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I'm giving her all she's got, Captain! in c/memes

[–] s1nistr4 4 points 2 months ago

Cut them off

Why Microsoft is a national security threat in c/technology

[–] s1nistr4 2 points 2 months ago

As much as I like FOSS it's significantly harder to fund.

With proprietary you keep the source code, ship the app, collect data & sell it, and charge for a premium /subscription. They then use that money to fund talented devs and give them deadlines to make good software.

With FOSS it's largely contribution work by people who work on it in their free time. They use donations or paying for enterprise support, and if they do add a subscription service / premium version you can just modify the code and get it for free.

That's largely why FOSS software is behind, what's the direct incentive for someone to make it good?

The fix is scheduled for the next release in c/linuxmemes

[–] s1nistr4 69 points 2 months ago (16 children)

Linux pros: You have control over everything Linux cons: You have control over everything

Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. in c/technology

[–] s1nistr4 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sounds more like they don't want any users

Github Enshitification, This comment has been minimized. Sign in to view in c/[email protected]

[–] s1nistr4 39 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Honestly I don't think there's a truly good git hosting website right now.

GitLab works if you wanna get away from Micro$oft but the UI is all over the place. Every other alternative either has an infinitely worse UI or charges money to use

The first Apple-approved emulators for the iPhone have arrived in c/apple_enthusiast

[–] s1nistr4 5 points 2 months ago

iPhone is slowly becoming more like android, and android is slowly becoming more like iphone

Old is stability in c/linuxmemes

[–] s1nistr4 1 points 3 months ago

Distrobox

Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox in c/technology

[–] s1nistr4 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Almost every web developer I've met tests if their site works in Firefox and other browsers. The problem is when websites (aka Google sites) deliberately design their sites to not work in Firefox to get people to switch to Chrome

I'm reminded of this after the hoopla at the Northern Border died down in c/[email protected]

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Who's the Android manufactured to go to for root / custom roms? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by s1nistr4 to c/android

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Previously this would be OnePlus, but it looks like their newest phones aren't rootable. I used to have a Xiaomi phone for this also, are they still good?

Ik you can root smartphones from a lot of brands but I'm looking for one that has good ROM support and doesn't try all kinds of tricks / to prevent you from unlocking the bootloader