I will need my phone for banking software including bankid that we have in Sweden. I’ve read its painful to get that wirking without google services. But yeah, that was my first thought, get something de-googled. 🤷🏼♂️
Im betting no matter what you buy, tech-wise, its made in China. I just rather pay a european company than an american one.
European phones?
After appx. 20 years in the apple eco-system I have decided to move on.
This will take time, i’m thinking 2-5 years.
My first order of business was a tablet. I couldn’t find a viable european tablet so went for a Samsung Tab S10 Ultra which has worked out great. It won me over from my pre-conception that android is somehow more budget, 2nd tier stuff. Its actually a very solid well-designed/built piece of kit in every way an equal to an iPad.
So i’m looking at Fairphone and Nothing right now for a new phone, i’m not in a hurry, I was supposed to upgrade my 14 Pro this autumn and i’m thinking that is still the time line.
Are there other european alternatives that I should be looking at?
Will air pods and apple watches still work in any sort of way with android? I will eventually replace them but both are still quite new.
Any advice from people who has already done this journey?
Pic ridiculous but related.
New used stuff I stumbled upon during my lunch hour
The ’indie pop starter pack’ I always dreamed of.
Same. It really takes me back. ❤️
Yes. A fascist twat, sadly.
Very cool!
Picked up 2 classics today
One is technically npt a cd but they’re related 🤗
Just another case of a superior cd release
The vinyl release is just the original album. No extra songs, no extra disc with live performances. But vinyl is 20 bucks more though!
You’re not wrong. 😊
Billy Bragg on a sunday
Why not? A soothing sunday spin.
The complete 1969 recordings
They’re not kidding. 26 discs of In the court of the crimson king by King Crimson. This thing is absolutely massive!
Ultravox cds from Chris Cross estate?!
Or so the seller says anyway. Glad to have them in my collection either way.
Online auction winnings
$1 a piece for these classics. Crazy!
This is the easiest way.
My latest charity shop finds
A couple of old favorites for 10 bucks.
Double-whammy pickup
CD/BD and a bonus LP. Two bands I really love.
Some new (order) used cds
Someone had offloaded this lot to the secondhand store so I scooped them up.
1 new and 4 used
Kites new album (actually a collection of their EPs) and 2 Dinosaur jr, a Daft Punk and an Earache compilation. My tastes vary.
”Free speech” in action!
My latest foray into used CDs
I love that cds are so cheap nowadays.
Upgrade time again.
Important note: only Severin sells the 8-disc collection. Everyone else has 7 discs and are missing two movies.
Dreamcast disagrees. https://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/segadreamcast/ /s
This is Collectorz: https://collectorz.com//
1000!
I have just passed the 1000 mark of my cd collection. Good times!
There used to be some rips on torrents.ru. Not sure nowadays, i’ve marked .ru as a no-go zone. If you have a PS3 you can rip them yourself.
I watched NetworkChucks tutorial and just did what he did but on my Macbook. Any recent Macbook(M-series) will suffice. https://youtu.be/Wjrdr0NU4Sk?si=myYdtKnt_ks_Vdwo
Super Audio CD. Competed with DVD-Audio format back in the late 90s. Neither format was very succesful. All Sony bluray players still sold can play the format. It had its own sound format, 1 bit with a sample rate of 2.8 MHz, called DSD.
New SACD for the collection
Three disc set. I haven’t listened too much to the Stones so this will probably sound all new to me. I have seen more SACDs on the used market lately which is nice.
The state of movies on physical media in Sweden is now that all major electronics retailers have dropped it. They used to have a pick 2 for 10 type basket over by the video games but thats gone. The really big grocery stores sometimes has a shelf with 5 or 6 of the latest releases usually only stocked with dvd and bluray. I basically have to go to second hand stores to browse physical media. So I order all new releases online. Don’t let this sad state of affairs happen to you!
I think they worked well back in the day and still do.
Me too!
My The Abyss upgrade arrived and i’m very happy with it!
This was a good reminder! ordering