I can only repeat what I just commented somewhere else:
I built Swift apps and Mastodon or Discord are NOT a proper format to get help, Discord being crappy for archiving, too.
I have a hard time getting help by people that really know this stuff because Swift is made by Apple, and the Apple bubble tends to stick to Twitter and the likes. If enough migrate, I can finally say frick off, Reddit
The biggest problem with kbin is honestly quite simple, but I don't people is talking about is the fact that finding the magazines that I'm subscribed to is in Settings > Subscribed, on Reddit, it's literally in the top bar, I don't get why it's buried in settings. Another thing is why is my home page full of posts from...
Hey everyone, super excited to be exploring the fediverse both here on kbin and elsewhere. Looking for a Mastodon client primarily for iOS, great to see the main app is open-source, but there seems to be quite a few options out there. Feel free to share non-iOS clients for others' benefit as well....
Well design wise I prefer Manny and Ivory, but they are proprietary and lack Details you only get with Mona or Ice Cubes. So I'm sticking with Ice Cubes, those extras have a bigger worth to me than a super good UI
As an effect of the recent Reddit blackout, the company is now surrounded by disappointed investors and community. I predict that Reddit may end up facing the same fate as Tumblr: being sold to another company. Only time will tell what the future holds for Reddit, but one thing is for sure - the protest will leave a lasting...
I just hope many still stay offline for a longer time to protest. I don't think 2 days will be enough. A but if damage is done but if there will be no 3rd party apps I'm out. I'd pay for Reddit Premium if that would give me a personal API or something
Do you happen to know why I can not access many explicitly German Lemmy communities? I only could contribute there once I set German as my language on @Semmelstulle. Before that it was like I was blocked.
"He added that he plans to make changes to moderator policies so users can vote them out. Currently, a higher-ranking moderator — or the company — can boot out moderators. Incidentally, a r/Apple moderator posted on Twitter (via 9to5Mac) that Reddit was threatening to remove moderators who are staging an indefinite...
For me this is a tricky situation. I really love building Software with SwiftUI but the Apple bubble tends to stick to Twitter and Reddit.
Currently there is not enough critical mass of Swift developers migrating here. A lot of them are on Mastodon, but chats and blogs are super crappy when asking for help (looking at you, Discord!).
I really hope this will change because right now both my projects are on halt because I'm not getting anywhere on Mastodon and I still do my personal Reddit blackout.
So now that Lemmy and the community overall are getting a lot of attention, with /c/memes being one of the biggest communities across instances, I think we should be a bit more strict about certain things....
So, are Apple operating systems actually considerably better in terms of privacy? I’ve been considering making the switch for both privacy and security reasons, but I’m not really sure it’s worth the cost and hassle. I’m currently on an iPhone (recently switched because I had a Pixel 7 with… issues, but that’s longer...
Yeah Proton and linux gaming will only get better over time. Valve is heavily invested in getting this really good. And regarding the Android experience, I can only tell you that Google keeps trying to cripple the non Google experience even further. They just tried getting rid of Aurora Store and thus of getting Play Store apps without the Play Store. I just hope Aurora can keep operating just as it did until now.
EDIT: LONG POST, my opinion are backed on years of interest in the topics as well as first hand experience.
I'll go Windows x Android first: Windows is a privacy nightmare. You can try and fight it but you can and will break things along the way. So I'll basically advise you to use anything else.
Android in the other hand has some options to flash custom ROMs and thus you can change what's running. But you're stuck with /e/ OS if you want real privacy without giving up on almost everything Google, banking apps, etc. There are other Android forks but most of them focus on security, features, gimmicks, etc. So at least there you have a good amount of control. You can use Android with KDE Connect for actually good cross device features in my personal opinion.
macOS iOS:
These are fully controlled by Apple. Sure, Apple goes hard against 3RD PARTY tracking, but does not tell you you need to switch off 1st party tracking within multiple settings pages (own experience). There have been some reports about macOS sending hashes of photos from a local account with no iCloud login, but that was fixed quickly, even though I've been skeptical. But this video by Techlore actually explains things really good.
MY conclusion?
I'd say the most private would be Android x Linux with KDE Connect.
2nd place is iOS with proper settings x Linux with KDE Connect. (For real, this tool gets you cool cross device sync.)
3rd place would be iOS x macOS both on privacy friendly settings if you, like me, rely on proprietary stuff. Xcode and iOS development can only be done on macOS and thus I'll stick to this combo. Fedora will always have a special place in my heart and on my SSD though.
So which level of these you want to pick definitely come down to how much you rely on what software and what you can afford. I hope I could help.
LineageOS itself is just as private as AOSP and the Google core stack you might flash along it.
I have not found my source yet but once I've read about some Google telemetry within AOSP but that might be less than iOS on default settings sends. With Google core services you will definitely have more data collected on the Android side though.
Yes, ProtonMail is really good, I just missed the desktop bridge. It is a reality now but it's not part of the free tier. I can't really complain about them except for the icon design. They do not feel at home on iOS haha
I just have to confess I still use my outlook mail as my main because there is so much legacy stuff connected to it like Xbox games, Minecraft, two movies,... But I use Anon Addy to alias it most of the time. That's why I can't really give you a better impression about the Proton suite
Yes, 1.20 brings a lot of quality changes. And 1.20.10 will bring some more! I have not found any trims or shards but the new wood types are awesome. And with bamboo wood I can finally mass produce wool for lots of chests and other things that would require lots of waiting or a tree farm which is imo super wonky.
Imo the Ultra only is worth it if you're diving or extreme hiking. Otherwise I don't see why anyone should pay extra for the Ultra unless they have too much money.
A bang just hands the search term from DuckDuckGo into the search field of the target website.
Safari suggested kbin as a search engine as soon as I loaded it up so it is definitely not a big matter to add it. I'd really enjoy to see this as I use bangs A LOT
Are there any active #swift#swiftlang communities here yet? Maybe I suck at searching but so far I had no luck. On Mastodon there is a huge amount of active Swift devs I could find easily.
Hey, I just wanted to say I really like the icon of /kbin and I really special that the dev has done so far. I really hope /kbin keeps evolving because it's the only thing I've seen in the last 11 years that could replace Reddit for me.
What do you all use for password management?
I'm using KeePass currently, since I don't really want to use anything publicly hosted. But I was curious to see what other people have been using!
Why do some people still have hope for Reddit?
After all the BS from /u/spez?
My biggest problem with kbin
The biggest problem with kbin is honestly quite simple, but I don't people is talking about is the fact that finding the magazines that I'm subscribed to is in Settings > Subscribed, on Reddit, it's literally in the top bar, I don't get why it's buried in settings. Another thing is why is my home page full of posts from...
What is your favorite Mastodon client?
Hey everyone, super excited to be exploring the fediverse both here on kbin and elsewhere. Looking for a Mastodon client primarily for iOS, great to see the main app is open-source, but there seems to be quite a few options out there. Feel free to share non-iOS clients for others' benefit as well....
The Future of Reddit after the Blackout
As an effect of the recent Reddit blackout, the company is now surrounded by disappointed investors and community. I predict that Reddit may end up facing the same fate as Tumblr: being sold to another company. Only time will tell what the future holds for Reddit, but one thing is for sure - the protest will leave a lasting...
Federation status: ON
Seems like the federation was turned on not long ago. It's very exciting to be part of kbin's growth!
Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps (techcrunch.com)
"He added that he plans to make changes to moderator policies so users can vote them out. Currently, a higher-ranking moderator — or the company — can boot out moderators. Incidentally, a r/Apple moderator posted on Twitter (via 9to5Mac) that Reddit was threatening to remove moderators who are staging an indefinite...
ich_iel (feddit.de) German
[Meta] What do you think?
So now that Lemmy and the community overall are getting a lot of attention, with /c/memes being one of the biggest communities across instances, I think we should be a bit more strict about certain things....
Android and Windows vs iOS and MacOS
So, are Apple operating systems actually considerably better in terms of privacy? I’ve been considering making the switch for both privacy and security reasons, but I’m not really sure it’s worth the cost and hassle. I’m currently on an iPhone (recently switched because I had a Pixel 7 with… issues, but that’s longer...
Why not kbin and lemmy merge?
So it can digg and bury reddit once and for all
Minecraft Version 1.20 (www.minecraft.net)
Anyone playing in Minecraft version 1.20 yet? What are your thoughts?
To Ultra or not to Ultra?
I’ve been interested in the Ultra since its release, but haven’t actually decided to get one yet....
I just requested that duckduckgo add a !kbin bang! (duckduckgo.com)
Click the link to request duckduckgo add a !kbin bang to search kbin.social. If mastodon, twitter, reddit, etc has one ... so should kbin!...
Help! Moderators and 80% of users left reddit and u/spez migrating over to kbin and Lemmy. What do I do? (I'm white)