only for it to be a safari wrapper on ios…

it’s a very interesting distribution. it feels and probably is slightly faster than arch, with their optimised packages (I had v3), but to be honest you have to rely on their prebuilt binaries and I prefer flatpaks.

I used it for ~ 3 months, but eventually went back to arch and flatpaks (using flatpaks on cache defeats the purpose of having v3/v4 packages, until someone starts bundling optimised dependencies ).

I prefer the originals always, but it is a viable alternative if you enjoy a friendly installer (their Anaconda is very nice).

not really the same thing but it could happen to anyone: https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-privacy-lawsuit-2025-01-02/

I don’t understand why you are being downvoted. that is simply the truth.

I have been using an iphone 12 pro for the past 3 weeks ,while my pixel 6 is getting its battery replaced and it’s been painful.

i’m missing a lot of apps, the ones I do find are limited or asking for monthly subscriptions.

i am unable to play a downloaded mp3 unless i go through hoops&hurdles .

i am no longer able to watch a youtube video without ads (unless I do 3 steps of passing them to adguard), or using sponsorblock ( i am on ios 18.2, otherwise I would have jail broken it to oblivion).

android is simpy better in terms of freedom. IF or when it’ll become a locked garden like ios, it’ll truly be a sad day for the mobile world.

airbnb is the devil. it’s literally ruining entire neighbourhoods and communities with people that only have their vacation brains switched on. they need to be regulated, hard.

my favourite shell just got better!

Oh, I deleted it like 1 year ago. it was probably slightly more reputable back then. it does make it easier in some cases to have a centralised way of handling payments, but I’d rather struggle with inserting my cards each time.

LTT… toilet flushing! I had no expectations of paypal. To my shame I used them in the past,but deleted my account after reading how scummy they are. fuck paypal and anything affiliated with them.

try songs of conquest also

i rate these awards with null.

Ciri or Ciro?

I found SimpleX Chat to be a fairly decent alternative without phone numbers.

All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of systemd/Linux!

but are they really? how about distros without systemd what would you call those OpenRC/Linux? systemd is indeed a giant intricate project,which is why some people don’t like it or are against it,but all its components are working alongside the Linux kernel, without which there wouldn’t be a need for systemd. I would say it’s rather Linux with systemd,as systemd is optional.

edit: useless autocorrect

Fairphone has a great approach and I would love to buy an EU phone with replaceable parts, however I’ve read pretty underwhelming things about their software support. in that sense, paying 90€ every 3-4 years to get the battery replaced on a pixel,would be a better bet. That,plus the pixel a variants are very competitively prices and you get huge bang dor your buck.

I wish fairphones were cheaper…

Been watching some videos and initial impressions are good. Wishlisted.

TP-Link Tapo cameras seem like a much better and well put together ecosystem. I’ve been using them for about 8 months now,the cheap C100 ones, and they are ok. not great,not bad,sufficient.

Everytime I hear the word Microsoft or windowsI only hear a toilet flushing. is it me?

kde without a doubt. I tried so many times to get into gnome,even using fedora and always failed after a couple of days and went back to plasma.

I just accepted it in the end and stopped even caring that gnome exists. Competition is good though and I do hope gnome keeps going.

My brain is always struggling with upping a post,when the context is so vile. I just don’t understand how could this kind of angry POS people exist and the education their parents are giving them.

What?! Is this for real? It’s hilarious