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- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 15 hours ago:
To who that think it is a fair compromise: It is not.
Android already had one layer of this shit before. When installid freshly dowloaded apk, android would prompt you to confirm that the source of the apk is trusted. This was not like this before. Before you’d just install apk.
And I agree to a certain amount. But thing is, it was added for no specific reason. People who install apks form outside source, will keep doing it and they 99% of the time know what they are doing or being told to do so by someone who knows what they are doing.
Adding another layer to this wont solve the problem, except make users annoyed for 24h wait time. And this is only adding 1 layer now. Who the fuck knows what is going to be 1 year later. 5 years later?
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 15 hours ago:
A one day wait period to install an app on your mobile pocket computer.
And that somehow supposed to stop users from inflicting their phones with virus software? Like, it does not make sense. Okay, force all devs to upload their IDs, no biggie (I guess). But do not lock users into the “tough luck, you cant sideload” system. 1 day wait will not prevent anything. They just added a mild annoyance for 24h, nothing more.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 15 hours ago:
I mean, yeah. They do. Would it be finally enough to stop all scammers online? All in on a clear “No”.
- Comment on What a nice blue and black dress. 1 day ago:
First day I saw this dress and thought it was white and gold. Next day I saw another picture that was blue and black and I couldn’t unsee it. I went and found the same picture from exactly that source I saw the other day. It was blue and black. My brain broke.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a usable domain without a VPS or a static IP address? 1 day ago:
My ISP changes IP somewhere around once a month. I own a domain on porkbun and they offer a simple docker compose script that updates my records to a current IP.
I believe other domain selling platforms also have similar scripts or solutions.
- Comment on Human experimentation, one way or the other. 1 day ago:
Double edged sword.
If we don’t act fast enough, many will die. If we acted too fast with untested vaccine, people may die. I guess will and may are very important here. Would be much preferable if we didn’t suddenly discover and spread the deadly virus.
- Comment on Self Hosting for Privacy - Importance of Owning your own Modem/Router? 2 days ago:
The router that comes with my ISP contract is garbo and I highly doubt it has bridge function. With my used 60euro worth fritzbox, I keep the customization options and reliability. It has been 1.5 years and it hasnt failed me a single time while the other constantly had issues with stuff connecting to it.
- Comment on CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court 3 days ago:
Publisher for Hi-Fi Rush, and PUBG. Wow…
- Comment on Self Hosting for Privacy - Importance of Owning your own Modem/Router? 3 days ago:
Router provided by my ISP is just garbage. The settings are so scrace, I might as well just connect my PC directly (if I could, cause cable is DOCSIS). Had to buy 10yo DOCSIS router that actually is usable.
If your router is fine in settings, maybe changing it won’t be necessary. As for ISP spying on you - probably possible but certainly is not likely.
- Comment on He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative 3 days ago:
I’d say they did much more harm to themselves rather than to anyone else. I fail to remember NK invading anyone besides an ongoing conflict with SK.
- Comment on 79% of smart dash cams we tested had security flaws and concerns, and in some cases they were breaking the law - Out of 28, only six didn't have any concerns. 4 days ago:
I got a dashcam with voice assistant and wifi. Wifi is off by default. Voice assist has only predetermined phrases like “turn on wifi” or “turn off screen”
- Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto 1 week ago:
I’ll add a few from my own experience.
Few years back I found Civvie11 on youtube. He just had released the first Pro Blood video and I liked it so much, I opened my patreon account and subbed to him. At that time he had around $500 a month from patrons. I think not even a year has passed, when I checked for patron content, he had $3000 a month going only from patrons. For a small channel like his, that is quite a sum of money to receive. Today he has 485k subs and $4300 a month off patrons. Not bad imo for a not so popular gaming channel.
Another nice example: decino is pulling $1000 a month with a tiny 200k sub YT channel pretty much only about Doom gameplay.
For larger channels with multiple millions of subs and a patreon or some other crowdfunding sources putting ads into their videos they are pulling much more. Not to mention paid ads in their vids.
Also, twitch proves that people are willing to spend 5 bucks a month for their favorite content creator. This is totally possible to run youtube clone funded by viewers.
- Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto 1 week ago:
Patreon would like a word.
- Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto 1 week ago:
On the other hand, If everyone would use adblockers, maybe content creator market would evolve into viewers supporting their favorite creators directly, or youtube having a subscription model that is much better than a current one in a way of user experience and creator support.
- Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto 1 week ago:
I have recently had a funny discussion with a husband of my wife’s friend. In short, he’s not an IT guy but does run ad blockers on each browser and device as he can. He was wondering why people wont use ad blockers since it is trivial to install and even chrome uBO lite works well on youtube (dunno about that fact, I have migrated to FF as soon as they announced Manifest V3)
Normies just wont. It is just not what they do. And they are the majority.
- Comment on Valve Sued By The Performing Rights Society Over Music Rights in Games Valve Doesn’t Make or Own 1 week ago:
Not that I love ActMan, but day to day news about Valve controversies do make me feel the same about these claims as ActMan. It really feels like if suddenly everyone wants to sue Valve to the ground so they got destroyed and other lesser fair gaming companies secure their market.
Valve is no angel. But if we compare to others, they are next best thing to a Saint.
- Comment on Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centres | Company Business News 1 week ago:
Is it the first signs of a burst?
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 2 weeks ago:
No prices for both new xbox and Steam Machines has been announced. How do you know which would be more expensive?
- Comment on Meta's AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators 2 weeks ago:
According to recent events, some fucked up people are willing to be filmed like this. Here’s link to the video if anyone is interested.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 2 weeks ago:
Not that I know of. They supposed to announce prices in the first quarter of 2026 but due to memory shortage they have postponed it. As for shipping, they have claimed that they are still planning to launch shipping by the end of first half of 2026. Price is estimated at $800-$1000. Shortage might increase it.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 2 weeks ago:
“XBOX game pass is heaps better than Steam” - said no one ever
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 2 weeks ago:
With Steam Machine being announced and price about to be released, new xbox is dead even before arrival. I will be totally bemused if gamers will chose new xbox/pc over Steam Machines.
- Comment on Can some please explain to me why it is that your health insurance can deny you medication, even if your doctor says you need it? 2 weeks ago:
Money.
- Comment on An old excuse 2 weeks ago:
I can’t unhear South Park Saddams Voice
- Comment on Forced age verification is comming sooner than we thought. 2 weeks ago:
With my YT, Steam, and email account being old enough to drink, will they till force me to upload ID?
- Comment on Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman 2 weeks ago:
This has been discussed on here many times. Barely anyone pays for LLMs. Only companies, corporations, and a few content creators do pay. Your common folk overwhelming majority does not.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Most new laptops do, aren’t they? I see new laptops having thunderbolt type C or USB4 for a charging/dock port. Havent seen a single proprietary in a while.
As for PCs, USB4 supports only 240W at max and therefore can not feed a modern decent GPU like 5070ti alone. Finding 240W PD charger is also a major task.
- Comment on Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades 2 weeks ago:
I know Lemmy is a Linux echo chamber. But also, I feel like people did actually managed to move to alternative OSes or stay on Win10 cause they were fed up with NoPilot on win11.
Also, once Steam Machine is released, that probably will boost migration to the skies.
- Comment on Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features 2 weeks ago:
Been using motorola for a long time. I bought Moto Z in 2016 and it booted with “Motorola company” text in the end of the boot video. After Lenovo acquisition, phone updated and video now said “Motorola, a Lenovo company”.
Thankfully, Motorola haven’t entshittified over these years. Still a solid phone. Almost no bloat.
- Comment on Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more 3 weeks ago:
LibreWolf doesn’t open tabs in containers, but it is kind of hard coded to never save cookies, passwords, trackers. Every time you close and open browser, it is like to open a freshly installed browser on a freshly installed OS.
