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BaardFigur

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BaardFigur ,

Don't recommend Opera. Owned by China now, with very unethical practices

BaardFigur , (edited )

Yeah, and breakage is just getting worse and worse, I feel like. It still mostly works just fine. But I don't like the outlook. Plus Firefox on Android has real performance issues

BaardFigur ,

Performance is fine for you since your hardware is decent. The performance issues becomes more evident on slower hardware, like my 5 year old Galaxy Tab S5e. It's laggy, stuttery and slow to load pages, while using s chromium based browser works mostly fine. UBo isn't a reason to stick with Firefox either, the Kiwi Browser has extension support

BaardFigur ,

What if you need to use their site, e.g. to file taxes, or apply for university? There are unfortunately cases, where you have essentially no choice, but to install a Chromium based browser

BaardFigur ,

USA is finally catching up with the rest of the world?

CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)

You know how Google's new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won't slide off (pssst...please don't do this.)...

BaardFigur ,

I never got it in the first place. I think they had a limited rollout or something

BaardFigur ,

DuckDuckGo is just Microsoft in disguise, why does people still use it?

BaardFigur ,

searx.space, I use searx.be

BaardFigur ,

How can you know that to be true, without looking at their source code? They already breached our trust once https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/uy5232/duckduckgo_browser_allows_microsoft_trackers_due/

iPhones And Androids Can Now Warn You of 'Secret Trackers' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

In a collaborative effort, Apple and Google have developed an industry-standard detection feature called "Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers" (DULT) for Bluetooth trackers. This standard allows users on iOS and Android devices to be alerted if an unknown Bluetooth tracker is monitoring their location.

BaardFigur , (edited )

Except when Google and Apple own their the trackers.

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Own the* trackers. Sorry, typo

BaardFigur ,

It's still malware.

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    BaardFigur ,

    Good

    BaardFigur ,

    Neither do I

    BaardFigur ,

    It's not fine, when it wastes as much electricity as it does.

    That niche use case, waste an enormous amount of processing power on literally nothing

    Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

    Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....

    BaardFigur ,

    What's the point of the windows app if you can't download stuff with it? Might as well use the browser at that point

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    They just have to stop marketing it, I guess

    BaardFigur ,

    It's included with my tv subscription. I'm already on the cheapest plan

    BaardFigur , (edited )

    Makes sense, I don't think it's them being assholes, probably easier to interact with the hardware in a native app than through the browser.

    I'm a desktop application programmer, and glad I don't have to deal with web browsers.

    BaardFigur ,

    And focusing on shareholder profits and ripping of the customer

    BaardFigur , (edited )

    It's very easy to migrare to their service. Not that easy to migrate away from it

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    Why even pay subscription for something if you're still gonna see ads?

    In this case, piracy will give you a better experience tham actually paying for the service

    BaardFigur ,

    Then it has a surprisingly strong cpu

    BaardFigur ,

    I buy Android Tablet as well. Android devices can be powerful, but software support for more advanced stuff (beyond spreadsheets) is really lacking. Appearently Ipads are far better than Android tablets on that department.

    Which is why I just buy the cheapest Samsung tablet I can find with a 10 inch screen, and use it for youtube

    BaardFigur ,

    Kind of like how shitty of brand video sites does it. Nice job cannibalizing yourself, youtube.

    BaardFigur ,

    Protons free service doesn't offer mail forwarding. Free gmail does that. Which means that in many ways, protonmail will lock you in. Which is not great.

    If you're gonna switch to protonmail, at least use a custom domain. At least then, you can easily switch your provider, without having to change address.

    BaardFigur ,

    GNU Privacy Guard

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    EU, please do something about that.

    BaardFigur ,

    They won't but, that also means that Facebook have to comply, which is nice at least

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    Tencent VPN

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    It's more expensive to build in western countries due to higher wages though, and probably better safety standards

    A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions (www.theregister.com)

    Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions....

    BaardFigur ,

    Based

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    Was it a bug?

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    Good. I hate how it became essentially the default

    BaardFigur ,

    Like the Bixby-button I have on my phone, it will fail

    BaardFigur ,

    LibreTube*

    BaardFigur ,

    Laws vary between countries. A lot of stuff that doesn't break US countries will ersily break the laws of multiple european countries.

    BaardFigur ,

    Why did they put his last name first? That's like saying Carrey Jim

    BaardFigur ,

    But Jensen is a scandinavian surname.

    BaardFigur ,

    I see. Then it makes more sense. Just a bit weird reading Jensen as a first as a norwegian

    BaardFigur ,

    Then it makes more sense. Jensen is one of the most common surnames in Norway. It means son of Jens.

    BaardFigur ,

    Hasn't that been a thing since... forever?
    I remember it from back in the day when I started using reddit, around 2011

    BaardFigur ,

    Nothing is gone forever on Discord. Maybe for you, but not for them. They're literally tracking everything

    BaardFigur ,

    I'm from EEA. I downloaded the update yesterday, but I'm still not able to uninstall edge

    BaardFigur ,

    Hasn't it been possible for a long time?

    BaardFigur ,

    The problem is dropping of software support

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    At least both you and your neighbours are very informed about it, so they do it sparingly. What the governments wants is more like a secret spycam in your bathroom, that you don't even know exists.

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    These guys are simple minded fools, yeah

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