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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've been using KOReader on my phone now, ever since my Kindle one day decided to be unrecognisable on my computer. Couldn't find a solution to fix it so it became a glorified paperweight.

The screen real estate is slightly degraded, but fuck if I give Amazon any more of my money. Besides, I get to store epubs as epubs instead of converting to that god awful mobi format.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I switched to Pipepipe from Newpipe because I wasn't sure Newpipe was being maintained. Pipepipe has SponsorBlock.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (13 children)

I have a similar setup and decided to install it on my degoogled phone because I definitely wanted to use a VPN to connect to Whatsapp and my other phone is an older Android without the global VPN option.

I have it completely isolated from my main account by using Shelter from F-droid, installing Aurora store in that sandbox and then installing Whatsapp from Aurora into the work profile created by Shelter.

This way, my main contacts and media are not accessed by Whatsapp. It does its own separate thing and I have no other apps interacting with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most of the Paradox games support Linux natively. I play Europa Universalis 4, Stellaris, Crusader Kings 2 (haven't bought 3 yet but it has native support), Hearts of Iron 4. Victoria 2 doesn't have native support and I didn't get Vic 3 but it is supported. Rimworld is native, so is Factorio.

Have a look at what you want to play on protondb.com and figure out if gaming on Linux works for you. Baldur's Gate 3 has a gold rating (gold being one level lower than platinum - the best rating for non-native games) which for all practical purposes should work.

EDIT: I recommend installing Proton Glorious Eggroll in addition to the native Proton on Steam if you can't get a game running with the native Proton despite protondb reports saying the game works. The installation is fairly straightforward, just read and follow the installation instructions on the page.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That is the fundamental problem with email as a protocol, yes?

Zero knowledge inbox, externally audited code, a company actually caring for user privacy definitely is a win for me when the alternative is Google hoovering up your data. Is this what you meant by saying it is the next best thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How much more private than end to end encryption do you want? Unless you mean something else by private.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do not like how websites prioritise the mobile view over desktop view even when it is on a desktop. You have a widescreen and want to waste all that horizontal space? Just ridiculous!

Yeah yeah, I understand it is less maintenance from a developer point of view, but still it is infuriating as a user.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It maybe comes from an all or nothing mentality. I would have tremendous Schadenfreude if Reddit does indeed die, but the culture there changed and I don't really care if all of Reddit migrated here. As long as Lemmy is active enough, I am content.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So people can't trade it in for a fuck spez hat on the dark web or something like that maybe?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (11 children)

How does blockchain make karma more secure and useful? Isn't it just a count of upvotes stored in a database? Or is community points something different?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Your password is ******* too? What a coincidence, so is mine!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

anonaddy.com or simplelogin.io

EDIT: These are email aliasing services. You create an alias and emails get redirected to your inbox. Your original email is still protected.

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