It works great for me. I’m using a Pixel with stock Android, so I can only speak to how it behaves on my phone. I know sometimes carriers add/change shit.

A little pop up comes up saying something about “getting the most out of your phone” with the option to turn the mic on for the app that’s requesting it (phone app). Only turns on for the call. Just gotta tap the screen once.

I keep the mic and camera options at the top of my quick-… whatever they call them… options, so if I need either one for something else, it’s super easy to turn off/on.

Android shows a little green logo in the top right if the mic and/or camera is on as well. So if I ever do enable them, it’s easy to remember to turn them off again.

Neat.

It’s so disingenuous to pretend this is the same as editing a photo in MS Paint.

Not only on iOS. I use Android and my microphone is always off unless I allow a specific app to use it, and even then, I have the option of only allowing it for that one time. Including the phone app.

Mic and camera are always off.

But why

I think achieving consciousness needs a bit more than that

Good thing nobody knows for sure!

Legal weed and all (I’m referring to the novel, didn’t see past season 1 of the show)

I mean, yes?

Why is everyone assuming that the people in possession of this theoretical technology would have good intentions for the rest of humanity?

Imagine if Elon Musk, Donald Trump, or Vladimir Putin had control of it. This is exactly what the world would look like.

See, I had the exact opposite thought. That it would explain why literally everything is the worst. Especially if the tech matured during Trump’s first term.

They have long since eliminated the part of their personalities that feel shame.

People do not understand the work federal employees do, and many federal employees don’t even always comprehend how far the work can reach.

This 100%. People have no fucking concept of the permanent damage that has already been done.

It’s the same movement behind both, so I would say it definitely has to do with Trump.

It’s not a coincidence the the amount of insane state legislation has skyrocketed since January 20th.

For example: cannabis.

If you include the outliers that are incontinent, it makes up for the folks who skip a day or two of floor-pissing.

Lol there’s a sentence I never thought I’d type.

You couldn’t make this shit up…

I prefer “siphoned”

Honestly… it kind of makes me sad that there’s no real modern equivalent to hobos. There is something that makes them distinct from an unhoused person. Maybe it’s because sometimes people chose the lifestyle voluntarily?

There’s just something romantic about it all… It would be so liberating to just get rid of all of your shit, drop out of society, and just train-hop for a while.

What do you mean? I get my news from John Fox and Peter Newsmaxx

Supply line disruptions