DataCrime

No way this is going to backfire like; The Spotify CD player plug, Joe Rogan, lossless streaming, podcasts, and just generally not charging under $15 a month for a music streaming service.

Such a shame because they really seem to still have the best recommendation engine.

Sounds like BlueRay Remux and Web Downloads are what you should be looking for. Radarr and Sonarr shine at this.

High quality audio can consume a great deal of disk space, but it’s probably going to unavoidable if you’re looking for releases with multiple audio and subtitle tracks available. I would not exactly call this rare anymore, but it’s definitely not the default so you want to wait until after you have search and download working across the board.

The only thing I didn’t see on your list is any type of library optimization. I kind of gave up on it myself because it’s faster for me to just redownload something than recompress it, and that’s their major use case… but you might find utility in removing additional audio or subtitle tracks, or to rearrange defaults.

Handling additional data streams like subtitles and multiple languages is not quite as mature, hardware players often have strong preferences. Something to keep in mind as your planning out your setup.

No worries. I clearly should have articulated my point better. I'm always worried about over explaining or sounding pendantic.

I agree wholeheartedly, alas we live in an imperfect world. It sounds like you've waited for an update or two that took longer than expected.

I'm not arguing that the source code shouldn't be made public. If someone posses the right skills they should definitely be able to take full control over the devices they depend on to keep them alive. It's a invasive feeling knowing you depend on a gizmo to not die.

The author of this article is glossing over a lot of steps by implying that open sourcing the apps and firmware is a fix for delays in app store approval or other common problems that are inherent in the software/hardware ecosystem. It not really a flawed argument, it's just not what I would've lead with.

I think you're making a good case against an Internet enabled pacemaker ;-)

Wait... what four things did we just learn from their testimony?

Then we disagree. Think about it, you're patching the OS so what you now have is an untested configuration, and you've replaced a working system to get there, on the theory that you might be preventing an unknown bug in the future.

In one instance the vendor even explicitly recommends disabling OS updates until they have tested them.

Not if the existing software functions properly. If there's a fix in it you need then sure, once the vendor has tested and approved it you should migrate.

I can't with this article... there's a very legitimate argument to be made here, but instead they are whining that stuff stopped working after an iOS update. If you're running something life-critical you do not install every single update the moment it comes out.

Doesn't always work, but I get them all together for snacks when that happens.

Why is this the result of a conspiracy and not a “friendly” call from the Starlink legal department?

5 points for the awk command.

10 points for a perl script.

;-)