Ublock Origin is an obvious one, but I also can't stand not having Foxy Gestures anymore. It adds customizable mouse gestures, so you can set it up to have easy swipes to go back a page, reload a page, close a tab, etc, and it feels wonderful and smooth to use compared to just using the traditional buttons to do everything....
uBO, of course. note: you guys don't need ClearURLs with this list added. LibRedirect for automatically opening Youtube, Twitter, TikTok etc. links in their privacy-focused front-ends. I just make sure to disable all the instances by esmailelbob since he's a little homophobic shithead Buster for automatic captcha solving Consent-O-Matic automatically clicks through cookies banner to deny all the cookies that aren't necessary, which I like better than just hiding the cookie banner Redirect AMP to HTML because fuck AMP and fuck Google
Since we don't yet have a specific community for custom phone ROMs, let's discuss them here. Are you running a custom ROM? Which one? On what hardware? How is it?
uBO, of course. note: you guys don't need ClearURLs with this list added. LibRedirect for automatically opening Youtube, Twitter, TikTok etc. links in their privacy-focused front-ends. I just make sure to disable all the instances by esmailelbob since he's a little homophobic shithead Buster for automatic captcha solving Consent-O-Matic automatically clicks through cookies banner to deny all the cookies that aren't necessary, which I like better than just hiding the cookie banner Redirect AMP to HTML because fuck AMP and fuck Google
In a surprising move, Japan’s government recently reaffirmed that it will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training. The policy allows AI to use any data “regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal...
It does, however, still work quite well with the Windows version via Steam Play Proton on desktop Linux and is Steam Deck Verified against the Windows version in Proton. So while it's a loss of support for their Native build, it's still fully playable on Linux.
Reddit just became a lot more friendly to bots, and a lot less friendly to humans. Their block list covered 144,926 bot accounts. All those and more are going to get unleashed.
ProtonMail exposing Threads user data harvesting posting the same screenshot from Apple’s App Store that multiple other accounts on Fedi have posted, often in comparison with several Mastodon clients’ app listings. the title reads as if they’ve done some thorough investigating.
FediPact is an Organized Effort to Block Meta's ActivityPub Platform (wedistribute.org)
Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com)
With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update....
ANNOUNCEMENT: the first-ever Beehaw Community Survey!
hello folks!...
What are your favorite browser extensions?
Ublock Origin is an obvious one, but I also can't stand not having Foxy Gestures anymore. It adds customizable mouse gestures, so you can set it up to have easy swipes to go back a page, reload a page, close a tab, etc, and it feels wonderful and smooth to use compared to just using the traditional buttons to do everything....
What custom ROM is on your phone?
Since we don't yet have a specific community for custom phone ROMs, let's discuss them here. Are you running a custom ROM? Which one? On what hardware? How is it?
What browser extensions do you use?
I generally use the following:...
YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (www.androidauthority.com)
Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout (join-lemmy.org)
"Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing. Bad news for third-party apps, their announced pricing is close to Twitter's pricing, and Apollo would have to pay Reddit $20 million per year [...]" (libreddit.nl)
...to keep running as is....
What's currently the best Lemmy app for Android?
With all these new options springing up, I'm a little outdated. What's the best app to use right now?
Reddit Sync will have a full page sign up for his new app, Lemmy Sync, when you open the app on June 30th (also kbin support coming!) (www.reddit.com)
Source:...
Can anyone recommend a FOSS Android launcher . . .
. . . that allows the user to hide apps in the drawer?
Stop Using Discord for Your Open source Communities | mattcen's mumblings (blog.mattcen.com)
Recently I accidentally made a Fediverse post which went viral:...
Invidious: "YouTube legal team contacted us" (github.com)
They don't understand that we never agreed to any of their TOS/policies, they don't understand that we don't use their API....
Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn't Apply To AI Training (technomancers.ai)
In a surprising move, Japan’s government recently reaffirmed that it will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training. The policy allows AI to use any data “regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal...
Linus is coming?
who has sent invites?...
Say "goodbye" to cookies and cookie banners with vanilla Firefox
For those that don’t know, Firefox has in-built support for automatically rejecting cookies and blocking the cookie banners from popping up....
Liftoff! - 🐒 A mobile client for Lemmy (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux) (github.com)
Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2 (www.gamingonlinux.com)
It does, however, still work quite well with the Windows version via Steam Play Proton on desktop Linux and is Steam Deck Verified against the Windows version in Proton. So while it's a loss of support for their Native build, it's still fully playable on Linux.
Modder wires ChatGPT into Skyrim VR so NPCs can roleplay and remember past conversations (www.pcgamer.com)
now that's a useful ChatGPT application;...
Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US (arstechnica.com)
BotDefense is wrapping up operations on Reddit, due to the infeasibility of doing their work effectively in the aftermath of Reddit's API changes (www.reddit.com)
Reddit just became a lot more friendly to bots, and a lot less friendly to humans. Their block list covered 144,926 bot accounts. All those and more are going to get unleashed.
Bonjour, c'est moi helium (s3.masto.ai)
ProtonMail exposing Threads user data harvesting (mastodon.social)