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by iamkonstantin 1y ago
I tried Firefox just a few days ago, but it didn't work out. I just missed too many things out of the box. My main browser is Vivaldi (so all the chromium goodies + privacy + made in EU). Safari comes in as a close second, I tend to us
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by iamkonstantin 1y ago
This is false. You're welcome to install whatever air-conditioning system you want, the only requirement is that it needs to be deployed by a certified installer. Which makes sense, of course, we wouldn't want DIY setups that can
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by iamkonstantin 1y ago
It would be cool if Apple/Google/gatekeepers considered similar measures for the App Store / Google Play related search where similar constraints apply.
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by iamkonstantin 1y ago
> Most customers do want it this way, but Apple still allows I don't believe this is the case. Apple generally prefers to diminish the importance and risks of specific actions unless they have some monetary advantage. e.g. Apple is
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by iamkonstantin 1y ago
Agreed. Nobody's life/livelihood should depend on the output of a glorified random word generator (the technology behind current generation of LLMs).
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by iamkonstantin 1y ago
The precedent is significant too. Remember the EU is currently reviewing Apple’s malicious compliance with the DMA, there are also regulators in other countries moving forward too.
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by iamkonstantin 1y ago
This is not about tracking, having your biometrics means they can resell the data to other providers (e.g. palantir or some other hellish enterprise). With that, the places and means of following you in real time are practically limitless..
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
It's now almost a full year since Swift 6 (concurrency) was introduced, and I've spent a lot of time rewriting, debugging and generally tweaking things to make the compiler happy... The promise of "strict concurrency" is
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Did you hand-pick the videos? My first one was some Elon Musk conspiracy dumpster and the second one some church “morality” thing… I think it’s a good example of what not to do with LLMs. Also, your page needs to disclose any content filter
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Regulation around competition is quite clear. It’s unfortunate that Apple is the kind of company that only reacts after getting sued or fined instead of doing the right thing in the first place.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
> there needs to be some mechanism for protecting the privacy and security of users Apple is not in a position to be the one evaluating security of 3rd party offers. Apple markets itself as one but the reality is that it’s a conflict of
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
> the higher the chance that at least portions of functionality is disabled Just for the record, a large number of Apple services do not work consistently across the EU. Everything from Fitness and News to translations and Siri. Not to m
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
This is a case by Germany’s own cartel watchdog, the “market” it refers to is the German market. This is unrelated (though compatible with) the DMA.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
The idea of a future where Swift can be productive on non-Apple systems is definitely in place. The reality is that it will be several years before the tooling is mature enough to consider for time/cost sensitive endeavours. That is, i
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Vivaldi is a chromium browser with a built-in ad blocker that doesn’t require extensions at all.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
More like “only in the US it isn’t” :)
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Same for Belgium, Google/Apple translate has never been able to correctly translate French and Dutch for us while our vocabulary choices are drastically different from neighbouring France and Netherlands.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Why would it be? I can't think of a single meaning of BBC which translates to an insult. GIMP on the other hand has more than one meanings as an insult (not even an acronym).
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
> how is this different from for example Rust, Go, Zig or Python I believe op means Swift is different because Apple is the gatekeeper at the top of the Swift project https://www.swift.org/community/#project-lead By
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Perhaps it’s better if the link points to the actual announcement https://micronews.debian.org/2025/1738154246.html This was also discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42864919
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
It’s also kind of ironic - is Apple the first corporation to succeed in applying the “corporate cult” strategy to consumers at such a scale?
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
I don't get why one needs to give up Siri to skip on Apple Intelligence? Is Siri going away? Can aI use a model from an app, instead?
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
I'm really surprised "with Apple Intelligence" is showing up so soon before "ai" has been proven as even remotely useful.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
And get confronted with Apple’s version of enshittification? The grass is not as green as it used to be in cupertino world.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Apple will probably reject your apps based on rule 4.3 from the guidelines: “Don’t create multiple Bundle IDs of the same app. If your app has different versions for specific locations, sports teams, universities, etc., consider submitting
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Indeed. A browser sending a “do not track” is already a good indication that the answer to tracking is no.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that supposedly tech-savvy people would completely miss the point of the _tracking_ (not cookie) prompts. It’s the industry that’s going too far, not the EU.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
And yet with a minimum of common sense one can see that what she is saying has merit. At the very least the video makes one curious enough to read more. That was also one of the points she makes in the video.
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Then you should welcome the announcement as it offers yet another alternative for hosting docs. I don't think Proton implies that you must use the entire bundle of services — you could always mix and match them with other providers (or
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by iamkonstantin 2y ago
Thank you for clarifying, now I understand what you mean. I think we’re on the same page! I like separating assets as they can also have a very different lifecycle than the structure / content of a page.

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