FG_3479
@FG_3479@lemmy.world
- Comment on From F-Droid to emulators, here's who's hit hardest by Android's new verification rules 2 weeks ago:
SailfishOS is heavily closed source and Jolla used to be linked to Russia with Rostelecom owning 60%+ of it.
- Comment on Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features 2 weeks ago:
Yes it does.
- Comment on Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features 2 weeks ago:
By any brand which lets you use HDMI devices without connecting to Wi-Fi. TCLs have better specs than most for the price and they have a Basic TV mode which doesn’t need internet.
However, their Google TV mode is still good as it lets you disable the ads on the home screen with apps-only mode and it supports sideloading of SmartTube (an ad free YouTube app) and free movie apps.
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 3 weeks ago:
I have a Samsung S24+ and the Moto Signature is better value.
The screen has a higher brightness, smaller bezels, higher PWM frequency and much higher brightness. It also has 90W charging and a flatter speaker response with more bass and midrange. All of those are compared to my phone, not your much older Note 9.
The GrapheneOS models are coming out next year, though they say it will be top of the range phones first. Whether that includes any below the Signature I don’t know.
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 3 weeks ago:
Do all of your banks have websites?
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 3 weeks ago:
Because they don’t meet the security requirements. The solution for affordability is a used or refurbished Pixel.
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 3 weeks ago:
Their lockdown mode is very good and I think you should be fine as long as you don’t have all your data stored in Apple services like Apple Notes and Photos that you can’t install on Android, though OS switching apps and the iCloud website mean it is possible to get your data out.
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 3 weeks ago:
You should look for a used Pixel. New phones under $200 are all rip offs.
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 3 weeks ago:
The Motorola Signature looks like a good device so its successor should be too.
- Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information 3 weeks ago:
Systemd is open source so it can be forked to have features removed.
- Comment on Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data 3 weeks ago:
Install LibreWolf then disable the cookie clearing and resistFingerprinting.
- Comment on Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project 3 weeks ago:
Gnome has a Save Desktop app which backs up your desktop config, list of Flatpak apps, and the folders you choose. I use Bazzite but I’m not locked in.
- Comment on Why are people so rude on Reddit compared to the Fediverse? 4 weeks ago:
Lemmy’s lack of bot protection is just laughable.
- Comment on Why are people so rude on Reddit compared to the Fediverse? 4 weeks ago:
Also, on Reddit I never had anyone follow me around trying to cause reputational damage by spreading false accusations about me.
Why would you use your real name or reveal any information about you here or on Reddit anyway unless you have to?
- Comment on GrapheneOS calls on privacy focused app developers to boycott European Unified Attestation 4 weeks ago:
They do offer their own attestation system, and some banks use it.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 weeks ago:
A Google TV. That have a “Basic TV” mode which lets you use it without internet.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 weeks ago:
Their Google TV models have a basic mode which lets you use it without internet with no bypassing.
- Comment on DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media 1 month ago:
MakeMKV is the easiest way. The license key is always in the forum.
- Comment on LibreOffice blasts 'fake open source' OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft to lock users in 1 month ago:
OpenOffice is not the same as OnlyOffice. The latter is modern software with a decent UI and MS Office file support; the former has had almost no changes since 2014.
- Comment on LibreOffice blasts 'fake open source' OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft to lock users in 1 month ago:
Why did FSFE delete this?
- Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it 1 month ago:
The issue is with your ad blocker, not YouTube, though YouTube has no incentive to tell you what is going on as it would help out bots trying the same thing.
I don’t like Brave but they seem to have gone to the effort of whitelisting the heartbeats, so use that for YouTube comments.
- Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it 1 month ago:
YouTube has been shadowbanning ad blocker users, where you comments appear to post but actually haven’t, for a while now.
I think the issue is with the EasyPrivacy list blocking the heartbeat signals that tell YouTube you are actually someone interacting with the page and not a bot.
Brave doesn’t seem to have this issue as they whitelist those scripts but it has other issues so I recommend keeping it as a YouTube only browser.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
You could try Brave as their ad blocker whitelists things that cause breakage if blocked.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Try turning off your ad blocker for it. I recommend using a separate profile in Google Chrome (not Chromium) for tricky sites.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Just use the web version I’m a Chromium based browser.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 1 month ago:
You don’t have to. You can use someone elses instance, just as you are on Lemmy. If the instance you pick goes to shit then you can move to another one.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 2 months ago:
That is what I mean. If an open source project enshittifies, it can be forked.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 2 months ago:
Stoat is self hostable like Lemmy so it is enshittification proof.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 2 months ago:
That’s a centralised platform. You should move to Stoat and Matrix instead.
- Comment on TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover 2 months ago:
I think the answer is AV1. You can get good quality video into 500 NB per hour which is easily affordable with unobtrusive ads like a banner at the bottom of the app and a video ad that can be swapped away every 10 videos.