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mox ,

It's apparently the Google Messages app, not Android itself. Good to know.

mox ,

It suggests that apps without this problem can be developed, which means more paths to a workaround than if we had to modify the operating system.

mox ,

How is Google going to stop them?

Forbidding an app from the Play Store is unlikely to stop these users, who already use rooted devices and custom ROMs. They'll just get an app from their ROM provider, F-Droid, or elsewhere.

Does RCS depend on Google services integrated with the mobile network operator? If Google tried to use that position to forbid alternative apps, it would seem likely to run afoul of the Digital Markets Act.

I don't know a lot about RCS specifically, though. Is there another issue I haven't considered?

HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver | Linux users can't hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort. (arstechnica.com)

HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver | Linux users can't hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort.::Linux users can't hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort.

mox ,

It's one of the reasons. DisplayPort is better for purely technical reasons as well.

mox ,

They’re definitely not seen as an authority in this field. Why would anyone care what recommendation they make?

It's possible that they are acting on the advice of advisors who are authorities in this field.

And so why make one at all?

I expect it's because information and industrial security are components of national security, which is of great concern to them, and those things depend on software.

I'm not surprised to see this, given that state-sponsored electronic attacks are on the rise these days.

mox ,

It's important to remember that the argument against lobbying isn't about the broadest sense of the word "lobbying", but rather about corporations and other moneyed interests having unfair and unhealthy influence over the laws that govern everyone else.

The people who decry lobbying probably agree with you; they're just using the word in an implicitly narrow context.

mox ,

I suppose mob mentality is likely to play some part in every widely shared view.

At the very least, I can guarantee that one of said people has given it thought. :)

mox ,

C isn't bad. It has been a good portable assembly language for ages, and remains so today. What's problematic is continuing to use it where more advanced languages now make more sense.

I won't defend C++, though. I'm happy to kick it to the curb now that better alternatives are gaining traction.

mox , (edited )

For Android users, there's also the Firefox-based Mull.

mox ,

Such as?

mox , (edited )

Ah. That's part of Resist Fingerprinting mode, which (after checking about:config) I see Mull enables by default. Desktop Firefox does the same thing in that mode. You could always turn it off if you don't value that protection.

mox ,

One thing that goes a long way toward making self-hosting easy is to minimise dependencies.

In order of preference (best to worst):

  • Your language's standard library.
  • Those that are installed by default on most linux distros.
  • Those that are available in the main package repos of most distros.
  • Those that come from a community package archive. (AUR, PyPI, etc.)

Mind the version numbers, too; try not to depend on library features that aren't widely packaged/deployed yet.

Bonus points for supporting multiple OS, like the various BSD flavours.

Being conservative with dependencies makes it more likely that someone will be willing to install, package, or administer your software. It also helps limit the attack surface, potentially avoiding exploits in the future.

mox ,

Supporting SQLite as an option for people with modest needs is not a bad idea. As long as you keep your SQL simple and avoid vendor-specific extensions, adding support for it at any point shouldn't be difficult.

Providing a Docker config is fine, but I would never lean on it as a substitute for conservative dependency choices and good build scripts. Many people don't use it and never will. If you instead design your software to be easily built/installed/packaged natively for any distro, then it will reach more users, and as a side effect, will also be easy to package for just about any container system (Docker, Kubernetes, LXC, etc.)

mox ,

Another thing to keep in mind is resource usage. Software with low RAM and CPU requirements will work well on a great variety of self-hosted server platforms. If your code runs well on an old Raspberry Pi (the original or maybe a Pi 2), it will probably do well in most other environments. This VPS list should give you a picture of low-end platforms that are in use out there.

mox ,

KERNAL

Why is graphene os only available on google pixels?

I want to mainly use it for privacy over its "security". I don't know what makes everyone fine with running it on fucking google pixels. Is there some kind of "low security" version or something for other phones? I'm so tired of certain organizations infiltrating privacy communities and making people believe in improving...

mox ,

Because fucking google pixels are the only devices that meet the GrapheneOS developer's requirements.

I agree that it's disappointing, both because google has incentives to abuse their control of the hardware and because of the electronic waste created by devices that lose support after an arbitrary number of years.

But that's how it is, at least for now. In the meantime, there's always LineageOS.

mox ,

Apparently still requires giving Signal your phone number, so not exactly keeping it private.

mox , (edited )

A number is still needed to register I believe.

Indeed, which makes their headline a bit misleading. Giving Signal your phone number is not keeping it private.

mox ,

I thought peoples big problem with it was not wanting to give others their number to use signal?

The issue is that giving your phone number to Signal Messenger LLC is giving it to others, and therefore not keeping it private in the usual sense of the word.

Some people may be unconcerned about a corporation knowing their number vs. their contacts knowing their number, but that doesn't diminish the misleading aspect of this headline.

mox ,

What modern features do you mean?

The only problem I've noticed since uMatrix stopped getting updates is that I now have to Ctrl+Shift+R instead of just Ctrl+R to get scripts to work after adjusting a site's permissions.

mox ,

Once again, a bad thing disguised in a "protect the children" narrative.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act

More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch — another SSD controller that can support up to 128TB appeared paving the way for HDD-beating capacities (www.techradar.com)

More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch — another SSD controller that can support up to 128TB appeared paving the way for HDD-beating capacities::Phison quietly revealed an updated X2 SSD platform at CES

mox ,

Lemmy federates media other than text?

mox , (edited )

Curious. That was not the case when I started using lemmy. It was page after page of thumbnails served by remote instances, showing up as empty frames since I block off-site media.

Since you mentioned it, though, I just checked: some of the images from remote posts are now showing up, hosted by my local instance.

This is an encouraging trend for users who care about privacy (and admins who don't want their servers bearing the load of remote users). I wonder if it's a configuration change that makes the difference, or a new feature in recent lemmy versions.

mox ,

But there have been updates since I started using lemmy, and since I often ignore thumbnails, an update might have changed this behavior while I was on a previous instance without my noticing.

welcome aboard!

Thanks!

Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024 (www.gizchina.com)

While flagship smartphones boast impressive features, spending $1,000 is not a prerequisite for a satisfying Android experience nowadays. If you’re in need of a new smartphone and have a budget of approximately $200, there are numerous excellent options available. Surprisingly, some of the best Android phones under $200 come...

mox ,

Sony made compact versions of their flagship phones until somewhat recently. They were good, and even had basic open-source OS support. I hope they revive that product line.

Another thing I'd like to see more of is relockable bootloaders, so that we can have something like GrapheneOS without Google hardware.

mox , (edited )

Sadly, the Xperia 5 is significantly larger than the compact models.

mox ,

Are you by any chance comparing to the XZ2 Compact? That one was an outlier. The others in the Compact line (like the z1c in my link) were much closer to the Xperia 5 in thickness.

mox ,

It's a pity they lump bikes in with this, rather than finding a way to support them.

mox , (edited )

Yes, obviously. But that's not unique to London, and doesn't necessarily make it impossible to do safely.

Some old and crowded systems allow bikes in designated cars/trains/stations that have space reserved for them, and only during off hours, for example.

mox OP ,

There is a sentence in that article that, if taken out of context, could give the impression that one particular Seagate model is especially good. I'm guessing GP didn't read the rest.

mox , (edited )

You joke, but Matrix has been working on protocol design specifically for the Digital Markets Act. If iMessage were to be ruled subject to the DMA, it might mean Apple having to interoperate with (a future version of) Matrix.

https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3345-opening-up-communication-silos-with-matrix-2-0-and-the-eu-digital-markets-act/

(The DMA part of that talk starts at 25:00.)

mox ,

Reminds me of the time Facebook adopted another open protocol (XMPP), got lots of people using it, and then shut down their gateways to the open network.

mox , (edited )

It was both of them. I didn't mention Google because this article is about Facebook/Meta.

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