You can pay Apple to replace it for you, and the cost is not that high. £90 or so.

If the battery swap fails, you’ll get a as-new replacement phone and you also won’t be charged.

In exchange for this monetary cost and the inconvenience of leaving your phone at an Apple Store for 1 hour; you get peace of mind and a highly rated water/dust proof phone.

(Seriously, I’ve seen people diving with iPhones - no case - recording videos.)

I've done exactly that with my iPhone 14 Pro. Battery was degraded down to 72%, iOS suggested in the Settings app to get the battery replaced either at an Apple Store or at an authorized service center. I made an appointment at the Apple Genius Bar and took care of it in a little over an hour for $99. A lot cheaper than buying a brand new phone!

This looks awesome.

You’re reading too much into it.

Meaning you dont think it has anything to do with an inferiority complex or need to be special? I would call that more of a loose hypothesis than a firm theory. I am very much wondering why. That's just some speculation.

Can you elaborate? It is a question, because I'm curious, but clearly not all questions are hinting at some conspiracy. What conspiracy do you think I'm hinting at?

>If criticized, the proponent of such a claim may then defend themselves by asserting they were merely asking questions

hope you're OK.

Just shoot film.

Us British have a unique relationship with profanity as a way to communicate.

edit: Aussies and kiwis too!

> I am ok assembling the machine and learning how to dial it in.

Get a Prusa Core One kit, or build a Voron.

Bambulab should be off the table for their bait and switch behaviour. AMS is not particularly impressive and very wasteful. Get a Bondtech INDX down the road if you want true multi material printing.

This is a great choice if you want to learn how to be a technician for your 3D printer. It will probably save you on filament cost as well.

What is their bait and switch behavior? I'm not familiar with anything shady they've done but am very curious as I've had my eye on a Bambu.

They pushed a firmware update which blocked direct use of your printer without using their proprietary “Bambu Connect” application - because ‘security’.

LAN mode still works on my A1 & I can access it from Orca Slicer just fine.

I've been unable to connect Orca Slicer to my A1 mini over LAN and I'm led to believe that as a result of that firmware update it is impossible. It's possible something else went wrong and I just gave up because of a misunderstanding I guess?

Are you sure you aren't just running older firmware (my A1 mini is a recent acquisition)?

Same on my P1S. LAN mode doesn't even attempt to call home at all either, I've checked my logs. And even if you're super paranoid you can always walk an SD Card to the printer.

Mind clarifying how that's bad? It sounds just like a driver or something similar.

Authorization through bambulab servers.

Also probably AGPL infringement, since the slicer is a fork of priser slicer which is AGPL, and you can't build the slicer from source, because if you could, then you could use the binary plugin for communicating with the printer in other slicers -- but you can't.

It's pretty blatant IMO.

But it's also a printer that just works.

Incorrect. Author may not have had the required savings to rebuy the position he wanted.

The author can simply buy a "position" in Monopoly Money instead. It's just as useful as cryptocurrency, and as a bonus harder to steal!

But harder to resell for a multiple of the buying price later.

Jellyfin (server), Finamp (iOS client) and Tauon (Linux client) for me.

I'm a fan of keeping music videos and playing them on the background but VLC has been crappy and the default video player doesn't like older formats.

Do you have any recommendations?

Nope, sorry. :(

My setup exactly. No setup needed for those already hosting Jellyfin.

I can recommend the Finamp beta if you've not tried it already!

My kit got shipped yesterday. Super excited!

I have a bright coloured car and it’s easy to find in the car park!