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- Comment on Actual Budget is a fantastic FOSS budgeting tool that you can self-host 2 weeks ago:
Why would you need to host this? Why not just have a client that does backups?
- Comment on Windows Recall is secretly installed on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare) 3 weeks ago:
I tried and couldn’t find it on my system. I run Linux btw.
- Comment on REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets 3 weeks ago:
The free market is going very well here
- Comment on Based on true events 1 month ago:
Hey you actually made something and should be really proud of that
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
You’ve replied to like 5 other of my comments the exact same thing at this point. Like I replied to the other guy, my comment is not saying you can’t set up a VPN without an app, even though that’s a very rare method of doing so regardless. Apple is literally a closed garden, that does not change anything lol.
Also no, like I said in my other comment, you can’t side load. What you think is a “gotcha” is that there’s a work around where you register a developer account and load an unofficial application that way. You know very well yourself that Apple does not want you sideloading, and this is not meant for consumer applications, and that it is easily blockable at any point by Apple. That is why the EU is constantly hitting Apple with anti-trust and anti-competition lawsuits. This has literally been proven in court, it is not an opinion. You are being incredibly bad faith for no reason. Apple does not want you sideloading, Android does.
Also AOSP is not Google. Though in reality, Google phones tend to support alternative operating systems the best. Even if that stopped being the case and they went locked down suddenly, there are still tons of other Android manufacturers out there that can have their bootloader unlocked and run their entirely own degoogled ecosystems. So you should probably know what you’re talking about, but you think this is a brand vs brand debate or something. It’s not, Android is simply designed around side-loading, is officially supported, and intended by consumers. iOS is not. It’s not complicated.
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
Bro I hope Apple is paying you for all the white knighting you’re doing for them. To side load on Apple, you have to create a developer account and treat it as if you’re developing an app. That is borderline exploiting it and definitely not intended to be used for regular consumer applications. For all intents and purposes, you can’t side load on Apple because this is not intended nor recommended for anyone, and is easily blocked by Apple if they ever choose to do so.
You’re being blatantly bad faith to compare that to Android where you can simply download an apk, open it, and press install. It’s entirely supported and intended by Android’s design. Android goes so far to support seamless updates for third party app stores, and extends their app malware scanner to side loaded apks as well.
If you consider those two to be the same, then you’re just in bad faith and not worth taking seriously, and are looking to argue for the sake of arguing. Apple is not your friend. They do not want you side loading, and you know this.
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
Imagine thinking that’s the same thing as Android’s side loading support. The cope is real.
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
Where did you read that I said iOS doesn’t support adding VPNs?
My message is clearly talking about side loading. Don’t twist my words.
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
This is why you don’t buy into closed-garden ecosystems like this. If you’re on iOS, there’s nothing you can do about it, you’re at their mercy. Android has great support for side loading. There’s really only one choice if you care about freedom.
- Comment on [Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday 1 month ago:
uh what are you even talking about?? It has block-buster console sellers like Concord
- Comment on From a cyber security aspect how hazardous are random mini PCs from Ali Express/Amazon if you are starting with a fresh OS install? 1 month ago:
I doubt it’d have anything malicious in the firmware. I’d be more concerned about getting ripped off with fake parts or having it break on you.
- Comment on Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it 1 month ago:
“allowed too” 🙄
- Comment on Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers. 1 month ago:
Thx I’ll sell you it as an nft
- Comment on Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers. 1 month ago:
Looks like that’s basically what’s happening now that I looked into it more. Like I believe the “hide” user button is the same (idk I haven’t been on the site forever lol), and the block basically blocks interaction but doesn’t hide it. Honestly makes sense because you could see the user who blocked you if you simply clicked a thread link in private browsing.
Like if you replied and blocked me on Lemmy, I could still open the thread in incognito or whatever and see the whole public thread but not reply to you. Seems actually reasonable tbh, since the blocker and block-ee doesn’t lose or gain anything they couldn’t already do already.
- Comment on Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers. 1 month ago:
That’s the opposite of what’s happening. In this case, Musk would have blocked you, and you would want to see his posts (for some reason). You could normally see a user who’s blocked your posts by just opening the thread in an incognito tab to view as a logged out user. This just cuts out that step and lets you see the user’s posts without doing that.
- Comment on Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers. 1 month ago:
That makes no sense. You can filter them out of your feed pretty easily, but they’ll still be able to interact with you and of course bring a lot of new toxic users to you. Your browser can’t do anything about that, it’s entirely Twitter’s side.
- Comment on Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers. 1 month ago:
Ability to actually find interesting content. I want an algo, but at this point I want more of what Bluesky does but for Mastodon.
- Comment on Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers. 1 month ago:
The ones who are most vulnerable to this change are the ones who especially should’ve left this platform already. I’m sorry, but they’re not being forced to use it, and everyone should leave it. I don’t have much sympathy or care about wanting to make an alt-right social media platform safer, I want it to crash and burn.
- Comment on Ghost of Yōtei - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games 1 month ago:
Let me know when the PC version gets announced, otherwise the product simply doesn’t exist for me.
- Comment on Why are people seemingly against AI chatbots aiding in writing code? 1 month ago:
It’s a tool just like everything else, but people are just now sobering up after all the hype that it’s incredibly wrong a lot.
- Comment on I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta! 2 months ago:
Really dig it. Too bad I don’t have the time to actually walk around and play this lol, otherwise it looks really fun.
- Comment on YSK: It's possible to get search results from Google without the annoying 'AI' answers at the top 2 months ago:
Use DDG
- Comment on European iPhones are more fun now 2 months ago:
Begging iPhone to play the catch up game and just have Android’s basic features lol
- Comment on Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week 2 months ago:
As a customer, why do you care if the employees are wfh or not lol
- Comment on Which was better in 1996: Nights into Dreams or Super Mario 64? 2 months ago:
Mario 64 not even close lol. What made you think Nights was nearly as popular?
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
Should be a server setting, just like how some servers can choose to show combined votes or separate up/down votes.
- Comment on Oh Hey Guys How’s it Going? 2 months ago:
The US is definitely not the only one with this issue.
- Comment on With Shared Software, Landlords Are Teaming Up to Raise Rents 3 months ago:
According to the legal system, someone caught selling an ounce of weed is infinitely more dangerous and harmful than this behavior. These people should have the death penalty.
- Comment on what happened to kbin? 3 months ago:
So it basically failed the bus factor
- Comment on Twitter 3 months ago:
I always just hear it referred to as xorg, which I pronounce “x-org”