Samsung Galaxy S23 FE

A bit less than a year ago. I bought the CMF phone one. I bought it because I wanted to try out nothing OS. There are some things I like about it, but the things I don’t like about it outweigh the positives. Nothing OS has had some complete dealbreakers well, for me at least. First thing is, it has no NFC i’m assuming they did that because this phone was probably meant more for the Indian market, which they don’t use tap to pay at all. They have some weird QR code system. Which I mean good for them, I guess, but for me and here in the States, it makes having to pay for things impossible with my phone There have been so many times when I drove to the grocery store and forgot my wallet. One of the times I did all my grocery shopping, got all the things I needed, and then it was a time to pay. I realized I didn’t have my wallet. If my phone had NFC and would have been a problem. But I didn’t, so I needed to drive all the way back home Get my wallet, drive all the way back and then finally pay for the groceries. Thankfully, the staff there was very kind and put all the groceries aside. So it didn’t take long to check out, but They even mentioned, like, does your phone have tap to pay? ...

June 19, 2026 · 3 min

The YouTube subscription tab is a lie.

Well, not exactly. I found a software that converts all your subs into an RSS feed. Later I come to find out that it does not show all the channels that you sub to. For example, I sent to a pottery channel a few months ago, and it did not show up on my YouTube subscriptions tab, and I just assumed, oh they’re just not uploading or something like that. I come to find out using my new RSS feed that they just uploaded a video like less than an hour ago. What the heck, YouTube! Subscriptions tab, I think should show all the channels I’ve subscribed to videos in chronological order, but for some reason. They just don’t do that. They just feel the need to put the algorithm into everything. The reason is money and increase shareholder value, if you see though that lens then it all makes sense. ...

July 13, 2025 · 1 min