barcaxavi

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[–] barcaxavi 19 points 6 months ago (13 children)

Not the solution you looking for as I feel, but I leave it here for others to discover: With a home server and proper technical knowledge you can use WhatsApp via Matrix: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/whatsapp/

This is something I discovered way before, when I was trying to ditch Facebook Messenger. I felt like there's absolutely no chance to convince everyone around me to use Signal, so even not having the app on the phone looked like an OK option.

[–] barcaxavi 2 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't be sure all of them are. Our daughter (now almost 2 years old) is also a good sleeper and she tends to sleep from 9-10 PM to 7-8 AM with just a few backrubs and sips of water in between. Not something I hear from other parents for sure, but there are some really great sleeper babies out there.

[–] barcaxavi 1 points 6 months ago

Just glancing at the preview, I thought Chance Crawford is doing a Deep dive into a game :)

[–] barcaxavi 7 points 6 months ago

Just saw this request on uservoice today, really nice to see they're also considering inputs there.

[–] barcaxavi 2 points 6 months ago

This looks like the type of fun I'll never have due to being code illiterate. I just skimmed through it and haven't seen any automations going on. Is that also possible on this setup?

[–] barcaxavi 6 points 6 months ago

I'm mostly on board with this, but even with using only trusted, vetted... apps (which is already a huge challenge for some) I wouldn't go for sure that none of those are going rouge (as we saw before: some adv company buying a decent SW and making it a bloatware).

Getting back to my first point: I just had a situation where I had to install Viber for example, and I can't stress enough how grateful I was for the Storage and Contact scopes features.

[–] barcaxavi 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Anyone seeing this, please report it

[–] barcaxavi 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think I found one in Hamburg, Germany: https://www.cafe-libertad.de/en I did not find a direct link to the Zapatista coffees, but one can just search the text on the site.

Also, this GoFundMe campaign is an old one, but still looks active: https://www.gofundme.com/f/zapatista-solidarity

[–] barcaxavi 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I just keep it on my work profile with my other work related apps, so I'm sure it never touches my personal stuff.

[–] barcaxavi 2 points 7 months ago

I'm using it on Windows at work and I was also surprised how often it just gets stuck. Deleting the database did help for some time, but then it came back every time I'm sending an email.

[–] barcaxavi 2 points 7 months ago

Gboard runs OK without any permissions, so if you don't find anything good enough, that still could be your solution. I tried many other options but haven't found a bilingual swipe keyboard as good as Gboard unfortunately. I just gave it network permission to download dictionaries, switched off all permissions, and it's running smooth since months now.

[–] barcaxavi 2 points 7 months ago

Those purchases will be lost if you want to degoogle. Just went through this some time ago and actually it was a good opportunity to think about which one I'm really using. The ones I really like and there was an opportunity to buy them outside of the Google ecosystem, I rebought (for example Tasker). For all others, I found good replacements.

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