cjf

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve come to realise at least half of the stuff posted on Reddit these days, especially more so on the popular subs, are all designed to make you angry.

  It’s things like posting incorrect info in the title, posting a comic / image that’s been deliberately designed to get you angry, someone really wanting their 5 minutes of fame like this guy, or some post from some bigot.

  It’s so tiring. Have started to notice it on Lemmy too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Started to move off Google (not strictly self-hosted)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks,

  So they haven’t made an announcement about retiring the proton bridge app yet.

  I think I’ll wait until I see them actually remove it before I believe they’re locking us in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Started to move off Google (not strictly self-hosted)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve just skimmed through the proton blog briefly and I couldn’t see anything referencing this. Do you have a link by chance?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Started to move off Google (not strictly self-hosted)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a bold claim. Got a source for this move?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teach me some life lessons⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Copying one of my favourite (and last saved) comments from Reddit:

  The most precious commodity we have is our time on this planet, and we have far less of it than we realise. The time we choose to spend together is a gift we give to each other.

  Appreciate the gift of their precious commodity that they give you, don’t expect more than they are willing to give, but don’t squander your precious resource with someone who doesn’t appreciate your gift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Messages just flicked the switch on end-to-end encryption for all RCS and group chats⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The one thing that feels off to me about Google’s implementation is that it’s not vendor agnostic and all comms would need to go through Google’s servers to work. The E2EE bit is an entirely Google specific extension to RCS, for example. The last thing we need is another chromium situation in a different area.

  If it wasn’t a Google specific extension, phone networks around the world would need to pick up the pace and adopt RCS, but also they’d need to keep up to date with the latest version of the standard to ensure the functionality is supported. Now, looking at phone networks’ previous track record, they’re really not going to implement it unless they’re forced to and they’ll do so at a real snails pace.

  At this point I’d agree that Apple not adopting RCS is really not helpful here.

  I feel the EU’s Digital Market Act that’s forcing messenger applications to be interoperable with each other is going to be a much more viable option towards that perfect world scenario. The IETF is even fleshing out a common protocol for it, MIMI with MLS.