Ulrich
@Ulrich@feddit.org
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 12 hours ago:
This is not “different” this is “anti consumer non-sense” and you sound like a chud when you recite corporate propaganda.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 20 hours ago:
USBC is perfectly acceptable for the people apple is targeting.
It’s literally called a “pro”, who do you think they’re targeting?
Ignore the “pro” name in any consumer electronic device.
I do, thanks to Apple. It doesn’t make it any less shameful or ridiculous.
You need to take a closer look at how the M-series chips work and why they work they way they do
You’re going to have to elaborate because I already have and I don’t understand what bearing that has on this discussion.
Apple does a lot of anti-consumer bullshit which we should absolutely club them over the head for,
You shouldn’t “club them over the head”, you should just stop buying their trash. That’s literally the only thing that will work.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 21 hours ago:
Gaming performance; although Linux is gaining ground, Windows is just better in this regard
I mostly agree with you but this contradicts everything I’ve seen. Presumably you have evidence of this?
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 22 hours ago:
I mean I don’t particularly like it either but not having tons of choice is not always a complete negative, it simplifies a lot of things. And having an OS that mostly functions like an OS instead of a fucking billboard is nice. Just keeping things in context here.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 23 hours ago:
That’s more of an Nvidia problem than a Linux problem.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 23 hours ago:
For now it is opt-in. It’s unlikely to remain that way.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 23 hours ago:
Mac hardware is a fucking atrocity. $2k for a “pro” laptop with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, that’s completely and intentionally irreparable and unupgradeable? That’s what you call “excellent”? It’s fucking gaslighting. You’ll never convince me it’s anything other than a cult.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 1 day ago:
They act (minus lots of the good stuff) too.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 1 day ago:
MacOS isn’t terrible, only the hardware is.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 1 day ago:
Doing anything requires the memorization of thousands of commands that must be formatted perfectly and are specific to your distribution, into a black box that rarely provides any feedback at all, and when it does it’s extremely generic.
I’m sure my inbox will be blown up by delusional people claiming you don’t need it but it’s just not true.
The simple act of installing software is crazy complicated and different on every distro.
Hardware compatibility is a huge problem, fingerprint readers, WiFi, facial recognition, Bluetooth, etc. etc. Very few companies make computers with Linux compatibility being considered at all. Everything will have drivers day 1 on Windows and then they’ll trickle down to Linux a year or two later.
I dislike Linux the least but there’s no way I could recommend it to anyone who isn’t a giant nerd who likes fixing computers.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 1 day ago:
Until Macs become cheaper or Linux becomes easier, Windows will remain the largest OS.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 1 day ago:
What other browsers are implementing this? It’s the first I’ve heard of it.
- Comment on How come Lemmy rarely shows up in internet search results? 1 day ago:
Is this because we’re still relatively small or some other reason?
Pretty much, yeah. Incredibly.
- Comment on Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette 2 days ago:
Do you have some evidence of this?
- Comment on Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette 2 days ago:
You could say the same thing about the webpage itself.
- Comment on Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette 2 days ago:
They ad a random to showing you ads
hhwat
- Comment on Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette 3 days ago:
I actually agree with that but the only other solution is subject yourself to deeply concerning levels of surveillance, not to mention surveillance pricing.
- Comment on FCC dives in to sink Chinese grip on undersea internet cables 3 days ago:
only very large companies get very heavy subsidies for some reason, as if these companies don’t have enough money
LOL it’s not because “they don’t have enough money”, it’s because it gets them to do things they wouldn’t otherwise do, which benefits the public. Like keeping gas prices lower, keeping rent lower, keeping tuition lower, investing in internet infrastructure, creating jobs, etc.
I’m not going to argue the merits of any of these subsidies but people like to act like there’s no logical reason for them to exist.
- Comment on FCC dives in to sink Chinese grip on undersea internet cables 3 days ago:
As though us in the west aren’t?
…no? Absolutely not?
- Comment on 3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought 3 days ago:
In a lab, probably. In reality? No. Print nozzles wear over time time and their patterns will change accordingly, and they are entirely replaced often.
- Comment on Some thoughts on Surf, Flipboard's fediverse app 4 days ago:
You should probably educate yourself about this app before you start arguing about it.
“Log in with Google” is a lot less friction than getting people to sign up to a new service.
There is no new service. You log in with your existing BlueSky, Mastodon, YouTube account(s). The Google account is only needed to download the app.
Isn’t it “just” a feed reader with a pre-curated list of feeds?
No.
- Comment on Password manager by Amazon 4 days ago:
paper notebooks and books are impossible to keep dry
Not impossible but shit happens. Used to happen to me all the time. I used to walk/bike everywhere.
but the entire point of having 2FA is avoiding single point of failures.
Your password manager is not usually the point of failure, it’s almost always the provider.
You’re not wrong, I just can’t be arsed to manage 2 separate password managers.
- Comment on Password manager by Amazon 4 days ago:
“For most things”? Like written notes are whatever, if you don’t mind carrying it around with you everywhere you go and hoping it doesn’t rain. But definitely do not put your passwords in there…
Modern password managers are super inexpensive, easy to use, and essential security tools. You can’t store your passkeys or TOTP in your notebook either.
- Comment on Some thoughts on Surf, Flipboard's fediverse app 4 days ago:
making it as easy as possible to onboard them makes absolute sense
I don’t understand how one could possibly think that requiring a Google account would make it easier to onboard new users…
And if you already are out of Big Tech hell hole, then you likely already know how to find and manage and curate your own feeds.
The software necessary to do what Surf does, as far as I’m aware, doesn’t exist elsewhere.
- Comment on Russian lawmakers say 'security threat' WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia 4 days ago:
it’s less likely that local law enforcement can spy on my communications.
Most developed nations at this point have some sort of data-sharing treaty. So some other country not subject to local laws spies on you, then just shares that information with your local country, and vise-versa, and voila everyone on the planet has just skirted any and all consumer privacy protections.
- Comment on Russian lawmakers say 'security threat' WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia 4 days ago:
Yes that’s why China bans most private messengers.
- Comment on Fullstack Engineer - Waifus (for people looking for job) 5 days ago:
Annual Salary Range $180,000 - $440,000 USD
I mean I’d be “obsessed” for that kind of money…
- Comment on Some thoughts on Surf, Flipboard's fediverse app 5 days ago:
Pretty sure Samsung didn’t install it because they thought their customers would* just love it so much!*
- Comment on Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse 5 days ago:
I’ve used them both for years also (along with Accrescent and Obtainium). You’re not wrong, Aurora Store itself does not require Play Services, but most of the apps do. Like I said, sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. The biggest problem is that you can’t receive notifications without Play Services. Despite the Android system itself being mostly open, the vast majority of developers do not make their apps available outside of the Play Store without Google services. And many of them are now being encouraged to use proprietary attestation from Google as well. Since the vast majority of people simply do not care, the developers don’t either.
The point, it’s not nearly as simple or easy as it’s made out to be in the above comments.
- Comment on Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse 5 days ago:
Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. And even when it does, it still requires Google’s spyware to be installed on your device.