firepenny

@firepenny@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Besides the jank, you can set up libreoffice inside a docker container and server it over https. There you now off cheap-ass MS365.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was you up until 3 months ago. I went nuclear and focused on the more open source side of android and have been so much happier for it. Sold everything to afford the changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now if more is Americans would listen and move this platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to pay $95m to settle claims Siri listened to users’ private conversations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I self host everything. If there want a service on Github I could find, I’d just build myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to pay $95m to settle claims Siri listened to users’ private conversations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saw this coming 100 miles away. Any company that makes “privacy” part of their marketing campaign cannot be trusted, nor should be trusted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kroger is one of the more expensive grocery stores in my area. Less reason to go now. Aldi is the way