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@ alk @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

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  • I'm not sure we're on the same page here.

    If someone can:

    • Create an email address
    • Check and read emails
    • Create accounts necessary to obtain a phone number
    • Create accounts necessary to install apps on a smartphone and use those apps
    • Navigate the smartphone UI
    • Navigate web pages to do all of the above ...then they can absolutely figure out how to use a free online account to upload important documents in case they lose their primary storage (i.e. their phone).

    Like I already said, if they don't know they NEED to do that, that's another problem entirely, and not really their fault. But I haven't met many people who don't realize those documents are important and need protecting. And I'm not talking strictly about affluent, educated, privileged people.

  • it keeps getting momentum

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  • Damn if only there were some sort of alternative not owned by anyone and built by the community. If I'm making impossible wishes I'd also want it to be free to use. Maybe even open source.

    Nah that would never work. Who would put in that kind of effort for free? Silly idea.

  • "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

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  • I brought up the google drive plan because I know many people can't afford to buy a 2nd device. Not being literate enough to know you need a backup plan is beside the point.

    And I'm not talking about pictures here. Before smartphones (or digital cameras I guess) nobody had backups of their pictures. You got the one copy and if it was destroyed that's it. Unless you used film and bought/made 2 copies but that's beside the point. That's a very low priority backup item. I'm talking about documentation, paperwork, important information in text form, passwords, etc. Things that literally everyone who has feasible access to a smartphone likely has or needs. All of that can be stored on a 15gb free plan. Anyone who is literate enough to use a random smartphone can do that. Pdfs and text files are tiny. Even pictures of documents can be tiny.

    Not knowing you can or should do that is another problem entirely. I was once one of those people who was so poor the only screen I owned was a phone (and it wasn't even a smart phone). If you do not understand that you need to keep a 2nd copy of important information, whoever gave you that documentation or the government that created it is at fault. If someone ever says "do not lose this", it should be clear you might want to make a copy of some sort, physical or digital.

  • Death to the USA

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  • (management whispering amongst themselves) nobody anticipated smooching HR. If they can't stop chippy's mittens, who can? What do we even do about an HR smoocher? Call HR HR?

  • Need a replacement messaging app for Samsung

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  • It can absolutely be used on iOS. In fact, it's already partially implemented and iOS is about to roll out end to end encryption in RCS as well.

  • "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

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  • Okay I think you're intentionally missing the point. If someone isn't literate enough to make a Google drive account they are going to have a hard time with more things than a backup plan. They might not even be able to use a smartphone at all. We can nitpick the reasons why someone can't make a backup plan all day. What if they have a learning disability? What if they're in prison? What if they have no arms?

    It doesn't matter. My point is if you can use a smartphone at a below-average level, without assistance, you can easily and affordably (free) have a data backup plan. If you can't use a smartphone at a below average level without assistance, you have much bigger problems than a backup plan and a backup plan shouldn't be one of your worries.

  • "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

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  • I'm not suggesting anyone gets a recurring subscription at all. You can buy the most dogshit pc or even something like an off brand raspberry pi and a $10 microsd card with hundreds of gigabytes of storage and have a permanent data backup solution. You can even skip the device if you're really struggling. Microsd cards are dirt cheap.

    Combine that with grabbing several free tiers of data storage like Google, Proton, mega, filen, etc, you can rack up hundreds of gigabytes of storage, each with its own account so if one goes down or you lose access you can have the same data on the others. This can be for maximum priority data but even for low priority you can fit a lot of data on 15gb if it's not all high quality photos and videos.

    And if I can reach a bit, even a 2nd phone is viable. Many phones are under $100 and they, at the bare minimum, "work" so one such phone can be kept as a backup.

    There are many, many ways to have a very cheap backup plan. It's more about logistics than storage, and only requires a little bit of thinking and planning.

    I was once in a place where I couldn't afford an extra $2 a month, like you mentioned. But I ALWAYS had a backup plan, and sometimes it was completely free.

  • Need a replacement messaging app for Samsung

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  • It's like SMS, a messaging standard. But compared to SMS, RCS enables features like end to end encryption, larger file attachments, rich text formatting, and much more. It is the new standard of messaging. Even iPhone texting is getting RCS support. I believe at some point SMS should die entirely and be replaced with RCS. It's more secure, less spoofable, more convenient, and feature rich.

  • Help needed! Trying to design a Mouse/Ink logo in Canva, but everyone sees a Goat."

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  • Connect the ears to the head. It looks like horns since the tips don't touch.

    Another reason is the ears get thinner towards the bottom, like horns.

    And the ears are hollow. Maybe shade the inside slightly to signify its not empty space (the ear cut isn't enough)

  • "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

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  • I would actually, that's the point. A backup plan is cheap. If you can afford a modern smartphone you can afford a backup plan.

  • Need a replacement messaging app for Samsung

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  • Textra doesn't support RCS yet either so even if you don't use RCS, that's one reason it's not a full replacement. There really is nothing comprehensive right now that will give you all of the features, as far as I'm aware.

  • Inside Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device ever

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  • Now give me a new one with updated standards and specs.

  • Do you prefer fluffy UI over Liquid Glass?

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  • I don't understand this. People have been nostalgic for windows 7 aero for years. I maintained since 7 came out that aero was the best windows UI ever made. It's so pretty and functional. I run Linux with an aero theme to this day.

    Why all of a sudden does everyone hate the glass look? It's like a switch flipped.

    Edit: Ah I get it. It's not necessarily the glass aesthetic but apple's implementation along with some of the functionality. I didn't actually realize this had to do with Apple at all haha.

  • View from Europe: The Increasingly Convincing Case for Canada Joining the EU

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  • Could rename it to the Earth Union and keep the acronym

  • Shave your wardrobe

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  • This is why I have 7 pairs of basketball shorts, 8 tshirts, 2 button-up shirts, 1 pair of jeans, 1 khakis, 8 pair of underwear, 4 pairs of socks, and 2 pair of shoes, one sandals and one black tennis shoes. That's my entire wardrobe and every christmas I get maybe another shirt or pair of shorts. Laundry once a week and sandals make it easy.

  • Society is Limited by Wage Slavery

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  • Hey can you come over and install smart switches in my house, figure out what 6 light switches that control nothing are connected to, and find out where the 24 cut ethernet cables in my garage go? I'll pay you in setting up a home server, playing video games with you, or letting you pet my cat.

  • "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

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  • If you can afford apple products you can afford a back up plan.

  • You wouldn't want Premium for free, would you?

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  • We're talking about apple users. Open source is already a lost cause.

  • this fall cannot front

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  • This is a dark time for Cirno.

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    alk @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Anyone know why this weird CD won't fit in my CD drive?

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    alk @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Anyone know why this weird CD won't fit in my CD drive?