I get it. It’s more descriptive than an error message, and the few kilobytes you can cram into a QR code is great for that.

It sounded like other people were worried about data exfiltration, or disclosure to a third party. I haven’t had a chance to test this. Where does the QR code go?

That QR code could be helpful, but why can’t we have both? Show me the backtrace and logs, and stick a code in the corner in case I need the Internet’s help.

Correct. I understand it better than Android Auto, and it’s similar enough, so I use it as an example.

I can’t speak for Android Auto, but it sounds very similar to its sibling, Apple CarPlay. The latter requires a car’s (or boat’s) infotainment system to present little more than a touchscreen, sound card, and perhaps the charge or fuel level sensors to a connected device over either USB (as Type-C or Lightning) or both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct. It’s perfectly fine for privacy as it’s nothing more than an extension of the phone. I don’t think it can even access the car’s own GPS. (I don’t know enough about CarPlay Ultra to advise you, so I won’t.)

You might be thinking of Android Automotive. That’s unrelated to Android Auto. Automotive is a full operating system that uses the car’s modems and GPS and you don’t get a say in the matter.

Same here. It was my first Linux. The Gentoo Handbook circa 2005 did not even attempt to hold your hand. But when I got through, it worked well! I got into dependency hell and bricked my system trying to upgrade Firefox. I like how Debian is stable, but I still do wonder about Gentoo.

OP is presenting to Adobe.com with an inability to combine two PDFs and a lack of subscription fatigue.