Checks and balances need to be in place, for everyone's wellbeing and the project's success. At the very least the auteur should have someone they trust available to, if necessary, take them to one side and tell them they're being a bit of a dick.

I get the need for auteur-led studios, it's good to have one cohesive vision bringing things together. It works well in film, etc. But the auteurs need to remember that they're working with actual people, and with other people's money.

Ah, but do they believe it? :)

"Release build only"

"1989 - A Number" by Romeo Knight, originally used in Red Sector's "Follow Me" demo.
youtu.be/iKSZlp0Bja8?...

Yeah, making their own walled garden is another turn-off. Harder to avoid sadly.

Basically reducing the battery capacity by software after a fairly low number of charge cycles (around 3 years of my usage). That kind of makes the 7 years of security updates moot.

Up to $1800 now it looks like. :)

Do not care about gaming, camera or haptics, and _definitely_ don't care about AI. Will be sad to finally have to get a phone without a headphone jack, but there's always adapters.

Was just going to just get another Pixel [N]a but it seems Google are playing silly buggers with the batteries on their more recent phones, so thinking of a Samsung A26 as all I require from a phone is calls, text, internet and long term support.

The thing that finally prompted me to start seriously looking for a new one was the fact that the phone case I'd had on my current one since I bought the phone basically disintegrated and I can't find anyone who sells cases for that phone any more. O__o

I heard a deep booming alternating with a screeching, but it was just the neighbours a few doors down arguing.

Thirty quid a month?! That's double Netflix. How much energy is that LLM using? :)

Never got on with Borderlands, but it's always a shame to see a popular franchise grind itself into the dust.

Hot dogs are tacos.