre-order short after the company bought Bitcoin and effectively erased all ecological progress its business ever brought during its entire existence.*
It's still a great car with the best batteries and efficiency on the market but I’m also not a fan of the lock-in tendencies like not having an option to use Android Auto or eventually being able to share your autonomous car only through Tesla’s ride-hailing service etc.

* https://www.ft.com/content/a9bd5b42-272e-465c-9284-9fe2a7906f48

Then the covid hit and we practically stopped traveling anywhere. So we were glad to not have a brand new car we wouldn’t have any use for.
Meanwhile @davidvavra bought his own Model 3 (already in Czechia) and we agreed on a sharing scheme. They are living close (enough) so whenever we need the car, we book it in advance in a shared calendar and then walk to it with our paired phone(s) and just drive away...

@Eva and I were decided to buy the #TeslaModel3 (Long Range) in the summer of 2019. The only thing left was our ultimate “garage test”.
But despite previously having an even longer car and lowering the edge of the driveway by a few centimeters, the combination of its slope and Model 3’s wheelbase (and clearance) resulted in an unpleasant plastic-grinding sound. 😝
Since we don’t travel much over the winter anyway, we decided to wait for the rumoured #Model3 with air-suspension or Model Y...

Wow, @slightlyoff is leaving #Google today.

I really wish us all you'll have even better chance to push the #web forward, Alex!

https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-top-web-app-champion-resigns-from-chrome-team/

#PWA #GoogleChrome #ProjectFugu

While on a daily morning meeting I've noticed there's another one going on outside the window, apparently... Hope they are not planning some heist. :)

Captured by @Eva #Goodfeathers #Animaniacs #bird #birp #birbposting #mastobird #pigeon