This is such a cop-out. “No computers!”, but it’s okay to let someone drive who isn’t paying attention because they’re deep in their phone? I drive a motorcycle and I’ve had people stare me straight in the eye, only to pull out in front of me and nearly kill me.
People are notoriously bad at driving. The computer doesn’t have to be perfect, just better than the soccer moms or distracted dummies.
The slippery slope is what makes this not okay. It’s a completely unnecessary invasion of privacy in the guise of “safety”.
I’d love to see some statistics showing that these things are anything other than an additional tax on the drivers. This is bad for everyone and it desensitizes you and opens the door to further surveillance I’m the future.
Why wouldn’t you set a wallpaper? It’s a good way to personalize your phone and make it unique
So what? For a hybrid app like that to be smooth and performant, he has my kudos. If I hadn’t already seen this running in a browser, I don’t think I would have realized it was. I personally like the Sync experience, but it’s really cool to have lots of different choices that use different tech.
It’s really great that you are moving so quickly and supporting your community in this way, but I wonder if all these front ends are potentially going to create a bit of a long term maintenance headache? How are we certain that they don’t introduce any new vulnerabilities and how are we staying on top of those when they happen? I worry that each new frontend adds burden to an already small community for a potentially minor practical gain.
Don’t get me wrong, you guys are doing awesome stuff, and I’m consistently impressed with this instance. That’s just the first thing that comes to my head having done software for many years myself.
Instead they’ll force companies to hand it over for free! Welcome to America, the surveillance state.