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This Ars Technica article discusses just how much the rushed release of the new Sonos app will hurt their revenue, but I'm particularly impressed that their first example of its failures was "accessibility features", and that text links straight to @JonathanMosen’s blog post. I'm trying, but I just can't make myself feel too bad for them. And they still have to show they can actually get back on track.

Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates | Ars Technica arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…

in reply to simon.old

I don't feel bad for them one little bit. Not only did they fail to do things properly, they doubled down and actively chose to ignore early user feedback. That failure is entirely on them and it was entirely preventable.
in reply to Jamie Teh

Still, as you say, the more important thing is where they go from here. To be fair to them, they've at least recognised the failure and are apparently putting other things on hold in order to resolve it.
in reply to Jamie Teh

@jcsteh yeah I recall the word brave, or something similar being used in response to feedback that this was going to be a problem. I hope they feel exceptionally good about their choices now


If apples are the betas of the fruit world, does that make #durian the alpha or the omega?

(Question by @geraineon, more context here: federatedfandom.net/@villainou…)

#omegaverse

  • Alpha! (47%, 9 votes)
  • Omega! (31%, 6 votes)
  • A secret third thing I will explain below! (21%, 4 votes)
19 voters. Poll end: 3 months ago



Laut Abfallwirtschaft kommt es täglich bundesweit zu 30 Bränden aufgrund von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien, die im Hausmüll entsorgt werden. In jedem 2. Fall rückt die Feuerwehr an. Zahlen steigen wegen der Verbreitung von Einweg-E-Zigaretten. ⁦‪@regierungbw‬⁩ und #NRW fordern vom Bund, Einweg-E-Zigaretten zu verbieten sowie eine Pfandpflicht für lithiumhaltige Batterien und Akkus zu prüfen
swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuertt…




Transformer HD: A Powerful Solution at School and Work enhancedvision.com/low-vision-…


GyroGlove™ Aims to Provide Hand Tremor Relief eastersealstech.com/2024/08/07…


Magnifying Life with Visolux eastersealstech.com/2024/08/08…


What is PDF/UA and Why is it Important? allyant.com/what-is-pdf-ua-and…


Tactile diagrams say so much that words cannot say a2i.co.uk/blog/tactile-diagram…



Trying one more time. Please help if possible. 6 months without income is no joke, and right now I'm not sure when it'll end. :( #Unemployed #Blind #Bills #expenses #MentalHealth #MutualAid gofund.me/f8b1aa8c


For those who are musicians, what’s your impression here?

REPORT | Tap-Tap: A New Device For Blind & Low Vision Musicians Is Game Changing

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When it comes to digital accessibility lawsuits, the best defense is a good offense deque.com/blog/when-it-comes-t…



While some athletes have raved about the muffins and others have complained about the cardboard beds, some American Olympians are taking advantage of the free healthcare. Team USA rugby player Ariana Ramsey didn't just get a bronze medal in Paris — she's had a pap smear, X-ray, teeth cleaning, and an eye test. She's posted about this on TikTok, influenced other athletes in the Village to visit medical professionals, and now plans to fight for universal healthcare in the U.S. Here's more from Sports Illustrated.

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#Olympics #Sports #USA #Healthcare #UniversalHealthcare



New, by me: At least six companies were saved from having to pay hefty ransoms, thanks to rookie security bugs found in the web infrastructure used by the ransomware gangs themselves.

Security researcher Vangelis Stykas said he found simple security flaws in the web panels used by Mallox, BlackCat, and Everest ransomware gangs, which exposed victims' decryption keys and helped him to alert other companies before the criminals could strike.

More: techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/secu…



#Apple Is America’s Semiconductor Problem

semiconductor-digest.com/apple…



Downcycled: The story of #Samsung's failed deal with #iFixit

androidauthority.com/samsung-i…




in reply to Federico Mena Quintero

there is no apparent trend in either count or rate over the time spanned by this data set; however, the cutoff below 150 uses may mean that we are looking entirely at outliers.
in reply to Zack Weinberg

@zwol I was looking for something completely unrelated on Wikipedia, which then linked me to The Big Lebowski, which then linked me to that.


> Both the U.S. and China are major countries that use incarcerated workers and pay them pennies on the dollar, if at all. Legal advocates say prisoners in the U.S. are exploited and pressured to work, because convicts do not enjoy full protection of the country's employment laws. Prison labor in China is even less regulated.
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nejaké bony, kto by riešil nejaké bony, hlava mapa hlava mapa :kekw:


Ya well. Couldn't have happened to a better group of people. The olde app was working fine.

App redesign blowback will cost Sonos up to $30 million, CEO says

Sonos is delaying two hardware releases because of the app's problems.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…

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in reply to Pratik Patel

It could be a good excuse to keep the stock from sliding or some other undesirable consequence of something. :)
in reply to victor tsaran

@vick21 I think they're calculating opportunity cost for not introducing two new products on time. Unless the hardware and software teams are the same, this kinda doesn't make sense.


Since I'm seeing a lot of "I have covid" posts, reminder that the WHO actually published a protocol for recovery after the illness to reduce the odds of Long Covid.

iris.who.int/handle/10665/3444…

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Says something about maturity: no side channels necessary for this attack.
infosec.exchange/@misc0110/112…


Before I go to bed for the day I'm just gonna leave this here because I definitely didn't just spend an hour playing when I should probably be resting. Someone just made an accessibility mod for Balatro and now I understand why this game blew up. If you haven't heard of it, you're basically making the best poker hands possible with a standard card deck trying to reach increasingly higher score targets. For reaching them you get money which you can use in the shop to buy various upgrades and special cards that let you get even higher scores, which gives you more money... And that's how the game loop works. All this is accompanied by some very chill background music and satisfying sound effects. Another win for #GameAccessibility for sure. You can find the mod here forum.audiogames.net/topic/541…

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Welcome to the list of reproducible apps, Calculator You! 🥳

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Thanks to the joint efforts with its developer, v3.0.0 now is reproducible :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid