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a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps

I've been getting used to lemmy for the last couple days, going back and forth between here and reddit and following what's going on, and I think I just realized something that I hadn't been able to put into words.

The lemmy community feels responsive and fun to talk to, and I think that's because the people who are coming here from reddit are the people who are motivated to communicate, and are people who care about the topics in each community. That's pretty cool.

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Do old phones just sound better?

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Speaker technology (at least for something "old school" like stereo) hasn't improved significantly for a very long time. That's not to say it's not good, we just figured out how to make a good speaker a long time ago.

DSP has improved since then but no amount of DSP will make regular speakers sound like great ones (like the nexus 6's) of the same size or type

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Recommendations for a video doorbell?

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Ahh got it. My search history says I read the follow up, but not the initial article.

https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption

That's ridiculous and unsettling, especially that they claimed it wasn't possible initially. I wonder if they were not aware that it was possible or whether they were lying. I'm not sure which one is worse.

I have a eufy doorbell cam, and I'm genuinely very happy with it. Since it's not actually looking into my home I'm less concerned about this particular security issue. I hope they do better moving forward.