The only app I can’t live without. Except for gboard, all of my applications are Foss. There is no competition for gboard’s swipe typing, not to mention its many capabilities like as searching for gifs, stickers, being able to paste copied images, translating, and so on. I’d like to know how I can use gboard while...
I am assuming you are on stock Android and not a custom ROM where you can manage network permissions. What you can do is you can use NetGuard (the FOSS version not the Google Play version) and cut off internet access to not only GBoard but also other apps that do not need it
ICE aren’t growing much in size and are getting more and more efficient. Why not make them air cooled? Porches used to be aircooled, and those were performance cars with the engine in the back. I would imagine having an engine in the front might be easier to cool, no?
It won’t make a comeback. Regular ICE cars are already under threat especially from europe to be phased out by 2035. Doubt any manufacturer is going to put in time and effort into developing a modern variant of air cooled technology, although if Porsche ever did that again I will do whatever it takes for that car.
I would not say they are less reliable. Air cooled 911s have all been much more reliable than the 996 and 997 generations (the first two watercooled generations). 991 and 992 are too new to tell yet but I don’t think they will be that good either.
I hate Google photos because I feel it’s too invasive with that cloud backup that you never really know if a photo is online or on device, so I disabled it in my Google Pixel....
I have it installed on my Pixel running GrapheneOS and it works great. Not sure if you are running a custom ROM or not; I am assuming on stock Android, the phone does not let you uninstall Google Photos? If that is the case then I think you are out of luck as the Google Photos thing is hard coded into GCam.
One more thing I should add. If you can’t find any solutions but are okay with the Google Photos UI, I would recommend you install NetGuard (the FOSS version not the Google Play version) which allows you to apply network firewalls and block internet access for any app that you wish. You could use that for Google Photos but also more applications that don’t exactly need internet access other than harvest data and sell ads.
While I understand the lack of proper open source alternatives for some software like AutoCAD and After Effects, it always felt weird that the best IDEs/Text Editors are made by big corporations, because you know, these are the tools programmers use....
It’s simple, if everybody were to get rewarded the same no matter how hard or how little they worked, then everyone would put the bare minimum, or even worse, not do anything at all, and there would be no productivity in society. That is when the “government” which theoretically should not even exist in communism but in practice is impossible, would step in and force labor, as we saw for example with the Soviet Union.
This is a big deal. Arduino has accepted 32 million in VC money and the new “Pro” boards are not open source,so they won’t be as easily cloned, and code and libraries in the ide could be unavailable to see or modify!...
Hi! I’m trying to find a Google alternative, tried duck duck go but found it very lacking, both in results and interface (not showing the date on the links, for example, that’s useful). Obviously don’t wanna go the bing route. Any recommendations? Also, sorry if this is not the right place to ask, I didn’t know where!...
I use Ecosia. It is not the most private but I love their business model, and I like that it uses Bing not Google as I don’t like the monopoly Google search has. Yes Bing is a big tech search engine too but it has nowhere near the marketshare of Google but still has pretty solid results.
Hello! My smartphone is dying, so I’ll soon have to buy a new one. I’d like my new phone to have pure Android, without all the apps that manufactures install. Ideally I’d like to remove the majority of Google services too, but there are some that I can’t replace yet, so I’m still dependent on, like google maps. What...
Pixels are the best phones for loading custom ROMs which can get you closer to the pure Android experience, and not the bloatware Android with all the Google play services attached
You are not missing anything. I switched because I was going to do a fresh luks encrypted install and after trying XFCE, I liked its UI more. It was somewhat nostalgic and gave Windows XP vibes. It also uses slightly less resources which comes in handy since i have to spin up virtual machines once in a while on a very mid range laptop.
GrapheneOS does not support end of life devices, which I believe the Pixel 3 is. I would suggest you get a new Pixel regardless of if you install GrapheneOS or not because of security updates. Luckily the Pixel 7 has a promised 5 years of security updates.
What you are referring to is called a threat model. Everyone’s threat model is different. Edge is still significantly better than using Chrome or Opera in my opinion, especially on Windows because Microsoft already has your data at the OS level so using a different browser does not make a huge difference anyways , unless you use very hardened Firefox with fingerprinting resistance and a whole bunch of other settings which just improves your browsing privacy but Microsoft will still have your data. In my opinion, for the average threat model, Edge with the strict privacy setting, telemetry turned off, and Ublock origin installed is more than adequate.
Privacy with Google's Gboard (lemm.ee)
The only app I can’t live without. Except for gboard, all of my applications are Foss. There is no competition for gboard’s swipe typing, not to mention its many capabilities like as searching for gifs, stickers, being able to paste copied images, translating, and so on. I’d like to know how I can use gboard while...
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Mozilla officially opposes Web Enviroment Integrity API (DRM for web pages proposal from Google) (github.com)
Could aircooled engines make a comeback?
ICE aren’t growing much in size and are getting more and more efficient. Why not make them air cooled? Porches used to be aircooled, and those were performance cars with the engine in the back. I would imagine having an engine in the front might be easier to cool, no?
Google camera requires Google photos, is there any workaround?
I hate Google photos because I feel it’s too invasive with that cloud backup that you never really know if a photo is online or on device, so I disabled it in my Google Pixel....
Infinity for Lemmy (In Development) [Fork of Infinity Reddit] (codeberg.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.toldi.eu/post/20880...
Visual Studio Code alternatives for Linux?
While I understand the lack of proper open source alternatives for some software like AutoCAD and After Effects, it always felt weird that the best IDEs/Text Editors are made by big corporations, because you know, these are the tools programmers use....
How i feel on Lemmy (programming.dev)
Amazon’s palm-scanning payments coming to Whole Foods (www.fastcompany.com)
Arduino Corp is going CLOSED-SOURCE! (elk.zone)
This is a big deal. Arduino has accepted 32 million in VC money and the new “Pro” boards are not open source,so they won’t be as easily cloned, and code and libraries in the ide could be unavailable to see or modify!...
Google (search engine) alternatives?
Hi! I’m trying to find a Google alternative, tried duck duck go but found it very lacking, both in results and interface (not showing the date on the links, for example, that’s useful). Obviously don’t wanna go the bing route. Any recommendations? Also, sorry if this is not the right place to ask, I didn’t know where!...
Smartphones with "pure" Android
Hello! My smartphone is dying, so I’ll soon have to buy a new one. I’d like my new phone to have pure Android, without all the apps that manufactures install. Ideally I’d like to remove the majority of Google services too, but there are some that I can’t replace yet, so I’m still dependent on, like google maps. What...
Why is this so hard? (lemmy.world)
They all seem to have pro’s and con’s, not really sure why I have such a hard time choosing
Bromite's fork is going to be branded as Cromite (github.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1766078...
Pixel 3a, battery update - worth it?
Hi all,...
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"Yes, do as I say!" (i.imgur.com)
I’m moving my posts from Reddit to Lemmy before delete them....
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The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (lemmy.world)