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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dropbox decided to reduce their global workforce by approximately 20% or 528 employees.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure he’s taking full responsibility going to sleep in his mansion tonight, with his big salary and bonuses, which will probably see a nice bump from this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have already looked up most of what you recommended, and I arrived at the same initial conclusion…

  • OpenRGB doesn’t list support for my Gigabyte mobo, or XPG ram (unless I’m reading this wrong). I need this to stop the default behavior which is rainbow puke
  • AMD adrenalin only lists 3 distros, and none of which I’d like to use (I’d prefer linux mint LMDE)
  • Plus I haven’t even talked about the apps (office for starters, then itunes+icloud which I use to sideload apps)
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Linux doesn’t have several programs I use to control my peripherals, the mobo RGB profile, and GPU fan control from Sapphire. It also doesn’t have a proper AMD adrenalin as far as I’ve checked, nor firmware updater for SSD/NVME, and the list goes on and on. I also heard controlling high refresh rate displays on linux is a nightmare.

  If I want to use the gaming PC I built to its full potential then I need windows…

  The article is still dumb though, anyone left behind using old hardware should not go through the pain of forcing win11 to run. They all should switch to linux

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bitwarden Makes Change To Address Recent Open-Source Concerns⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew a comment like this was coming, but unless you can show how microsoft can decrypt my kdbx I stand fully by my current setup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bitwarden Makes Change To Address Recent Open-Source Concerns⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a big difference. You trust entities like bitwarden/lastpass/etc to properly encrypt the data, protect your master key, and trust their entire architecture behind the scenes.

  When you encrypt the keepass DB that’s all done by you locally with a open source client. No one knows your master key, and you get a simple encrypted file. You can hand that file to hackers if you want, will be useless without the key.

  I put one of the copies of my keepass on onedrive, and syncs perfectly across all devices.

  Companies can enshiffity at a moments notice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bitwarden Makes Change To Address Recent Open-Source Concerns⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would anyone trust any company with their passwords??

  Just use keepass and not bother with BS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it all hinged in the fact that under all those glitches and bugged mechanics CDPR still had a nice game. Starfield can’t be salvaged cuz the core game is just mediocre shit.

  I wanna say it’s a failed IP at this point, but who knows how many copies sold. What is sure is it doesn’t deserve any more of my time. I have the DLC but won’t reinstall that garbage

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No one is forced to use youtube in the same sense no one is forced to use a smartphone.

  In the real world you’ll eventually have to use those things to participate in society, just by the sheer reach those things have in our daily lives.

  Just look back into any time a friend or family shared a link, or it was embedded in an article, or a company made an announcement only in youtube, or if you’re in school and you were asked to view some lesson, or those college lectures that get uploaded to youtube.

  I can get more examples, the thing is you’ll need to click a youtube link at some point. Is it ok for us to deal with an enshittified platform? should we act like a luddite because we don’t agree with the TOS? is this fair for us?

  My current usage of youtube doesn’t involve following creators, for that I use odysee/twitch. But the point remains, its morally correct to block ads, the platform is unfairly dominant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Easier said than done when you talk about the global video sharing platform that is used everywhere by everyone…

  It’s like telling someone to just ditch their smartphone… not practically doable. Blocking ads is morally correct when you are forced to use it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just install Linux, it’s not that hard.

  This is just but the small first step. I was basically checking what it will take to daily drive linux on my desktop, and there’s many little roadblocks that I’m just instead considering getting a Win 11 pro license next year and just turning off all the shit in gpedit.

  • No RGB software for my gigabyte mobo (openrgb doesn’t have it).
  • No AMD adrenalin unless I go with Ubuntu, which is just on the same path of enshittification as windows
  • No steelseries engine
  • No Sapphire trixx
  • No microsoft office desktop/onedrive (means I gotta find an office replacement that also works on my apple devices and syncs)

  Linux has come a long way, and it’s probably enough for some but it would be a massive headache for me still…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy being used as a source now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does it have to be LMG of all places to use lemmy. Linus is not the cool tech guy anymore, he’s just another corpa boss who prefers profits over people and accuracy.

  LMG has a long history of overworking its workers, plus reports of sexual harassment and bullying…

  He belongs with spez and all other profit shitheads the fediverse is supposed to be free of.

  My favorite linus quote (when asked why he didn’t properly test a product for a video):

  I don’t know if I can apologize for not spending another $500 of various people’s time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  "but we still can’t give everything away for free.”

  Then why have they positioned youtube to be a public worldwide service freely accessible all these years?

  It is the usual tactic of operating at a loss for years, building an unsustainable service and supporting it with revenue from other places. Google was officially declared a monopoly, and youtube is not profitable, so it’s easy to connect the dots and say youtube grew to it’s current dominance unfairly through that monopoly money.

  Now they want to enforce their TOS on you, pay up or watch a million ads or leave. Well fuck their TOS, I avoid anything google like the plague, but their unfair position on video sharing makes it hard to avoid youtube particularly. I respond unfairly in turn, by proxying youtube through invidious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Built on a foundation of theft

  Sums up all AI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Built on a foundation of theft

  Sums up all AI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twilio kills off Authy for desktop, forcibly logs out all users⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did that when they leaked my phone number to hackers, as happened to other millions of users. Using authy is a security threat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOSS Alternative to Chromecast?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a few more details are needed to get you a clear alternative:

  • Which devices you want to cast from? what content you want to cast (DRM content like netflix, and/or your own media)? what kind of TV you have?

  In my case after degoogling, I use mainly apple devices besides my windows pc. 2 of my TVs have AirPlay built in, so there’s no issue casting anything. If your TV is rather recent it’s likely to have it too.

  The third TV is tricky, it’s an older 4k LG. I have a linux box connected to it and installed UxPlay in it. It only works with AirPlay “mirroring” so you kinda need an app that can treat the TV as a second monitor. Otherwise the mirroring won’t cover the entire TV screen. I’m still assuming apple devices here, but there’s OutPlayer and nPlayer in the appstore that can do this. It does support sound-only casting, so if it’s music you want it should be able to direct cast from your apps.

  The second caveat for UxPlay is that it only works with DRM-free content (youtube, self hosted media). For DRM content I haven’t found a nice alternative for the old TV , so I use its built in apps (netflix, amazon prime). Kodi exists, but the plug-ins support for streaming sites isn’t good, often getting stuck to low-res content.

  I’m guessing buying an apple tv/fire stick/roku is the only alternative for DRM content casting. I also explored the idea of “degoogling” my unused chromecast 3rd gen, but absolutely nothing exists for this and it just collects dust in a drawer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that authy has fucked us over with this, what should I move my 2fa codes into, any recommendations?

  Unfortunately I can’t use aegis on iOS/windows, does keepass have this functionality?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Youtube is one of those things you can’t avoid in practice. So if you don’t like it what do you do? do you just miss out on most existing video content?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me when foldable smartphones first came out. If you touched them wrong the screen got fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The same Linus who can’t be arsed to spend $500 of various people’s time to properly test a product is now telling us what to do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never given money to roku, and now I’ll never will

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dusted off an old laptop, put debian on it, put an SSD and now I have my own invidious instance.

  No ads, no throttling, no bullshit. Google is very welcome to suck it. I’d gladly stop using youtube, but there’s no competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a bigger issue to leave it to users imo. Like lemm.ee admin said a few months ago, threads is too fucking big.

  Anything they push on the fediverse will be what users see in All. Plus, popular stuff on threads is determined through Facebook’s algorithm, and it will also determine the fediverse recommendations by consequence.

  The above is solvable if you block them I guess, but by default it will completely ruin everything.

  However, lemmy 0.19 block feature doesn’t work on users of an instance, only posts hosted in an instance. Add to this that Facebook is a cancerous company making all its money from ads. Expect their bots to comment and make posts pushing ads on all instances.

  All of this will also mean high workload on mods to regulate the content. Threads doesn’t bring anything good here, and defederation is probably the only way to protect us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought elon was supposed to me smart

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe AI won't be taking all of our jobs after all?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  egs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube cracking on ad blockers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You forget that many simply don’t care, like me. I stopped using anything google for a reason. Their services are usually lower quality than alternatives, might get shut down tomorrow, paying them doesn’t stop your data from being milked, and they continually look for ways to make the internet worse. You’re supporting the biggest ads company here…

  I pay for 3+ streaming services, and all of them offer me a better deal than yt. It’s not about paying for me. It’s simply not worth it for my low use of the platform. I only ever look at my 20 subscriptions and my watch later playlist. Until that goes away I will block ads.

  I’m just waiting for the next platform to pop up, it’s gonna happen sooner or later and hopefully isn’t cancer…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube cracking on ad blockers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Youtube is getting on cable tv levels of bad. On a regular ~10min video you will first deal with a few preroll ads and at least one is unskippable, then the creator will have a 2+ minute sponsor segment (I don’t mind those since they are usually well presented). There will also be multiple midroll ad spots.

  Depending on video length, it’s gonna soon be literally more ad than video. They are still stealing and selling your data though, and also making the web worse for everyone with DRM shit.

  Fuck. Google.

  I had already migrated to Invidious since last year because I degoogled everything. Seems like now its time to look for real youtube alternatives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy developer, @SleeplessOne1917, argues for the killing of Israeli civilians and children⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  @SleeplessOne1917 seems to be their GitHub handle. You can see this by going to one of the pull requests that are linked in the thread (e.g instance block feature)

  @cannotsleep420 seems to be their lemmy handle. You can see this by going to the thread link the OP posted, in which that account is commenting about the UI tweaks.

  Both accounts list their location as ‘Burgerland’(?) so they’re most likely the same dev. Plus the ‘SleeplessOne1917’ lemmy handle you linked has absolutely no activity.

  You can also see @cannotsleep420 crossposting earlier lemmy changelogs that mention @SleeplessOne1917…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that we've had SF for a bit, what do you think? Good, flawed, bad?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Overall it was a very good game. Just finished my 150 hour character and I see this game as another Bethesda classic that will be replayed over and over for years just like fallout/elder scrolls.

  It obviously had its flaws, but they weren’t a deal breaker for me, and for many besides a very loud minority.

  The good:

  • Massive amount of quests, questlines, companion quests, and places to explore. I doubt fully completing this game is feasible unless you just grind, which will turn dull. I didn’t do any freestar, red mile, and many other quests/companions. On a future playthrough I will go back to it.
  • Multiple ways to approach quests. Not everything is gun your way through. Items from other quests, your perks, your traits, and your companions offer unique dialogue options.
  • This is more subjective, but thank god outpost/ship building isn’t shoved down your throat. I hate that part of FO4 where settlements are constantly a chore. You can do those at your own pace like I did without being nagged to do it.
  • The NG+ mechanic gives the story a new spin and brings a few plot points to life. I also enhances the replay value. Can’t say much more without heavy spoilers.

  The bad:

  • Planet exploration is lacking. I can’t see a reason as to why we need to land and point X and walk a mostly barren place when we have a ship. It takes most usefulness away from the ship
  • Lack of local maps
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Spoilers] About "No Sudden Moves"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks to some nice ryujin toy, all Petrov could do was watch as I nabbed the artifact and left. He was unable to do anything except helplessly stand there.

  His grunts still went aggro on me, but I used the same toy and also space power to take over their minds and let me go. Felt like kilgrave