There’s also the risk that credit card companies are claiming that fraud done using your phone app (for example, someone stole your unlocked phone(*)) is not covered, and you are on the hook for losses.
But stolen physical credit cards are always covered.
(*)https://www.fox9.com/news/passcode-predators-inside-cell-phone-theft-ring-drained-online-accounts
I use several banks and several credit unions, and the only thing I can’t do with a laptop is deposit checks (which is getting pretty rare).
FinTech products like PayPal, Venmo, Cash.app, BlueBird and such often require a phone app, but aren’t regulated banks, and are best avoided when possible.
Probably your Camera app can’t access the level/rotation sensor.
Settings -> Apps -> Camera -> Permissions -> Sensors -> Allow
Reading the Houston city council discussion, it looks like they intend to curfew standup (platform) e-scooters. But the ordinance uses the term “micromobility device”, which is not really a legal definition of anything, and could include lots of things (even 50cc scooters). Hopefully the ordinance could be amended to clarify.
Since the vast majority of these will be app-rented e-scooters (ERYD/Lime), and those companies already operate under franchise agreements with the city, it seems like the easier path would be to put hours-of-operation limits on the rental companies.
Not that I think limiting e-scooters is a good idea, either.
I have separate profiles:
Some compromises I’ve made:
But… I think starting-out, don’t worry about it. If you load all the same apps as on your old phone, into a single main profile, it’ll still be a huge improvement.
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Facebook’s app is in Play Store. Google knew FB was violating ToS for months.
Blocking sideloaded apps would have done nothing against that.
Unless the take is: Google wants to know who, exactly, they are permitting to do crimes on your phone. They don’t like the not-knowing part.
We just finished a 8-charge trip. I was able to use credit card 4x, but needed an app at 4. Chargepoint’s app worked at those, even though 3 were other networks.
So I think credit card + chargepoint app may now do pretty well.
I seem to remember that when it opened, they had radio ads recorded by Fancy Ray… for a long time, I thought he must be the owner :haha:
Great! I’ll look at my Wards and see if there are markings on the top of the needle bar.
I am using a Garmin watch when I need TTP. The companion app can be run in a separate profile (or even an old phone, or chromebook, or maybe Android Studio with bluetooth). I’m not sure how often the watch needs to sync to keep TTP working. I’m hoping that Garmin is a smaller fish in the data-broker economy (than Goog/Appl/Samsung).
I’m not logging any activities, though I haven’t read any analyses of whether Garmin is secretly logging GPS, then uploading that when it syncs.
Bosch sells its 2A charger (~80w) for $93, and it’s still 3x6x8 inches and weighs a pound. If I could use my MacBook Pro 96w brick, I wouldn’t have to haul the Bosch charger to work.
I also have a Serial1, and there were no available chargers for a few years.
There is also fire risk when bodegas try to charge many bikes. If the bikes had the BMS and DC-DC on-board, and just used USB-C to get the electrons, we may see fewer fires.
Most Americans understand the swing-out STOP signs on school buses: American trams with this type of stop could put one of those at the rear edge of the tram (on the curb side).