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by gumby271 11mo ago
I think the Joycons do this too. Snap them in once, then they'll work wirelessly after that.
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by gumby271 1y ago
It's more like if I buy a reliable toaster, but I buy bread that's secretly poisoned by the manufacturer and hurt myself. I'm not gonna demand the toaster maker add a poison sensor to the toaster and say "how dare they d
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by gumby271 1y ago
Right, if we could educate users on the tools they use, and if the trillion dollar companies could provide tools to help community members protect each other, we wouldn't be here. Apple doesn't have to be a dictator if they would
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by gumby271 1y ago
Tell me more about this mythical mobile device and I'll buy one immediately!
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by gumby271 1y ago
That's very cool and good to hear. Thanks for sharing!
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by gumby271 1y ago
hopefully the protocol is open source too. I'd hate to find that it just works on iOS and Google certified Android.
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by gumby271 1y ago
This should all work fine on Android right? you can start a service that still uses Bluetooth in the background, you just need a notification to keep the service alive.
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by gumby271 1y ago
Well I'm paying for pro, so I assume it's not using the model that does nothing useful. Is there a setting for that? Whats the month over month improvement if the current state is "creates entirely fake data that looks convin
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by gumby271 1y ago
So you're saying Google is doing fuck all to protect customers on their already locked down store, right? This doesn't sound like it will be addressed by Google extending developer registration outside of their store at all if the
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by gumby271 1y ago
Last time I tried using Gemini in Google Sheets it hallucinated a bunch of fake data, then gave me a summary that included all that fake data. I'd given it a bunch of transaction data, and asked it to group the records into different c
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by gumby271 1y ago
> Android/Pixel is still the most open mobile platform There are 2 options in this space (practically). Being better than Apple, who is explicit about the fact that they own every iPhone on the planet, is not a flex. Do you think Ap
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by gumby271 1y ago
Right, Google could revoke that signature at any time and my device would refuse to install that software. The exact mechanics don't really matter, the end result is the same, my device will only install software that one company appro
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by gumby271 1y ago
But not outside of Apple's control, they have a very similar mechanism to this verification process with 3rd party app stores.
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by gumby271 1y ago
I dunno man, it doesn't feel like a "huge safety win" that my computer has to check with a singular US tech company before it will let me use any software on it.
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by gumby271 1y ago
But the Android users are the exact people Apple doesn't want. Just look at how the iOS App Store defenders come out whenever someone suggests that iOS should be more open. The response is, without fail, "just go buy an Android if
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by gumby271 1y ago
Really? I've never really had a problem adding TOTP codes to the password manager of my choice on the device of my choice. Apple's 2fa where they assume I have an iPhone just because I own a Mac or just because I want to log in to
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F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree(f-droid.org)
1478 points by gumby271 1y ago|564 comments
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by gumby271 1y ago
I think they're saying that they would very much like that to happen.
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by gumby271 1y ago
Sorry, is "collaborating with visual Meta AI prompts" just a casual everyday task we're all doing? I must be missing out!
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by gumby271 1y ago
I don't know this mirroring feature too well, but what's missing that a third party couldn't implement the same thing for android? Like scrcpy works. Its not as polished, but thats a ui/presentation issue. Are there feat
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by gumby271 1y ago
It appears there's a third priority then. That's not a criticism, it's true of all of us, I'm curious where it ranks and how you make that work with the other two. I'm in the same boat of being pissed at Google for
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by gumby271 1y ago
Agreed, and for some reason they replaced it with what is pretty universally used as the "profile" icon, baffling.
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by gumby271 1y ago
And you know what pisses me off the most about that icon? All three of the colored dividers can be seen through the transparent cover. They're all at the same layer, it doesn't even make sense!
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by gumby271 1y ago
My favorite example of the ridiculous icon redesigns remains this one: https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/115072885331562510 What fascinates me the most is not how bad the most recent one is, but how it now relies
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by gumby271 1y ago
I don't think most people care if the information is true; they just want an answer. Google destroyed the value of search by encouraging and promoting SEO blog spam, the horrible ai summary that confidently tells you some lie can now b
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by gumby271 1y ago
I honestly don't know if people even care that the search result summaries are completely wrong the majority of the time. Most people I know see an answer given by Google and just believe it. To them that's the value, the accuracy
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by gumby271 1y ago
Is it the people that are pushing for this though? Apple has long pushed privacy and security as a way to maintain their control over personal devices, the people just believe it and accept it. Google is just taking notes and seeing how pro
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by gumby271 1y ago
I'm expecting us that come up with something better than "give all computing control to two US companies" Yes this idea has flaws that you're an expert at picking at, but there's gotta be some middle ground that doe
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by gumby271 1y ago
If I'm drunk and give my friend my car keys and ask them to not let me do anything stupid, I'm not giving up my legal rights to autonomy. I don't think this is any different. Legal guardianship is entirely unrelated, unless w
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by gumby271 1y ago
Maybe I'm wrong, but I have never seen Apple or Google suggest that someone use the parental control tools on a vulnerable adult person's phone to prevent them from hurting themselves. They have never run such a campaign for aware

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