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  • The Galaxy A56 is the worst mid-range phone I used in 2025

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  • I think even some Chinese OEMs throttle somewhat post 80% (and/or give user the option to limit charging upto that point only). I have a spare entry level Samsung phone. It supports 25 W charging though it gets very slow post 80%. It's not a big deal because the battery capacity is good and with an efficient chipset and 60Hz display, it does way better than my main Realme phone which I need to charge almost twice daily.

  • What Kinds of Data do AI Chatbots Collect?

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  • Back in the day, malware makers could only dream of collecting as much data as Gemini does.

  • Fucking cars

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  • The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets

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  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • I have Waterfox setup as an alternative browser but it does not have much stuff to differentiate itself from mainstream FF, as you said.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • Firefox can do so too with TST or one of the other extensions in the store. Sometimes(atleast for me), they introduce slightly more lag when opening the browser but otherwise, they can do much of the job. I use Tree Style Tabs even though I might not be a power user of it (read:not actively using every nitty gritty of the extension).

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • I think I remember Opera Mini's layout though I didn't much use it. It was a great alternative especially on mobile more than a decade back.

    But yes especially after changing ownership, switching browser engines and years down the line; things have changed.

    I think I gave their desktop variant a try sometime ago but didn't find it compelling enough. I haven't even used their Android fork. I keep using a Firefox fork only :p.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • I think 4K is only available on Edge on Windows for Netflix. I never bothered with 4K since that's above and beyond my device's native resolution but I didn't have too positive a experience with Netflix, IMO.

    I just want to watch something in full HD without intermittent streaming or buffering. Legal streaming services including Netflix treat one like a criminal by forcing them to watch in a Web browser with constant Internet connectivity forced upon them. I can use keyboard shortcuts to increase playback speed by 0.1x each time in mpv, does Netflix allow me to do the same? No, instead it gives me a dusty experience.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • I gave Vivaldi a try way back in its early days when I was on Windows. IIRC, it was bundled with lots of features even then and I think, for some weird reason, had Philips Hue Lighting support integrated (unless I am really confusing it with something other, this is multiple years old experience of mine).

    I used it as my main browser for Atleast couple of months then.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • I am surprised they abandoned it. It was originally launched as a macOS variant only, correct? And Mac users praised it a lot, on the Web. I thought with that level of traction they will keep going.

    In contrast, there are projects that have a much lower user base though vocal (read: Pale Moon) and despite struggling with half of the available modern Web pages, those projects still keep going.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • Many sites have become worse. I think stuff like Cnet, PCMag (which still has a digital magazine I think)were much better in the previous era.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • I will give Zen browser a try. As for Netflix, I only used it for a one month since it's quite expensive in my country and it crawled like anything on Firefox for Linux. I was getting consistent 720p video but not sure about full HD. Eventually I canceled it.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • Opera also was a good alternative on Symbian phones right or whatever OS Nokia used before they switched to Windows Phone, I think.

  • [dk wm] red moon

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  • Nice visuals. I should check out deadbeef once again. I switched to Strawberry, a clementine fork sometime ago.

    Also, I like your music collection, mainly because Mukesh happens to be my favorite playback singer of all time :p.

  • Gemini replacing Google Assistant on Android phones later in 2025

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  • I think the company behind Fairphone makes wireless earbuds as well with replaceable batteries. They are priced in the mid range segment but sadly not available worldwide.

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  • Haven't Spotify mods already been clamped down in one way or the other(in terms of having a trimmed down feature set)? I used to follow Balatan's mod from Mobilism and last I saw, Atleast some stuff was server sided.

    Either case, mods can only go so far. I only used Spotify Premium once for a short while before returning back to YT Music and one of the things I liked was third party clients on desktop. ncspot is a terminal based client for Spotify that rakes in one tenth of memory requirements but sadly requires Premium and I don't think there is any way to bypass that as of now. (though of course, most users won't even care about such a niche client)

    But if someone is serious about music, then Soulseek is the way to go. It has most genres of music, usually in flac and locally stored music is any day superior to cloud.

  • “We are not corporate slaves”: Indian tech workers fight for dignity : Peoples Dispatch

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  • The most egregious example is the Larsen and Toubro India Head who asked for NINETY HOUR work weeks and said that he felt sad that he couldn't make his workers work that long legally.

    Funny thing, not only the company defended him (and his crass remarks associated with it), he also earned, I think, INR 50 Crore whilst a new guy at his company will get ~5 Lakh per annum. Since 100 lakh=1crore (Yes, Indian conversion system are slightly different than million and billions), the CEO nets in 1000x that of its lowest earner. If there ever was a picture of evil, then this person is.

    And you can't even point to any specific political party as such since except for Communist Party Of India(Marxist) perhaps, none take this issue seriously. (India has a gamut of parties from regional to national level). Part of the blame does goes to the voter base as well ultimately since the reason this isn't a topic in India's Parliament is because outside of the urban masses (and even then for many it was secondary issue to others), others don't see this as part and parcel of their future.

  • The scourge of subscriptions

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  • Today Weather is decent otherwise, has multiple sources as options and a clean, somewhat customizable UI. It also has a proper Wear OS app with complications support.

  • The scourge of subscriptions

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  • I honestly don't know what Pocketcasts folks are working on. Their forum has lists of issues where the official Wear OS app lacks so many features, doesn't sync properly and apparently can't run fluidly on my Galaxy Watch 6 even [Like how much memory does it need? Gnome on Linux probably is more resource efficient than their Wear OS app].

  • Android @lemmy.world
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    Notification access for sideloaded apps

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    Fallacies of Youtube

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    DRM Hell

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    Youtube Rant from a paying customer