u/fal3ur3

I never got the promotional offers that you're supposed to receive from Samsung.

I've been waiting over two weeks for a resolution from them. You call, speak to someone that has no idea what's going on, usually get hung up on.. Sometimes get told I'll hear back in 2-3 days.

But literally nothing ever. It's like screaming in a pool, total waste of time so far.

Anyone else not gotten the promotional offers? Anyone found a way to get actual support from Samsung or is their support just completely incompetent?

It genuinely seems like there isn't even an attempt to compete anymore.

The newest open weight models from China make Mistral's most powerful model look like an antique.

USA and China are moving very rapidly and Mistral seems to be taking a nap and totally unbothered with how far behind they are falling.

It's great China is pushing open weight. But Mistral becoming just an EU model hosting provider is deeply concerning. China is releasing these models to counter American influence. As soon as it stops benefiting them to do that, they will stop.

Mistral really needs to step it up or I'm worried Europe will be totally out of the race, and that would only be good to USA.

Don't get me wrong, I want Mistral to succeed. When you are failing you need those who care the most to be honest with you.

I really want to love this headset and not return it. I upgraded from Quest Pro, and in several ways it's truly an upgrade. Incredible visuals, much more stable software (Meta's OS is so bloated now), great audio, fantastic for PCVR... Except for the controllers.

Granted, you also definitely need a comfort mod, without question. And the lenses are so tiny you have to practically glue them to your eyes.

But, that's all fine, you just can't do anything about the tracking. Controllers randomly teleport, lose tracking and stall many dozens of times per session. Perhaps the worst of all is trying to navigate menus or anything that requires precise aiming of any kind, including typing.

The hand tracking is actually fairly good in comparison. Close to Meta, which is important since the controllers are optional. But damn, it's so frustratingly bad for any kind of gaming.

It seems like most people agree on this issue, but is it really this bad for everyone else? This absolutely seems like a software problem to me and I'm hopeful it can be fixed. But the controllers are the same price as the Quest Pro controllers standalone and these are like toy quality in comparison. I can't believe they'd let it be this bad for so long without dramatic improvements.

Please convince me to keep this and believe in Samsung and Google pulling through and fixing these issues.

It really pains me to say it, as a long time user. I want to support a smaller company and love the audio quality, the Flow algorithm.

But the quality of the Android application is just not acceptable. Using chromecast on any device works like a dice roll. App constantly disconnects and can't be used reliably for playback.

Android Auto support is genuinely terrible. I'm constantly forced to manipulate my phone while driving because the app will suddenly stop working and go blank on my car. Literally have to force stop the app at least once every drive, usually more..

The worst issue by far though, again while using Android Auto, is the needless buffering on downloaded music. If I play only the downloaded music it seems to usually work, but if I am using flow or start a radio from a song, 9/10 it "buffers" on music which is already downloaded?!

I've used Deezer on my iPhone as well and the experience is so much better that it's a joke. Clearly, the company has no priority for their Android app and it really shows. They refuse to support Android properly, and so after years of being a customer and hoping it'll get better, I'm done.

It seems like Air is already dead, no updates in nearly a month now. Also seems very weird that it doesn't use ACP. I can use ACP with Claude but only if I use a Jetbrains IDE that isn't Air? What?

In the org we have multiple seat based subscriptions and something like ACP being able to switch between tools in a single UI definitely seems like the right direction. But it is looking like Air is already dead with the pace of updates and lack of ACP.

Any updates from someone at Jetbrains on this would be appreciated

The rant part:

Maybe I was just spoiled by MLS Season Pass.. But it's a bit frustrating trying to watch away games. Just when I think I have everything lined up to watch, I find out there's some reason I can't watch the game. It seems like the best way to watch today was using an antenna... But, come on, it's 2026! I don't know a single person that watches things over the air anymore, or uses traditional cable.

The question part:

Outside of the high seas, does anyone have a solid setup that doesn't require an antenna or cable allowing you to watch all the games?

Do we know if there are any plans to fix this problematic viewing experience later on (even if next year)?

Feel like I shouldn't have to spend so much time just trying to find a way to watch! Maybe it's just me though.