Chris Smith @Coverage_Critic

Consumer advocate in telecom. Founder of Coverage Critic. Fan of transparency & an open internet. CoverageCritic.com Joined July 2019

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Boze the Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze

5 days ago

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sky @skydotcs

7 days ago

the time picker on iphones alarm app isn’t actually circular it’s just a really long list

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Interesting 🧵 w/ @peter_adderton & @Saeren_ Peter’s right: consumers don’t know what QCI is—they just want service that works Saeren nails that while priority levels usually don’t matter, they often explain mysterious “why is my service trash right now?” moments. What I've…

Peter Adderton @peter_adderton

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Chris Smith @Coverage_Critic

a week ago

Popup when you try to select Starlink on BroadbandNow Incredible

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom

4 months ago

"The most interesting thing about these spectrum battles is the cellular carriers mostly want more spectrum to be able to compete for home broadband service. I think we should be having the policy discussion if that is in the long-run national interest." potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/05/23/bat…

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David Chapman @Meaningness

4 months ago

This is a common experience. I've been through multiple rounds of it myself. And empirical studies have found that a majority of dentists routinely lie in order to do unnecessary, expensive, tooth-degrading work. It's time for pitchforks. x.com/thecaptain_nem…

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Chris Smith @Coverage_Critic

6 months ago

Helium Mobile launched a free plan last month My contrarian-ish take-- Goal is to generate attention & grow the subscriber base. User data isn't valuable enough (internally or for sale externally) to justify the plan coveragecritic.com/2025/03/04/hel…

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QC @QiaochuYuan

6 months ago

claude plays pokemon is still stuck in cerulean city after, i think, 3 days? and the way it's stuck is kind of interesting: overthinks everything + incapable of getting bored. it would make more progress by taking way more actions even if they were random. makes ya think huh

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Chris Smith @Coverage_Critic

7 months ago

Cursor is nuts

Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀 @peterwildeford

7 months ago

Cursor is nuts

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Elvin @elvin_not_11

7 months ago

Offline features like battery level

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Dean Bubley @disruptivedean

7 months ago

Very amused that GSMA is now calling 5G Standalone “complete 5G”… … presumably because “real 5G” would have been too embarrassing as a brand

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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

7 months ago

I still cannot believe that I can: - look at a world map and tap anywhere to zoom in at street level - instantly access any song, book, movie, tv show, or podcast ever made - have any conceivable question and get an immediate answer or video explanation - take a photo or…

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Chris Smith @Coverage_Critic

7 months ago

Insults from ChatGPT were fun, but Claude took the gloves off

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Chris Smith @Coverage_Critic

7 months ago

Feels largely true for apps in general, but completely untrue for apps that are genuinely useful

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Chris Smith @Coverage_Critic

8 months ago

Increasingly wondering if Starlink could end up a meaningful threat to conventional ISPs

larry Press @larrypress

8 months ago

Increasingly wondering if Starlink could end up a meaningful threat to conventional ISPs

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Jay Baxter @_jaybaxter_

8 months ago

It is pretty cool of Zuck to say this. Respect!! Refreshing!! You could easily imagine an alternate reality where he said something like "X Community Notes are okay but we are going to roll out our way-better Meta Notes to fix the many problems X's have". But he didn't!