There are giant swaths of area with no coverage, especially in the mountains of arizona, including the freeways and especially highways. The entire western US can be spotty with signal out in the great wide open. It isn’t until the Midwest and more east that one should largely not worry about signal coverage anymore.

What is a non-mechanical mechanical part?

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Maybe it is my ad blocker that is filtering this kind of stuff for me. Or maybe the things I look up most often are specific enough that there isn’t much bullshit or clickbaity stuff to show. Sure, I’ll see the occasional “Sponsored” link. I think my brain just auto-filters those and I don’t even take notice. I really don’t intend to sound like a Google fanboy - I’m not. I just don’t seem to experience this, but hear people say this a lot. The attached screenshot seems like a typical result for something I’d look up, and it’s exactly what I’m looking for. In any case, thanks for your perspective. I’m going to try to be more conscious to see if I’m just fooling myself.

As a programmer and system admin, I’ve been using Google since its inception, too. I can’t think of an instance that I’ve failed to find whatever I’m looking for in recent times. People say what you’re saying a lot, so I don’t doubt you. It just makes me wonder what it is you guys are searching for because I search for some extremely obscure stuff quite often with no issues. This is all to say, I have a fair share of qualms with Google, but the search engine itself isn’t one of them.

Despite autopilot’s flaws, this is already true, if we are speaking statistically.

Most companies try to gain and retain customers. You’re suggesting that at Chipotle, they sat down and decided to actively not help theirs?

Buddy, we are talking about planes. But no, that isn’t the issue.

Agreed. I highly recommend a bidet. Feels so gross without one. But this works in a… Pinch

Am I the only one around here that just wads up an adequate amount, based on thickness? Even the cheapest of toilet paper is never an issue with this method.

I’m not going to entertain your buffoonery.

Point it out and share it with everyone. That’s what FOSS is all about. I bet you won’t.

What is why it is not being “downloaded”? It seems you don’t actually understand how it works. You realize we are talking on a federated network right now, yeah? You must be trolling.

Have you at all attempted to look? It’s open source.

You can, but it’d be like blaming Dell for ‘allowing’ Microsoft to annoy you with untimely updates. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to blame the manufacturer for that.

They both allow everyone (including carriers) to install software, not unlike any phone manufacturer or OS does that I am aware of.

I wouldn’t want Samsung (or any other manufacturer) to be the arbiter of what is and is not allowed to be installed on my phone. I’m not immune to being annoyed by bloatware I’ve seen in the past, but it isn’t Samsung I’ve been annoyed at. I prefer being allowed to install whatever I want on a device I own. The mechanisms for updates are indeed developed by the OEM, but they also provide the means for the installation and configuration of carrier-specific applications and features (splash screens and visual voicemail, for example) by the carrier. The features could not work without doing this. When the carrier exploits this by pushing the bloat, I place the blame on the carrier, not Samsung.

So you’d prefer a phone that is so locked down that anyone can only install what Samsung deems appropriate? I sure don’t. I know I’m sounding like a fanboy for Samsung, but your irritation is misplaced. Just about all phones allow software installed from the carrier. That’d be like downloading some garbage app from the play store and then crying about how Samsung sucks for allowing you to do that. They allow the loading of carrier software to enable carrier-specific features such as visual voicemail. There are plenty of valid qualms to be had with Samsung, but the carrier or vendor is where the blame should be placed for this kind of crap.

The carrier does this. Not Samsung. How do people not know this?

The carrier does. Your phrasing suggests you think it is bullshit, but it isn’t. They’ve done this for a long time. If you throw in another carrier’s sim in your unlocked phone, you’ll notice it downloads a splash screen and other various software that they push. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2014/12/01/carriers-can-now-install-apps-on-android-handsets-without-customers-permission/?sh=5266cd655dde