Props for having the guts to take a lithium battery apart so you could wire the usb cable to the bms.

I guess it’s sort of safe in that the bms would shut itself down if the voltage is too high because it thinks the battery is overcharged, but I still wouldn’t recommend using it in this config as I’m sure the usb port can’t provide the same amount of current as the original phone battery, so the phone might shut down.

Here’s a safer way to do it if you want to run that phone without a battery

It’s because the apps work as black boxes stopping the end user from blocking their telemetry, advertising and tracking.

What I hate more is how companies deliberately add blocks to their websites if you’re on mobile so as to force the user to download the app.

Two of the most egregious samples I’ve seen so far is Microsoft teams that shows a banner saying “this browser is not supported”, but switching your user agent or enabling desktop mode from within your phone’s browser makes it work perfectly fine.

Another is Facebook (yuck) which displays a fake loading bar that never finishes unless you trick it the same way as with teams. Their mobile site prevents you from posting anything, commenting, viewing random posts, uploading files, or seeing notifications. If you don’t have the app installed, you’re essentially locked out of messenger because it is reluctant at opening any shared files or posts as that has to be opened through the facebook app (obviously). What’s worse is I’m prompted to log in to Facebook every time I open any link Facebook or not from within messenger.

I’d love to fully uninstall meta’s apps but I have family members that only use their apps (fuck the networking effect)

That’s 3pm in scandinavia

I remember my first job at McDonald’s, and this was literally their onboarding. Didn’t watch any videos or anything. They just asked:“you know how to make a burger right?” to someone who never eats at any fastfood place. That was a rough week

I usually shut those “I have nothing to hide” arguments by asking the person what’s more creepy: you closing your curtains trying to get privacy, or your neighbor trying to peek in, asking you “why do you need curtains? You’ve got nothing to hide right?”

That usually gets the point across…