Public key cryptography and signatures are common technologies nowadays.

It is possible to build an age verification system, where you use your actual ID with a cryptographic process without any personal data. The technology has existed for decades now.

I‘m already exploring Linux. Both GNOME and KDE actually have sensible UI design and consistency in their own way.

I‘m starting to lose hope that this will become better. They have been stuffing macOS and iOS with endless features and their UI design is optimized for nice looking screenshots, not actual use.

The worst is everybody else is still copying Apple‘s UI design trends.

Photos.app has never reached the usability of iPhoto, that it replaced. System Settings is a convoluted pile of over engineering.

The hoops you to jumpt through to run software I download from a website have reached infuriating levels.

Even Meta isn’t very successful with their much cheaper Meta Quest Series. VR Headsets are mostly toys.

Spotlight has been getting worse for years.

Lots of crap in the results. It can’t even find files anymore, I know exist.

Spotlight was great when it came out in 10.3 or 10.4.

Try downloading the file.

I have an iPad myself and try to use it to work every now and then. I always run into pretty basic limitations on iPadOS very quickly. For example working with large file on a network share is painful. The file manage is a slow toy compared to the Finder. The limited RAM and no swap means app will lose state regularly. Transferring data between applications is still cumbersome.

they were constantly talking about the push to unify macOS and iOS UI

They made several attempts at it and none succeeded. There’s lots of shared frameworks, Mac Catalyst, and Swift UI. None of them work consistently or are particularly good.

iOS and iPadOS have fundamental limitations baked into the design that severely limit it.

Making a unified mobile, tablet, touch, and desktop OS was also tried by Microsoft and Ubuntu and the results were weak to mixed.

What Apple really needs is a new paradigm. For that they need a vision, which they don’t have since Steve Jobs died.

I think the new Liquid Glass UI is meant to better support the rumored upcoming MacBooks with touch screens. The Mac’s UI has been wasting more and more space over the years, I think with this target in mind.

Exercise is also difficult to do when you are depressed.

sh.itjust.works

or go to piefed

Go outside

Have you tried the multitool made by Victorinox?

There are alternative App Stores in Europe for iOS. So far they haven’t been very successful, because of Apple‘s interference. They do exist and are growing.

Why do you like it? It wastes a lot of space and lacks features compared to voyager and Blorp.

Big fan of Blorp

Games designed specifically for VR are pretty cool. Conversions less so.

That would combine the downsides of a cinema with the downsides of VR.

The social experience suffers immensely when the audience wears bulky headsets. Can’t kiss your sweetheart for example.

VR is expensive and bulky.

Huh? That’s super successful.

There are many models of flying cars. They usually are bad cars and bad planes and very expensive. Only good for niche wealthy enthusiasts.