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by commoner 5y ago
If you're moving away from Firefox because of this, but still don't want to use a Chromium or WebKit-based browser, consider these independently maintained Firefox forks: - LibreWolf (desktop): https://librewolf.net -
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by commoner 5y ago
That section was added to the original 2020 bill as an amendment by Senator Patrick Leahy. The Center for Internet and Society (Stanford Law School) has a blog post explaining why that section is not strong enough to shield service provider
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The EFF's position against the EARN IT Act is in the best interests of people in the U.S. and of people who use U.S. technology services in any country. Nobody needs to undermine end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to investigate anything, in
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by commoner 5y ago
If you want to oppose the EARN IT Act, but don't want to spend the time, just use the EFF's "Take Action" page and have them send a prewritten email for you. It really does take just 1 minute. Here's a link to the p
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Fixed link: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard AirGuard is great. They optimized the app to the point that it doesn't even show up in my Android device's battery usage statistics anymore. It's a set
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It's been made private on YouTube, but Vimeo still has the official music video for her song Versace Bedouin and several others: https://vimeo.com/348396244
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Reselling gig work is TikTok’s newest side hustle(theverge.com)
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Telegram supports importing stickers from other apps and platforms: https://core.telegram.org/stickers#importing-stickers-from-o... In light of that, importing stickers from Telegram to other apps is fair game. Telegram&#x2
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by commoner 5y ago
> I have heard compliments about Telegram sticker packs though, if the other apps want more users they could consider making "cute stickers" :) Many of Signal's sticker packs were ported from Telegram: https://s
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by commoner 5y ago
The BBB's National Advertising Review Board in the U.S. told Mint Mobile to stop using the word "unlimited" to describe its plan that included 35 GB of data and unlimited throttled data (at 2G speeds). (The plan is still not
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> Pandora is in no way a replacement for Spotify. Pandora now offers on-demand streaming as a subscription service (Pandora Premium), just like Spotify. This has been available since 2017, after Pandora acquired the assets of Rdio.[1] Pa
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by commoner 5y ago
The sibling comment has 4 of the 6 paragraphs in the article. Here's an archive of the original: https://archive.fo/YRWuc
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by commoner 5y ago
WhatsApp is popular in Europe because of its network effects, not because of any unique features it may have. If it were made unavailable, users would switch to Signal, Telegram, or the European-developed Threema. Businesses would favor thi
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by commoner 5y ago
Facebook is not irreplaceable, since there are alternatives to all of Facebook's features: > i) Business pages that are easy to create and maintain for small, local business owners Business directories such as Yelp and Google Maps (
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by commoner 5y ago
> If Google threatened to withdraw (which they're probably not foolish enough to do), the loss of things like Maps (that many other services depend on) and Gmail and Google Docs and etc. would worry most advanced economies. It would
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by commoner 5y ago
When you demand iOS users with a different opinion than you to "just buy the Android phone that supports the features you want"[1] and "just buy an Android phone with the features you want",[2] you are demanding others t
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by commoner 5y ago
I'm disappointed that this submission was (edit: had originally been) flagged. While The Dispatch leans center-right (and anti-Trump),* this particular article argues from a libertarian position and tries to appeal to everyone from the
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The Guardian published a preview of the book here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjian... This book is an English translation of Gulbahar Haitiwaji's French book, Rescapée d
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by commoner 5y ago
Display scaling is only supported by GTK 3 and later, so downgrading to GTK 2 would result in a blurry interface for a lot of users (and not just GNOME users). 1080p or higher resolution laptops and 4K monitors are quite common nowadays. I
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by commoner 5y ago
Nobody is demanding that you make a personal change. If you are currently using Apple's App Store for all of your purchases, you can continue to do that regardless of whether sideloading is available. Your existing choice would still a
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by commoner 5y ago
Anyone can call for changes in the regulatory environment to make a market more equitable for them. The difference is that you are demanding other people to make personal changes (going out of their way to buy a different phone, re-purchase
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by commoner 5y ago
Apple's restrictions are anti-competitive for all iOS users, and have a negative effect on iOS users who have different preferences than you. You don't speak for all iOS users, and it is not your place to demand iOS users who want
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Natron is a free and open source node-based conpositor for visual effects and motion graphics, similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects. It's available for Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD: - Website: https://natron
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by commoner 5y ago
The most fully featured free and open source alternative to Adobe InDesign is Scribus. It's available for Linux, macOS, and Windows: - Website: https://www.scribus.net - Download ("Development Candidates" recommen
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by commoner 5y ago
Apple prevents developers from disclosing in the app that Apple collects a percentage of in-app purchase amounts as a fee: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/facebook-says-ap... Apple's excuse f
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by commoner 5y ago
You and anyone else can continue to purchase or install apps exclusively through the App Store, even if Apple's App Store is not the only way to get apps on iOS. People who prefer to purchase or install iOS apps through other means are
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New antitrust regulations like the Open App Markets Act in the U.S. would prevent this kind of fee from affecting app stores that are sideloaded onto the device. The Netherlands and other countries can easily replicate this bill. https:&#x
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by commoner 5y ago
Apple is just one company among many in the U.S., and there is no legitimate reason for lawmakers anywhere to prioritize Apple's ability to restrict other people's liberties to the detriment of everyone else's liberties, espe
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U.S. lawmakers are elected by U.S. citizens to represent their interests, which are not necessarily aligned with Apple's interests. In the case of Apple abusing its monopoly/duopoly power to extract higher fees from developers tha
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by commoner 5y ago
It's not reasonable to expect other app stores to build their own mobile operating systems, which is why there is momentum among lawmakers in the U.S. to pass a bill that protects the right of users to use alternative app stores and si

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