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NightOwl

@ NightOwl @lemmy.one

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  • What phone can I switch to that gives the least money to American companies?

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  • I remember when Chinese phones used to have a thriving custom rom scene. Then one by one they started locking their crap down or making tools available for it poor enough that custom rom support died out.

  • How is Libre office nowadays? Is it a decent replacement to Microsoft Office?

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  • Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg

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  • I wouldn't expect much from a grifter who was involved in nfts.

  • Are you still here Proton?

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  • Proton Ditches Mastodon

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  • Proton marketing itself on privacy while recently calling out the danger of tech oligarchs makes their decision to leave Mastodon and keep using Twitter very confusing. Lot of mixed signals.

  • Tesla sales crash 45% in Europe as rivals surge, Musk’s politics spark backlash

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  • Yeah and their battery tech is just far beyond other countries. Was the main driver in convincing me to sell off Tesla and move to BYD couple months ago.

  • Tesla sales crash 45% in Europe as rivals surge, Musk’s politics spark backlash

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  • I moved out of Tesla to BYD stocks couple months ago just based on the output and price of their cars and feeling that tariffs aren't going to keep them out forever. Looking good so far.

  • Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'

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  • Even huge companies like Google have encountered roadblocks trying to expand broadband services because of regulations.

    PC launchers though is one that can be started even by you on Windows or Linux with the difficulty being getting customers as opposed to whether you are even allowed to make a launcher in the first place.

  • Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'

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  • Companies still fear piracy so DRM isn't going anywhere, and companies are still reluctant to release games on PC.

    Hate of monopolies is one I have when a company uses their position to make products worse than it was before like Sony and Nintendo moving to charging for multiplayer. And it's a monopoly on a platform they don't control. There's no regulatory body preventing launchers from popping up like broadband expansion being blocked by government lobbying like traditional monopolies.

    When steam shifts in bad direction I'll complain too. For now I haven't found reason to complain about Steam. I like the product Steam offers simple as that. I don't care about the personalities of the CEO or how much money it makes. It's not some checkmark of X is Y so must hate.

  • Celebrities will never adopt the Fediverse until usernames are centralized.

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  • But people here don't really care that much about celebrities being here and maybe not even their username being unique. Could probably be anon1, anon2, etc and it wouldn't matter that much, since real identity is probably not a draw for them. Focus on regular people wanting the userbase to want to use fediverse rather than celebrities which is an off-putting first impression and point of sale for lot of people here.

    You need to pivot is what I'm saying to achieve what you want.

  • Celebrities will never adopt the Fediverse until usernames are centralized.

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  • I'm not here for celebrities and they will always flock to centralized platforms anyways, since they are all about the views.

  • has beehaw gotten more argumentative as of late?

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  • Absence of disable inbox setting for comments or threads like on Reddit is also a contributor I think, since if you are the type to have to defend your comment then it leads to a back and forth that can go longer than on reddit since you will be made aware of the reply with no ability to turn it off for either party.

  • which linux distro do you NOT like, and why?

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  • Thanks for the explanation. Now I understand the dislike for snap.

  • [Rant] I swear to fucking god. Windows is harder to use than Linux. Have any of you ever USED Windows lately? Holy fuck.

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  • Yeah, I genuinely do not understand having used Windows, Linux, and MacOS. They are making it sound like it's trying to decipher some unknown language. Even a quick YouTube would have solved how to install a exe.

  • Do people just not use the YouTube subscription feed?

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  • I've like newpipe because it's just a clean experience of only my subscription feed. I've hated any page other than subscription on YouTube, since I can't even stand most of the thumbnails and I don't endlessly use YouTube. Don't even check out most of the videos in my own feed, so don't need all the additional clutter YouTube shows now days.

  • "Block The Rich" is like an ad-blocker, but for obscenely wealthy people with overinflated egos.

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  • Reminds me of Black Mirror White Christmas episode. I could use that feature.

  • YSK: Google tracks your app usage and so much more

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  • Are you using an app? Seen the multiple comments thing happen, so has me wondering if it is an app that is causing it or a certain version of lemmy.

  • YouTube confirms 3-strike policy for blocking ads

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  • So there are YouTube front ends for browser experience, but has anyone tried freetube from this guide?

    https://www.privacyguides.org/en/frontends/

    I've really liked the newpipe x Sponsorblock experience on my Android phone with having a subscription list, saves, playlists all locally with no YouTube account and ability to export and import the data of Playlists etc.

    Freetube sounds like newpipe for desktop and has sponsorblock as an option too. Anyone use it or used it and have an thoughts on it?

  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
    NightOwl @lemmy.one

    Is there some steam deck wiki for games where users submit settings they used and performance they got?

  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
    NightOwl @lemmy.one

    I want to get into Matrix