Stories like this really make me wish there was a viable mobile OS not connected to Google or Apple either directly or by way of them being the ultimate maintainer so I could cut such things out if my life completely.
It just doesn’t sit right with me that Android is the only mobile OS that really allows me the most flexibility to avoid such things, yet it is ultimately controlled by Google.
iOS seems like getting around some of the arthritis problems in your left hand by amputating the hand out right.
I imagine if it keeps Reddit in the news, so they can more credibly talk up that upcoming IPO, they are happy to let as many users as they want badmouth the guy in charge.
Was there even a mass exodus? I largely avoid Reddit now, but I do kind of doubt that they’ve been hurt in any meaningful way by all the protests and people leaving…
I personally visit Reddit less than I did previously. And from the subs I was part of there does seem to be a drop off in new posts that are not the usual begging for help or complaining about how “x” (not the artist formerly known as Twitter) sucks just to bitch.
So there is still a lot of traffic there and content created, it is just more slanted to the mindless type of content than it was before in my experience.
looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )...
I think the point is if website operators start supporting this you might not have a choice but to use Chrome, if you want to browse any reasonably popular web site.
Bank sites don’t necessarily need to want to block ads to implement something like this. They will just see the headlines that say “this is more secure” and that will be enough for them to buy in to it.
I’m talking here about their hardware (MacBook, iPhone, iPad, iWatch) and software (iCloud, Apple One, mail, passwords, wallet, other apps), in terms of owning all of that....
I don’t think there is anything “wrong” about it necessarily. But I would make sure you keep everything in widely supported formats and stick to the services that allow for easily moving the data you create and care about around. This is Apple specific advice however, I advise the same for anything where friends/family plan to create and/or store data. A walled garden is only really bad if you don’t have a way to get out of it ahead of time should you need to.
I don’t think the iWorks suite is very popular, and I have read of some folks getting burned by format incompatibility some years ago when Apple updated the suite I don’t really remember the details.
This is why so many apps and services have problems monetizing their stuff when they start out as free and/or ad supported as a means to pump the usage numbers fast for that juicy investor funding and sky high stock valuations.
Free/ad supported is essentially the “bottom” of race to the bottom when it comes to how to make money on a product or service. And it is hard to climb the ladder of convincing people to pay for something when the core product that provides most of the value has always been free. You can’t exactly just paywall the core product or people will likely feel ripped off and leave. So that leaves increasingly sketchy “value added” options.
Of all of the issues in the NC school system, surely there are better things for the legislature to be trying to screw with than to worry about if the school library is stocking books that might make the kids think…deity forbid, we can’t have to much of that sort of thing....
I tend to use whatever I consider the best one for that particular job. For example: Desktop/gaming: I currently use Ubuntu here because of greater commercial compatibility. But I am using Pop_OS on my System76 laptop and am liking it and may switch to that next time I need to rebuild the desktop image since it is downstream from Ubuntu compatibility should not be an issue. It would save be several post install customizations.
Homelab virtual infra hosting: Proxmox. Because I wanted fancy features without having to pay for a VMWare VMUC license.
Firewall/Router: PFSense
Homelab Infra VMs: Debian Stable for what I consider “backbone” services like DNS and Ubuntu server for things like Jellyfin and my Bookstack server where I am less concerned with it being rock solid.
I used to keep a Windows VM for the rare Windows specific things I wanted/needed. But eventually I got rid of that because I never needed it anyway.
I bought a piece of 1.5 inch stiff foam to try to fix a sag in a bed. It didn’t work but having that thick piece of solid foam around has been a life saver....
Workbenches with butcher block table tops and metal legs for my home office. I was a life long user of cheap metal and glass top desks that you get from Walmart, Staples, etc. These things cost a lot more, but they are worth every penny. And unlike the cheaper stuff, will last years and years unless the house burns down.
Fairly interesting overview of what’s become the “trendy” home decor style from things like HGTV and design magazines, as well a quick look at some other style trends we’ve gone through.
Do those 7 years of updates come at a steady clip for the Android security patches as Google and Samsung mostly do it, or is it a patch here and there with massive swaths of time with no patches more like Motorola?
The former is progress, the latter is functionally not much better than every other OEM.
Other than your carrier give it for free or cheap, I don’t really see the reason why should you buy new phone. I’ve been using Redmi Note 9 for past 3 years and recently got my had on Poco F5. I don’t see the point of my ‘upgrade’. I sold it and come back to my Note 9. Gaming? Most of them are p2w or microtransaction...
I just enjoy new tech and trying new things in that arena. So new phones before I technically need to is one of the things I spend disposable income on when something in that arena catches my interest.
Does have a nice side effect of constantly reenforcing the use of platform agnostic services and retaining ultimate control of my data if it is something I care about, since it really allows me to just move the sim to a new phone and be up and running in a hour or less with more or less any Apple or Android phone.
I’m still waiting for the “gotcha” to drop with that announcement. Seems like too good of a deal for the average person to not have a catch. Bit this world has made me an exceedingly pessimistic person.
New Nitrogen malware pushed via Google Ads for ransomware attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
It's good to take a moment to relax every now and then.
Reddit’s 2023 r/Place turned into a battleground for dunking on the CEO (www.polygon.com)
Is there any evidence that Reddit has suffered at all from the exodus to Lemmy?
Was there even a mass exodus? I largely avoid Reddit now, but I do kind of doubt that they’ve been hurt in any meaningful way by all the protests and people leaving…
CHROME (google) is planing to implement DRM (kinda) into their browser (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )...
Train derailment in northern Montana spills freight, but hazmat car safe (abcnews.go.com)
A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor
Google's trying to DRM the internet, and we have to make sure they fail (par1.iv.ggtyler.dev)
Marjorie Taylor Greene May Have Sent Hunter Biden Nudes to a Bunch of Minors (newrepublic.com)
Is it ok to go "all in" into Apple ecosystem?
I’m talking here about their hardware (MacBook, iPhone, iPad, iWatch) and software (iCloud, Apple One, mail, passwords, wallet, other apps), in terms of owning all of that....
Reddit Tries to Get Users to Pay by Making App Icon Ugly (9to5mac.com)
I'd watch it (lemmy.world)
The Expert (www.youtube.com)
Right up there with the classic “sales guy vs web dude”.
WHO IS SHE? (lemmy.world)
Remote Work to Wipe Out $800 Billion From Office Values, McKinsey Says (www.bloomberg.com)
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Revised Senate bill includes restricting content of books in school libraries (abc11.com)
Of all of the issues in the NC school system, surely there are better things for the legislature to be trying to screw with than to worry about if the school library is stocking books that might make the kids think…deity forbid, we can’t have to much of that sort of thing....
Let's talk about something else (lemmy.world)
What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected?
I bought a piece of 1.5 inch stiff foam to try to fix a sag in a bed. It didn’t work but having that thick piece of solid foam around has been a life saver....
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The Modern Farmhouse Is Today’s McMansion. (www.nytimes.com)
Fairly interesting overview of what’s become the “trendy” home decor style from things like HGTV and design magazines, as well a quick look at some other style trends we’ve gone through.
Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM (arstechnica.com)
Thoughts?
What's the point of buying new phones every years?
Other than your carrier give it for free or cheap, I don’t really see the reason why should you buy new phone. I’ve been using Redmi Note 9 for past 3 years and recently got my had on Poco F5. I don’t see the point of my ‘upgrade’. I sold it and come back to my Note 9. Gaming? Most of them are p2w or microtransaction...
University of North Carolina to provide free tuition for NC families making less than $80,000 a year (lemmy.world)