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by commoner 5y ago
Google would probably find ways to obstruct any of Roku's alternative YouTube clients, just as Google disabled Microsoft's YouTube client on Windows Phone years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/apps
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by commoner 5y ago
Mastodon recently hit 1 million active users. It has about 2.89 million total users among 3,400+ servers. https://fediverse.party/en/mastodon
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As long as the cut is priced into that option (as in, the fee is passed on to the customer through a higher price for app stores) without affecting the price of buying directly from the developer, and without any anti-steering rules that pr
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by commoner 5y ago
Old versions of Android apps are frequently archived on sites like APKMirror and Aptoide. - APKMirror: https://www.apkmirror.com - Aptoide (requires app store download, stick with "trusted apps" for security): https:&
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by commoner 5y ago
Facebook is extraordinarily aggressive at obstructing the techniques needed to build an alternative FOSS frontend, including web scraping and HTML parsing. Examples: - Obfuscating HTML element classes, text, and structures to circumvent ad
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by commoner 5y ago
No, this extension redirects users to alternative FOSS frontends for the same services: Nitter[1] instead of Twitter, Invidious[2] instead of YouTube, and Bibliogram[3] instead of Instagram. The main content displayed by these frontends sh
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by commoner 5y ago
That is a terrible example. Not only did Facebook's stock price increase after the FTC settlement,[1] which suggests that Facebook paid too small of a penalty for violating user privacy, but Facebook shareholders also filed a lawsuit l
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by commoner 5y ago
Relevant: Headscale, a FOSS implementation of the Tailscale control server - GitHub: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale - HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28572013 The Tailscale mobile apps
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I'd hesitate to call Framework the new ThinkPad until it adopts the ThinkPad's defining feature, the TrackPoint. There's a ton of interest, just hoping that it could happen in some form: https://community.frame.wor
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I don't think the changes in Android 11 are catastrophic. I'm using Syncthing on Android 11, and Syncthing can read/write to any directory in the filesystem under /sdcard, with the exception of the /sdcard/Andr
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by commoner 5y ago
Radicale is a great FOSS solution for syncing via the CardDAV and CalDAV protocols. I simply prefer using end-to-end encryption for extra protection where possible, which is why I think EteSync is a good alternative. E2EE means that even if
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Another alternative for contact, calendar, and task syncing is EteSync, which is end-to-end encrypted: https://www.etesync.com
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You're probably right. Kastelo previously launched a service called Arigi that was later discontinued. The announcement notes that "arigi" means "to amass · to gather · to put together" in Esperanto. https:/&#
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by commoner 5y ago
That's a tragic incident. However, it doesn't look like the author enabled file versioning in Syncthing, which would have retained a copy of all of the deleted files on the computer: https://docs.syncthing.net/user
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by commoner 5y ago
* There doesn't seem to be much progress on an official iOS app, but it is something that users are asking for.[1] An unofficial closed source app called Möbius Sync does exist for iOS.[2] * S3 and Dropbox are not officially supported,
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Android 11+ enforces scoped storage, which restricts access to the filesystem in many cases.[1] Syncthing requests the "All files access" permission[2] to get around this, but the /sdcard/Android/data directory (pri
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by commoner 5y ago
Here's Syncthing's documentation on specifying files to ignore or include using the .stignore file: https://docs.syncthing.net/users/ignoring.html This also works in the web and Android clients, which expose
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Due to the $99 annual Apple Developer Program membership fee required to keep apps in the App Store, iOS has a rather paltry selection of free and open source apps. On the other hand, Android has an excellent selection of FOSS apps in F-Dro
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by commoner 5y ago
Unlocking a phone is a pain* (at least in the US), so I recommend buying one that is already unlocked. For example, a listing that says both "T-Mobile" and "unlocked" is for a phone that was originally locked by T-Mobile
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The use of the Flash logo may be a trademark violation, but it's not a copyright violation. The logo is so simple that Wikimedia Commons has it labeled "does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, a
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According to Plexus, WhatsApp works perfectly on Android without Google Play Services, whether or not you have microG installed.[1] I think they implement their own push notification system if you download directly from them,[2] though I ha
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All of the LineageOS phones I've ever used have been able to maintain a Bluetooth connection in the background. If you're fine with a used phone, the OnePlus 8 has a high-end Snapdragon 865 processor and 8 GB RAM.[1] The carrier m
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I don't think this is accurate. Microsoft acquired Nokia in 2014, but then spun off the brand to HMD Global (a new Finnish company) in 2017. HMD and Foxconn have a partnership in which both companies co-design the Nokia phones that are
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One area that iOS can improve on is the linking of app downloads to Apple IDs. I don't want every app I've ever downloaded on iOS to be permanently recorded in my Apple ID. With Android, I can use Aurora Store or sideload apps tha
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by commoner 5y ago
The only functional FOSS call recording app for Android that I'm aware of is the Call Recorder app on F-Droid: - Call Recorder: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.callrecorder... To use this app,
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FairEmail is really great, almost as fully featured as Thunderbird with the best support for multiple accounts/identities that I've seen on Android so far. The developer asks for a small donation to unlock a few advanced features,
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I can confirm that video calls work in Signal on Android flavors that don't use Google Play Services, including both GrapheneOS and LineageOS.
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For anyone trying to implement this, the HTTP status code that Android looks for is 204. https://android.stackexchange.com/a/186995
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Nowadays, Fennec F-Droid is usually on the same version as the release channel of Firefox, or at most a version behind for a week or so. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/ Fennec also
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The default Gallery app is functional, and there are other FOSS options such as LeafPic and Simple Gallery. - LeafPic Revived: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.alienpants.leafpicrevive... - Simple Gallery Pro:

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