Wildmimic

the replaceable batteries will be coming back (thanks EU, don’t know if it will spill over to the US tho), and regarding the headphone jack there seems less and less market - wireless headphones have started to win out with features like ANC, passthrough and long battery times (i have to charge mine about once a week, and they are not new), on top of getting rid of the cable that annoyed more people than it endeared. You still can use cabled headphones with an adapter, so i don’t think it’s a catastrophal loss.

Yeah, i’m pretty sure the EU wont approve of locking down PCs that way. I’m also pretty sure that Googles current moves regarding the registration of developers and locking down sideloading will not be seen positively in the current climate, where the EU seeks to become more independent from Silicon Valley. The EU has been adamant in their view that users should not be limited to one market on phones; i believe that trying to lock down PCs would lead to legislation forbidding that.

Sorry for you to go through this. I also had parents that always put me down and never encouraged me any way, but at least they didn’t do the comparing thing, that must have hurt.

Just do your own thing and i would recommend trying to set boundaries with your parents - at least your dad seems to try to respect them (asking you if he might tell the high school coach), and i think his comment about you coming a long way was him acknowledging the hard work and motivation you put in, at least i read it that way - expressing stuff like that might not be his strong suit. Your mom might be a different beast tho.

If your mom’s involvement in your activities is detrimental to your mental wellbeing, you might wanna tell her to stop talking like that about you, or you keep her out of the loop if you can. I don’t know if you are still living with them, and your options depend a lot on how dependent you are from them.

(Also, please try using paragraphs. it really helps with readability of longer posts)