DynamoSunshirtSandals

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[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 45 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

If Mozilla really starts to go downhill, what are the chances we get a Linux kernel-style community fork that we can rely on instead? Curious why that hasn't happened before -- perhaps because Mozilla has always toed the line of not-quite-awful enough?

I just hope we can keep an alternative browser engine alive. Would be nice if some rich person would just set up a funding model that can pay a few devs to keep it going indefinitely without ads or spyware.

I have it on a studio display.

I don't notice any blurriness or colour inaccuracy next to my 14" Macbook Pro screen.

I do notice way less glare.

It's nice. Not sure it's worth the price increase, but if glare bothers you, it's almost certaintly worth it.

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

A couple of years now. I messed around with the Secret Menu settings today and I might have solved it; my guess is that there are some "default" ads cached forever on certain settings.

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Weird, I've had it disconnected since the factory reset.

Maybe I should connect it, let it load new ads, and then cut it off again?

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The ad on the right side of the home screen always shows up for me, even with a pi-hole setup at home. I actually ended up factory resetting my roku tv and disconnected it from the inyernet entirely a couple years back for that exaxt reason. Except roku OS 10+ actually gas built-in ads on the right side that show up even if you're offline.

...so how did you get rid of the ads entirely? Because I'd love to do that myself.

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately true. Support sites you love through purchases, subscriptions, and donations. Ads are, at best, a vector of mental malware. At worst, a vector of actual malware.

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully the next Fairphone closes that spec gap. I could easily live with 2022 specs for a long time, giving plateauing performance gains, as long as the phone is supported with updates.

Of course, I would also kill for a headphone jack and a 5.4-5.8" iphone mini-sized screen. It's so frustrating that I want to buy a fairphone but the compromises are too much.

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, roll one out with a 5.8" screen and a headphone jack amd I'll buy it at a premium. I'd shell out even more for a true iPhone mini-sized phone if they make the battery fat enough for decent battery life -- small phones can still be ergonomic and light enough with a little extra chonk.

Giant screen, no headphone jack? No thanks, I might as well buy a $50 android phone at a gas station.

10/10 review of purelymail as a 2 year user.

Cost me $20 so far. Because the service is just a service, not a massive ponzi scheme. We need more devs like the creator!

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Plus the M7 had a nicer aluminum unibody. The M8 had plastic on the front. Still handsome, but not the same level of gorgeous macbook-style design the M7 had. Fuck, I'd rock an M7 today if they trimmed the glass bezel down, removed the hardware nav buttons, and tossed in some new hardware.

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If only we could get RCS with any app other than Google's. I wonder how long they can gatekeep those APIs.

Minimalist with a 6.7" screen, eh? Now I really want to know how they define minimal lol. Minimal features? Minimal security? Minimal support?

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