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in general i’m baffled by most UX changes google pushes to their products. it just makes no sense to me, even if we’re being generous with a profits-first perspective

• you like that super convenient 1-click “remove” button on your youtube “watch later” list? let’s make that a 2-click action by putting it under a dot menu with no other options in there

that sucks. i’m guessing that the dev team are good folk who oppose DRM, but it is being forced onto them by their publishers.

(which is far superior to vlc in graphical fidelity out-of-the-box)

if you want to jailbreak it, there’s a spreadsheet somewhere detailing which models to avoid

but honestly, before i figured out i could jailbreak mine, i was just using it in airplane mode 24/7 and transferring stuff over usb with the EXCELLENT software Calibre. highly highly recommend! the only benefit i get from the jailbreak is that i can use a more customizable reader (fonts, margins, night mode), and that i can now transfer stuff from Calibre over wi-fi without having to create an amazon account. bliss!

i kind of wish they would direct people towards the fediverse version, but i don’t know how easy that is for them to do without upsetting someone at microsoft behind the scenes

there is no shame in liking games, but it’s a pretty big turn-off for many people because of negative stereotypes (especially in your age range). do yourself a favor and find another hobby to talk to people about (music, films, exercise), and then once you’re close with them and they won’t immediately discard you based on those stereotypes, you can start to share that part of yourself
OR you can keep being totally upfront about gaming being your #1 hobby and hope that you’ll meet your soulmate who happens to share the exact same passion. either way, good luck :)