BoisZoi

BoisZoi , 30 days ago

Literally, most people with Goyte; his music outside his one hit wonder is so fucking good. I highly recommend listening to more of his work if you haven't.

BoisZoi , 1 month ago

OP:

posts about tracking and not consenting to give data away

also OP:

uses Google Chrome

BoisZoi , 1 month ago

Exactly what I was thinking!

BoisZoi , 1 month ago

AdGuard. You can get a lifetime license through stack social for anywhere between $16-$30. It also does HTTPS filtering.

BoisZoi , 1 month ago

OP blocked for clickbait.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

Niether are open source, but the full versions of AdGuard for each platform, Adguard Public DNS and DuckDuckGo.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

When it comes to streaming devices, nothing beats Apple TV in my opinion.

Outside the Apple TV app itself, the OS has very little ads. The only thing I dislike about it is the lack of Kodi + Google Drive plug in, but Infuse Pro works.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

From a media perspective, I am inclined to agree; however, like the article said, the experiences of these devices are getting worse for seemingly no reason. Personally, I'm inclined to believe NVIDIA may not make another device like the shield because of the focus on AI and chips. I'd imagine these devices make little profit compared to all the money being made with the current focus on AI.

I don't really like the lock downed experience of Apple's ecosystem, but the software updates make these devices, particular the Apple TV, better every year.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

Asked how likely big companies would be to abuse their data, Americans were most wary of TikTok (59 percent), followed by: Meta (56 percent), X/Twitter (49 percent), OpenAI (48 percent), Google (44 percent), Apple (41 percent), Amazon (40 percent), Microsoft (38 percent), Comscore (32 percent), and Adobe (31 percent).

I'm surprised people trust Microsoft and Amazon more than Apple; Amazon needs all the data they can get on you to build "better" profiles on what to sell you, ties your Alexa requests to feed advertising (you can opt out) and Microsoft, especially with Edge (post advertising and services team takeover) has been trying to send everything to Microsoft to feed both ads and their AI. FFS, even Outlook warns you now that they'll share your data with >800 "partners".

Apple is no saint, far from it, but people trust a conglomerate over it?

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

I’d rather directly use Bing and utilize the 'Give with Bing' feature to donate to a non-profit of choice; when I did use Bing, I did it for LGBT and LGBT Youth.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

If your browser supports PWAs, I’d reccomend that over the electron app you linked. You’d get better performence, and it would be snappier.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

What does this have to do with privacy?

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

Websites that aren't updated live themselves; typically news websites and the like.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

Users like this is exactly why you don't need a VPN; you clearly have no understanding of how they work.

BoisZoi , 2 months ago

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/682d4581-f0de-4472-8b98-16780db68030.png

BoisZoi , 3 months ago

I always saw this as just a way to compete with Google.

BoisZoi , 3 months ago

Bad comparison. There is no such thing as the 'Apple Pay app'. Everything is done through the Wallet app, Apple Pay uses the wallet app.

BoisZoi , 3 months ago

Have you been under a rock?

BoisZoi , 4 months ago

That’s why I like reeder on Apple devices.

Instead of needing yet another service to subscribe to RSS feeds and have them sync + potentially pay a fee for service, Reeder allows users to subscribe locally and sync it to iCloud across all devices. It was and is a major appeal of the app compared to others in the Apple ecosystem.

BoisZoi , 4 months ago

I mean... you bought a Roku.

Of all the streaming devices you can purchase, I'd argue Roku is the most privacy invasive: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/roku-streaming-sticks/