Not blasting my retinas at 3 a.m. when I just want to pee is a pretty solid use case. The full bathroom light is tuned for my wife doing makeup, and it hits like a flashbang.
If anything, calling someone’s $30 tinkering project “late-stage capitalism” feels more late-stage than the project itself. Criticizing people for having hobbies is a weird hill to die on.
if i could install and run Home Assistant on this, i could see having a use for it... but that requires me to have complete control, and not samsungs BS
It is, if you are just dealing with bare batteries without any kind of protection, but if you are dealing with cellphones/modern smart devices, not so much
Yea, but that wasn't a great rest. I love Great Scott, but a lot of comments fairly call out his conclusion.
Most (all?)phones don't charge at full speed to 100% charge, they fast charge when the battery is almoast empty, and charge slower the more full it gets.
And it's worth remembering what decade it was written in, a lot of the older prose and pacing hasn't aged well.