App store being the only option where you can install apps from is a major issue.
I live in an autocratic country and have to suffer from sanctions due to our officials' abhorrent decisions.
Due to that, for example, none of the banking apps can be installed on iPhones. So, NFC is useless. Neither does it have anti-DPI apps to overcome censorship, afaik.
Not really an option considering it's even more locked down.
Hope Valve comes up with something eventually, after all they've been getting into x86 emulation for mobile ARM chips lately. Granted, it was for VR, but still.
It's supposed to be around the price of Index, hopefully less expensive.
Primarily because of Meta's track record of breaking their headsets with software updates, it's also going to be significantly lighter at the front, which is important. And will have eye tracking with foveated streaming.
For the last month, every time I tried to jump into VR I had a bug that prevented me from using the headset completely, so I'd just choose to play on PC instead.
I trust Valve to make a much more hastle-free experience than Meta at this point. And be probably switching myself as long as the price in my region allows for it.
You don't need a credit card for a dev account. You do, however, need to have a "business" attached. Luckily, that business they're asking for doesn't need to be verified, so it can be just a random string of letters.
Still bs that you have to go through all of that just to install apps you want.
For the numbers, I use F and J as points of reference to find whatever number I need. This is enough for a majority of cases, and I haven't been using a numpad for most things in the first place.
4 and 5 above F, 6 and 7 above J, 0 is 3rd from the right, 1 and 2 are two leftmost. The rest are handled by the process of elimination.
But when I need to fill out spreadsheets worth of data, I just use a Bluetooth numpad that also doubles as a calculator. For that purpose, it's just too convenient. And no, QMK layers didn't help in my case. It would help if I used ortholinear keyboard, however.
I don't trust Microsoft to make apps on their OS work as well as on x86. Their support so far with X elite/pro chips was very telling.
Credit where credit is due, Apple worked hard with other developers to make the transition to ARM possible. Microsoft doesn't seem to be bothered to do that much.
I wouldn't go for higher than 27" with 1440p because of PPI. You may want to look into 4k or UW 1440p monitors for a higher diagonal.
Titan Army recently launched their G27W8S, which is a 350$ 26.5" OLED monitor.
I have a 1440p 1152 zone MiniLED IPS of theirs and it's honestly really good. My only complaints are nitpicks, which can be ignored considering it was like 200-250$.
Russian/CIS rock:
tl. Windmill. Folk rock with a very unique and not direct (literary) lyrics
1 word: protest
Very lyrical, often describing slice of life situations
tl. King and Jester. Punk/horror folk rock.
Feels like late-soviet bard rock