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Seeing people say “GrapheneOS fixes this!” “It’s only on old versions of Android!”

This is on a Pixel 8 Pro with the latest version of GrapheneOS. This is an issue and has been for a long time. Many apps detect root by looking for the Magisk package using this method, and many collect this information just for advertising (go ahead, export your Snapchat data)

I’m not bad at cleaning out my fridge, I’m just preserving species for the future!

Avoid Sengled. I switched to Innr Zigbee bulbs for repeater functionality & they’re better than the Sengleds in every way (except price, like $25/bulb but it’s worth it)

Not the original question, but if you have just a normal “Nest Thermostat” (Not learning or E) it has matter support and you can add it over matter without paying $5

I can load a pirated copy onto a modded console, does that mean that Nintendo is liable for their software being used for piracy?

Does a repository with only a README and license really count as a “new framework”

In America I just use my buddy Carl. He’s also my doctor.

Edge has done this by default since release, with an option to be more strict in what it blocks

LocalTuya on HACS, it’s a bit of a pain to setup and requires you to make a tuya dev account (free) but as far as I can tell you can delete it after, it’s just to get the security keys to actually control the devices, and then issue them locally. My devices were much more responsive after doing so

The thing here is that you don’t have to use play billing for in app purchases outside of the play store. The biggest example of this is Fire tablets, where you don’t even have the option of play billing on your app even if you wanted it, and I’m sure Huawei isn’t using play billing either. Let alone the fact you can sideload apps that have their own verification methods. When I bought gravitybox it was verified based on your PayPal invoice #. The secret revenue sharing, while “designed to keep apps down”, is nothing more than an incentive to stay on their billing platform. If Epic isn’t offered that deal they’re still free to make deals with other app stores.

Meanwhile on camp Apple, there are no alternative vendors using different stores and you’re unable to sideload apps without a developer account. There is no alternative to Apple’s billing if you want to charge for something inside an app, which is precisely what Epic did to get banned in the first place.

I 100% the verdict to be appealed by Google. I’m not a big fan of Google as a company, but when they’ve specifically made it possible for customers to have the ability to sideload while Apple doesn’t and they get spat in the face for it, why would they continue to make pro-consumer choices?

Huh?? They won this one but not the Apple one??

I don’t think a subscription would quite work for this. Somebody traveling 10k a month isn’t going to consume the same amount of batteries as someone who’s commuting 1 mile away each day. I certainly wouldn’t want to pay the same amount. Kind of an all you can eat shrimp situation, if you will

I’m not sure what’s worse, that “less hated” would be a serious brag in the printer industry, or that it’s not even true for the ones claiming it

Holy fuck I hope they get the pants sued off of them

It does specify the European economic area for (EEA) for these changes. Looks like I’m living in Europe ;)

Get a cheap 2.5" SATA enclosure or an m.2 enclosure and throw a real SSD in it. That’s what I’ve been doing and I get significantly higher speeds for significantly cheaper, as well as not having any fail on me

Oof I need to catch up a bit then, when did that happen?