Joelk111
@Joelk111@lemmy.world
- Comment on Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause 1 day ago:
It’s easy though, just pay an extra 36 bucks per year, bringing your total prime sub cost to 176 bucks per year, very reasonable!
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
Yes, same as the normal YouTube app.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
I’m still using re-vanced, as last time I used Grayjay there were still some missing features, but I did pay the 10 bucks and do come back to visit it occasionally.
- Comment on No, you don't need a 'very bespoke AOSP' to turn your phone into a Rabbit R1 — here's proof 5 days ago:
Automatic physical camera shutters? Only ones I can think of on phones are pop-up selfie cameras like the LG Wing and OnePlus 7. LG doesn’t make phones any more and OnePlus dropped the pop-up camera in their next phone, and haven’t brought it back.
- Comment on Rabbit was once an NFT company that it wants you to forget about 5 days ago:
Enshittification is used plenty often enough, we don’t need to be using it incorrectly imo.
- Comment on Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts 6 days ago:
If I had a dollar for every time Comcast told me to check if I qualify for this rebate, even after I tell them that I do not qualify, my internet cost would make sense.
- Comment on Is this really the final laptop you will need this guy is claiming? it is completely customizable. 6 days ago:
Proton can make games from the windows store that I already own work on Linux? Proton can make games that are borked rated on protondb work?
I love Linux as much as the next tech nerd, I have a SteamDeck that I essentially use as a laptop when away from home, and I tried dailying Manjaro on my main machine for a couple months. Proton doesn’t solve everything.
I can totally understand running windows on your main gaming machine, as that’s what I do. I don’t like it, but all of my games work. I also don’t want to have to re-buy games on Steam that I own via the Windows store.
- Comment on Is this really the final laptop you will need this guy is claiming? it is completely customizable. 6 days ago:
They’re largely disregarding the fact that the laptop is easily repairable… They’re kinda missing the whole point of the device/company.
- Comment on YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' 1 week ago:
Sweet, for sure, I have no issue with that.
The people complaining about ads who don’t support creators in other ways is what bothers me.
- Comment on YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' 1 week ago:
Laughs in… Supporting creators by supporting them in other ways than watching ads on their videos, right? Right???
- Comment on YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' 1 week ago:
According to the example, it just shoves your video to the side and shows a static ad, not a video. If it played a video with audio that would be fucked. If it’s just silent stuff, honestly not even that intrusive or crazy imo. Smart TV boxes have been doing similar shit for a while, right?
Also, at least with YouTube you can pay to avoid it, if you’d like.
- Comment on You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 2 weeks ago:
If so it won’t be a buy for me, wifi7 is a must.
- Comment on Eww, Copilot AI might auto-launch with Windows 11 soon 3 weeks ago:
I’m in the insider program (been too lazy to reset my computer and leave it) and for a while it would auto launch with the sidebar open for a bit. I had to close the copilot sidebar every time I booted my computer. They have since removed that “feature”
- Comment on Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. 1 month ago:
It has. The question is whether the things that I want to play have improved.
- Comment on Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU, as did Brave. 1 month ago:
Yeah, I switch browsers like I change my clothes, and Firefox has been awesome compared to Brave, Edge, and other chromium browsers.
- Comment on Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. 1 month ago:
That’d be wild if it works. Might have to try Linux just for that.
The DRM and Anticheat (that I forgot to mention) games are online, so piracy isn’t really an option so that’s still an issue :/
- Comment on Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. 1 month ago:
I’ll have to look into ALVR. I’ve got an Index.
I also remembered that I wouldn’t be able to play The Crew 2 due to shitty DRM, as well as Forza Horizon, unless I re-purchase it on Steam, as the windows store edition doesn’t work on Linux (from what I understand). I really don’t want to dual-boot again.
- Comment on Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. 1 month ago:
Had me in the first half.
I stick around with Windows due to shitty DRM and VR compatibility. It’s been a couple years since I last tried Linux, so maybe it’s gotten better. I should probably try it again.
- Comment on YouTube stops recommending videos when signed out of Google 1 month ago:
Congratulations?
- Comment on YouTube stops recommending videos when signed out of Google 1 month ago:
As someone who subscribes to many channels, likely over 100, that post anywhere from daily to a few times per year, fuck that.
- Comment on YouTube now suggests new content *by colour* 2 months ago:
Yeah, it shows up there once, then is buried to the right of the filters afterwards.
- Comment on YouTube now suggests new content *by colour* 2 months ago:
At this point I feel like it’s intentional, and either way, am not surprised. Unlike a lot of other commentors here, I don’t see the point in wasting mental power on worrying about it.
- Comment on YouTube now suggests new content *by colour* 2 months ago:
Why bother caring? Doesn’t make a difference to me.
- Comment on YouTube now suggests new content *by colour* 2 months ago:
Holy crap, the amount of hate in here, and no actual description of what it does. It’s essentially your normal home feed, but only the videos with thumbnails of the selected color. It’s also way over at the right of the home feed filters, so it isn’t like it’s being shoved down your throats.
- Comment on Music Piracy Is Back, Baby 2 months ago:
For anyone who’s a music enthusiast, having the files makes more sense. Poweramp is a way better experience than Spotify or YT Music. I loved being able to set the EQ on an album or song basis.
That said, YT Music comes with YT premium, and I’m lazy, so I do that for now. I also haven’t got a huge commute right now, so I don’t listen to music near as much.
- Comment on It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription 3 months ago:
Might be 35 bucks now. Can’t remember.
- Comment on Honda debuts new global EV series, Honda Zero, coming in 2026 3 months ago:
They look great imo, but the full self driving is a pipe dream.
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 3 months ago:
I can’t say I relate to that at all. I’m not sure what you mean by having your MS account linked to chrome, and stuff like my authenticator is on my phone, I didn’t even know you could use chrome as an authenticator.
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 3 months ago:
I didn’t have this experience at all. I switch browsers all the time just so I can know how they are, it’s painless every time. I’ve used non-chromium edge, chromium Edge, Brave, Chrome, Firefox, OperaGX, and probably something else. Chrome is probably my least favorite, as it just doesn’t have any bells and whistles.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
This is a weird mentality. Competition in the space is good, even if the current “default” thing is really good.