Environmental regs in China can be brutal. Factories completely closed because they are too close to a river, industrial processes banned overnight. Then there is external stuff like RoHS.

Software is the biggest issue. DJI isn't just cheaper, they are better. Not just the flight software, the UI, the cameras, the radio link, the autonomy features.

Being newer doesn't make the J-20 invincible, especially if the pilots are still learning how to make best use of it. The are countless examples of superior weapons losing to ones they were supposed to dominate, due to human factors.

That's a big red flag. They aren't going to offer that service for free. AI uses a lot of power. So either it's there in the hope of all upsell, or they intend to harvest your data, or both.

Need more details.

Also please improve Firefox for Android. Thanks.

I recently bought a Fitbit, and one of the best features is the smart alarm clock. Instead of just going off at a particular time, it waits until you are naturally awake in the half hour leading up to the designated time. Much gentler and I greatly prefer it.

So there is a reason to pay more for a simple alarm clock, but mine does not require a subscription. If they start requiring one, I'll return it immediately.

Nio has been doing it for years in Europe and China, and it doesn't seem to be a problem. Their cars aren't heavier than other similar ones, and the robots are reliable. The look like a car wash, and it takes about 3 minutes to do the swap. Don't even need to get out of your car.

No need to imagine, you have been able to do that for years. Nio has had battery swap stations running for some time in Europe, and they are great.

Faster than pumping dino juice, and the battery get is guaranteed to meet a minimum, high specification. Never heard of any problems, but if there were you would just swap it out again for a few Euros.

You have infinite battery warranty too because if you did ever manage to put enough miles on yours to wear it out, just get it swapped.

You don't rely on their generosity for the warranty, you rely on the law.

I'm the UK it says that things must last a "reasonable length of time". For a thermostat you would be looking at at least 10 years, arguably more due to the high cost.

Why would we do that? It's good stuff. The same stuff you get on Amazon, but for literally 1/10th the price.

A lot of it is good quality too. Better than European brands in some cases, e.g. I bought a Wolfbox air blower and kids I significantly more powerful than anything else on the market except for Makita stuff costing 5x as much. Don't take my word for it, there are numerous scientific tests of those things in YouTube.

Or thermal cameras. FLIR can't compete with the Chinese manufacturers and their high resolution modules.

Keep in mind you are being fleeced on most of this "quality" stuff. I was looking at USB borescope cameras. Local place wanted £50, Amazon wanted £30, AliExpress wanted £1.50 and they are all the same thing. Same product photos, same USB IDs, same camera module and PCB. I know because I bought all three for work and took them apart.

The problem is always the same - the technology gets abused. With brightness wars the content tries to blind you, and looks bad if you try to compress the dynamic range. Or the other extreme, it gets colour graded for high end sets that can show a lot of detail in dark areas, and people complain that on their SDR LCD everything is black.

The BBC experimented with a second sound stream that made dialogue clearer for a while, then abandoned it.

Ah, that makes sense. I do use a counter top fan oven that is about 1500W.

But most of the air fryers in the UK are the wrong shape for pre-prepared meals, and most of those meals are best prepared with a microwave.

It just seems like an air fryer is worse. Take potatoes or meat. You can pile them into an air fryer, or you can spread them in a fan oven and optionally have a rotating platter to make sure they cook evenly. I suppose it's true that the volume is lower so they heat up faster. More messy to clean though.

I completely agree, but would include things like the pledge of allegiance in schools.

I don't get air fryers. They are just fan ovens, but worse.

I don't think Trump even runs the social media anyway, it's some guys who pay him to use the name. He can't lose.