Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: smart plugs??? Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:14:49 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <36082d37-7d26-a29c-6931-e4d1ffc68460@example.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3994196"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64498 alt.os.linux.mint:43804 On Thu, 16 Jan 2025, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-01-16, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2025-01-16 10:33, Mike Scott wrote: >> >>> On 15/01/2025 20:31, Pancho wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> And the problem there is my phone and hudl are ancient so tp-link's code >>> won't install - and when I try to install it on my wife's phone, it >>> wants me to enable in-app purchases. WHY? It's totally unnecessary. All >>> I want to do is set up a device I've already purchased. (And it's not >>> going to happen: I avoid in-app purchase software like the plague, and >>> I'm not about to set up something like that on a borrowed phone anyway.) >> >> It is just a permission on this single app, you don't have to buy >> anything. It will not buy anything for you on your back. In any case, >> you have to actually approve the purchase (and have a banking account >> registered with Google). > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > That's a deal-breaker right there. WTF?! Since when did that ever become a criterion? Sounds like some kind of business manager should be gently removed from his job for making that a requirement.