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ladfrombrad 🇬🇧

@ ladfrombrad @lemdro.id

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not called Brad but rather a lad, from Bradford in the UK.

Enjoys breaking apps, escooters, spam rings and sometimes bones, drones, but not my own. Because that sucks.

  • Is a Seedbox right for me?

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  • Would you have any recommendations on hardware?

    Yup!

    No matter what external storage you buy be it an external drive / NAS / SAN / whatever, make sure you buy a UPS firstly. I dunno about where you live, but here the amount of "brownouts" through the night damages electronic gear irrevocably and I learnt my lesson.

    Best investment(s) ever.

  • British Netflix users could be forced to pay licence fee

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  • Ministers are also looking at tiering the licence fee so that lower-income households don’t pay the same rate as more affluent users.

    Another option was to leave the licence fee largely as it is, with a few tweaks, but with better enforcement, a person familiar with the internal deliberations said.

    These greedy people, honest to god.

    How about a tweak of letting home owners re-transmitting the DVB signal locally since they have such a good home internet connections these days, saving on the required transmitting POWAR of the BBC funded ones such as Emley Moor etc? I'd love to see the power usage of that thing.

    Too radical, oh well....

  • [Meta] Should we close !askandroid@lemdro.id and allow support questions here?

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  • Nope, like I said some in general just dump their questions and leave hence there been a separate place for support questions.

  • [Meta] Should we close !askandroid@lemdro.id and allow support questions here?

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  • I don't use any, so I'm curious what the community thinks

    yeah I suppose that's the crux of the issue. Some want "more numbers" to view their post whilst not really engaging the !askandroid (or !android) community otherwise :/

    edit: clarity

  • [Meta] Should we close !askandroid@lemdro.id and allow support questions here?

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  • Well yeah, but like I also said over on Matrix this post of yours should really include the prior ROM's you've used/problems you encountered to spark more discussion?

    It's a bit of a cul-de-sac of a post to be honest.

  • [Meta] Should we close !askandroid@lemdro.id and allow support questions here?

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  • I don't think much has even been removed here but there is also something else that occurred to me.

    Direct image links. Users just dumping a screenshot of their "problem" and then just scooting off with not much context and why we asked them over on r/Android for them to at least contain that image in a .self post, and then describe what they've already done to try and resolve their issue etc.

  • [Meta] Should we close !askandroid@lemdro.id and allow support questions here?

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  • Like I said over on Matrix, this is the bit that would bother me

    I think the one thing to take into account is if !android did grow to silly levels (I joined r/Android when it was at ~1000 users) when you have 2 million users you do need a degree of a separation

    Help vampires while I like to try and help, there's too many of you 🙈

  • APKMirror is no longer allowing downloads of TikTok, Lemon8, citing US Bill H.R.7521, setting a dangerous precedent for sideloading applications

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  • Similar to this bollocks we have in the UK, stopping Internet users accessing content leads to one or two things.

    Geo proxies to bypass it, or some poor soul downloading malware hosted to fill that gap. Stupid stupid stupid.

  • Are you here for phone news? Does that belong here?

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  • Rumours are a fundamental part of the news cycle, whether it be Android or whatever, because a fair amount of the time they turn out to be facts?

  • How To Store, Stream, Backup & Protect?

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  • with minimal admin required (which is my main issue, i don't really wanna admin stuff in my free time)

    that's actually one of my fave recent things they give up with their security reports and points out I installed Entware (aka Optware for alt devices) even thou it's not been used. They're nifty things

  • People who charge/discharge between 20-80%, how's your device?

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  • I usually limit it to 80% during the summer, but because I work outside and through the night too my battery can reach very low temperature levels which absolutely hammers my battery life so I let it charge to 100% / or just to warm it up via a small powerbank on my FLT sometimes during the winter months.

    As for longevity? I usually go through a phone every year or two so I don't see the wear of of what others are saying in here using their phone for over two years (that's my max), but I feel the 20/80% guideline is a fair one to go by since the reported 100% isn't fully accurate anyway.

  • DivestOS shut down, impacting apps like Mull. Which browser are you going to use?

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  • it's written in plain language

    Could you cite the parts which are irking you specifically please?

    Taking someone's word for it isn't really kosher in terms of privacy for some people, but I do reckon they'd like to hear your thoughts.

  • Android 15 sideloading restrictions are a raw deal for users

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  • I've also been using Linux for a similar amount of time, and it's only at work now I have to use Windows.

    And as for home users using Linux? I have a few family members quite happy with Ubuntu / Firefox since all they need is a browser and VLC for their "PC", so I don't know where you got that "it'll never get there" metric from.

    Alright they don't have a clue how Jellyfin works on that box, but they sure do appreciate and use it a lot these days now they've got used to it / dumping Netflix.

  • Bogus Pirate IPTV Portals Run By Law Enforcement "Entrap Hundreds" * TorrentFreak

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  • Why would they do that?

    Easy.

    Back scratching and you've got to remember these community's / sport / events have global bodies such as UEFA wanting their ching ching.

    Them getting off their cushion of sponsors sending them money for the infra, and then doing fuck all other than regulating how the monies comes in is fairly telling how it's going to affect them both downstream and, upstream :/

  • You need a VPN for everything when it comes to pirating.

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  • It's nothing like that :D

    Once you're in a pool like I was above, you get websites that collate this data. But the thing is is that "IP pool" was also shared with someone else hence it showing me "liking porn", even though I never touched these mofo's

    https://files.catbox.moe/u2odnu.png

  • You need a VPN for everything when it comes to pirating.

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  • From my PoV

    That's the thing - it is legal. Whether you're in a public library, torrent swarm, or on the high seas. Makes no difference if you want to play by every law; of every land.

    You could be there all day playing whack-a-mole but ships cruising by don't really care since that bounty is shared already.

  • You need a VPN for everything when it comes to pirating.

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  • You need a VPN for everything when it comes to pirating.

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  • in most lands

    Well in that sense you're breaking the law of your land by commenting on such a forum since we're on the high seas here if you didn't notice?

    And no, I didn't intend to be rude if you're inferring that but it's blatantly clear what this forum is for and them being employed by someone who purports to protect their privacy selling such a service but then feigning ignorance

    In most jurisdictions, piracy is illegal no?

    if "it's illegal", is telling.

  • I have tried I2P, here is my take.

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  • You need a VPN for everything when it comes to pirating.

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  • I work for a VPN company.

    So, you understand how things work then right? Or are you being hypothetical?

    In most jurisdictions, piracy is illegal no?

    No, it's actually embraced by communities such as this sprouting up. Are you a caveman or something?