kurai_kage

I think the premise of the article is just wrong.  The model you should be comparing it to is the Kindle or Audible app.  The Tesla app is a gateway to activities, primarily interacting with your car, similar to the Kindle app.  If you pay the $9.99 a month for enhanced cellular network features, you get additional features in the car as well as some additional app features (if your car supports it).  You aren't paying the $9.99 through the app, you aren't buying anything, so this is parallel to Kindle where there is no storefront, but you can see your library and read books.  Audible has similar functionality, but it also has a storefront.  I only use credits, and if I buy those credits on audible.com then I'm free to browse the storefront on my device and buy and then listen to audiobooks.  However, if I run out of credits and try to buy something the app prompts me to buy credits.  If I buy them in the app, not only do I pay more, but some of that money goes to Apple.  I could choose to switch to a browser and buy the credits at audible.com where they are slightly cheaper.  If the Tesla app is used for purchases that unlock functionality in the app, then I'd expect some of that money would go to Apple, but in this case that isn't happening.  You are paying outside the app and gaining some additional functionality.

I'll also point out that paying the $9.99 a month for enhanced cellular network features doesn't guarantee you any additional Tesla app features.  My wife's 2018 MX doesn't have an internal camera and doesn't support the external camera monitoring feature enabled by Sentry mode, but my 2021 MS does support it.  We both pay the $9.99 a month, but I get a bit more functionality enabled by the newer car hardware/software.

sunman42 said:

Should we ask Sir Jonny or King Chuck whether they think geocentrism is a reasonable representation for the universe, five hundred years after Copernicus.

The continents on the planet are generic.  It would have been interesting if they were accurate and centered on the UK, and how that might be symbolic for future colonialism.  Jony's team took a different approach, and the generic representation of Earth is more symbolic of our species striving as a whole to expand beyond the planet.  The crown needed to sign off on any design, so they deserve as much credit as LoveFrom for this final product.  If you look at this from the perspective above, and consider our space exploration efforts, plans for asteroid mining, and the goals of colonizing the Moon and Mars, I think the geocentrism is appropriate.

Reddit is a popular single source for gaming discussions, particularly those where the developer doesn't maintain their own forums or wiki.  It is going to be difficult to replace, so users will move back to a web view.

I use a K480 myself, picked this model because of the ability to switch between a few devices.  (Mac and PC)  The selector switch is nice because you always know which mode you are in, and the slot at the top has been surprisingly useful.  I nearly always have my iPhone in it, and when I'm using my Mac, the MX Master 3 I use on the PC-side can rest in the slot too.  I've also put iPads in there and not felt like they were going to tip over.  I generally prefer the super slim Apple keyboards too, but the multi-device functionality is hard to beat.  (as is the slot)

williamh said:

If the mom gave her kid the credit card and as a result they bought £2500 of candy on Amazon (or at Tesco - it's also a grocery), nobody would think to blame the candy company or Amazon.

Or the child used the Amazon app or Instacart to buy stuff.  Those apps don't have additional protections when making purchases if the credit card is on file, and a kid could just as easily spend thousands.  Parents need to figure out these risks before handing the devices over to their kids.