madis

@madis@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Justice Department asks judge to order Google the "immediate" sale of Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree, it’s more of a matter of least evil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Justice Department asks judge to order Google the "immediate" sale of Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But Chrome is already just Chromium with some binary blobs. Chromium itself even has sync and Google services at this point.

  Besides, what would that change in regards to who develops it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Justice Department asks judge to order Google the "immediate" sale of Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of those companies, Apple seems like the best option, though I am not fully sure why they’d want to, they already have a browser with a relative market share dominance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Justice Department asks judge to order Google the "immediate" sale of Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as they are doing the browser work independently from Google (meaning no Google integration), doesn’t sound like a bad thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I meant like the elderly might still be using a dumb phone, but not a CRT TV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why couldn’t you turn off 3G on that old phone via that same hidden menu? Or how come the phone didn’t even recognize that it can fall back to 2G…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, they shouldn’t turn it off any time soon, just like they don’t turn off analog radio. TV is one I can understand where turning off old methods makes sense, because people upgrade their TVs and use IPTV much more likely anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These are all good points and indeed I considered them. I’m curious though, how many 6nd gen foldables have you had to repair yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that too. It helps to put it in perspective:

  • 870€ is about 45% of the official original price
  • the phone was used for 2 months and in a very good condition (saw it firsthand)
  • valid warranty etc
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely agree, luckily I got mine used for 870€.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, a smartwatch? Pretty sure someone has made “badge” holders for them by now, just like you can get a brand new iPod.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I switched from OP 9 Pro to a Z Fold 6 to get the best of both worlds - a small, TV remote-like phone by default and a square-ish tablet for media and multitasking. Couldn’t be happier.

  At the same time, I do understand people who thought the width of Samsung’s Folds is too small - my first consideration was OnePlus Open anyway, but upon actually holding it in store, I realized that Z Fold 6 is just more comfortable for me to hold closed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  new technology comes along

  I believe the RAZR foldables allow you to do almost anything on the front screen, and in the latest iterations the front screen is larger than Samsung’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to pay $95m to settle claims Siri listened to users’ private conversations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So how do you find actually private services?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But sideloading and OEM stores (Samsung, Huawei) have been available for years?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand the second one “Distribute third-party app stores as apps, so users can switch app stores by downloading a new one from Google Play, in just the same way as they’d install any app”.

  In real life you don’t see big supermarkets spread their flyers in competitors’ stores, how does that make sense digitally?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baidu CEO warns AI is just an inevitable bubble — 99% of AI companies are at risk of failing when the bubble bursts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But it would use less energy afterwards? At least that was claimed with the 4o model for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UBO Lite Pulled from Firefox Store by developer⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  uBOL is entirely declarative, meaning there is no need for a permanent uBOL process for the filtering to occur, and CSS/JS injection-based content filtering is performed reliably by the browser itself rather than by the extension. This means that uBOL itself does not consume CPU/memory resources while content blocking is ongoing – uBOL’s service worker process is required only when you interact with the popup panel or the option pages.

  uBOL does not require broad “read/modify data” permission at install time, hence its limited capabilities out of the box compared to uBlock Origin or other content blockers requiring broad “read/modify data” permissions at install time.

  Emphasis mine. No background processes, including a website-reading permission does indeed sound more optimized for mobile, where people may have limited resources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huawei tr-fold review⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be super down for one that folds flat, and does away with the huge camera bump. Get me a nice stylus, a foldable keyboard and a simple folding support to hold the phone at an angle, and that’s essentially a desktop that can fit into your pockets.

  So essentially your concerns are the camera bump and stylus? As the other features you mentioned are already there.