TheGalacticVoid

@TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Resilio hasn’t been issue-free for my use case, but it hasn’t been destructive in the same way that Syncthing has. I thought the Syncthing stuff was just me, but I’ve seen similar accounts from some people online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard disagree. I’ve had so many issues with Syncthing deleting files and refusing to connect over LAN that I’ve never had with Resilio Sync.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Temu and Shein to hike prices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is such an awful idea as it stops us from buying international packages from anywhere. The ‘loophole’ is already closed for China.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d probably consult a lawyer.

  They can’t (legally) deny you entry into the US, but they might make your life hell when re-entering. Bring a burner phone with you in case they take your phone. Don’t keep anything even remotely political saved on there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo has sent a DMCA notice to Ryujinx forks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Repos wouldn’t include the keys, but they’d include instructions on how to obtain them. Those instructions (according to Nintendo’s legal team) are enough to say that Yuzu violates the DMCA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube ‘Premium Lite’ is for those that already have a music subscription⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree, but Premium does let you skip over frequently skipped sections.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't free stuff (public domain/noncommercial) discussed as much as paid stuff?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oftentimes (but not always), free stuff has a lower budget and lower amounts of effort put into it by fewer people. This often results in a worse product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LegalEagle Suing PayPal's Honey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone else is only talking about the scummy affiliate revenue stealing, but that’s been public info for a while.

  The more alarming stuff is that they partner with businesses to manage the coupon codes shown on Honey. If a business doesn’t want consumers to have discounts below a certain percentage, they can remove those coupons from Honey. This means that Honey no longer does the thing that it’s advertised to do, and they’re getting paid affiliate revenue after lying to consumers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Citron is yet one more Switch emulator appearing online⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that joke started with Citra because 3DS model numbers started with “CTR”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that United has significantly escalated their war against basic economy passengers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a happy Comcast customer, my old ISP still only sells plans up to 100 Mbps and it routes all traffic through a city that’s over 200 miles away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that United has significantly escalated their war against basic economy passengers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, because United employees didn’t beat the passenger up, the police did. That’s not even remotely close to the worst thing that cops have gotten away with.

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I personally don’t understand why people would choose Kroger over Walmart

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know that Secret Service was mandatory for former US Presidents.