I like your spirit, but I don’t think a Chinese equivalent to Google Play Services would be more desirable

I can relate, with every update I’m like “Wow this is going to optimize my setup so much” and then I just don’t change anything lol

Soumds like revolt might be interesting to you.

Streaming, especially video, is quite challenging and expensive. The fact that discord’s video streaming was so cheap was always somewhat suspicious.

I believe WhatsApp needs the mobile app to connect to WhatsApp’s servers at least once every two weeks.

I think your best bet would be getting the cheapest phone you can find that will run a recent WhatsApp version, and then just leaving that at home connected to the internet. You could then use any WhatsApp web client (the website, some app, a matrix bridge, …) to actually use WhatsApp on the go.

You’re probably not wrong, but the Gear VR ecosystem is quite specific and most “general” subs wouldn’t apply to it, so I’m hoping to spread some knowledge about it this way (so that it isn’t all guarded by spez).

It’ll be a collab with HP!

I believe Matrix doesn’t have nearly as strong (if any) metadata encryption as Signal

As @CondorWonder@lemmy.ca already mentioned, I would recommend using a new automation for the action. Here is a simple example from my setup:

alias: Notification Action - Disable Theater Mode
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
    event_data:
      action: THEATER_MODE_OFF
condition: []
action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.theater_mode
mode: single

This launcher looks super cool, does anyone bychance know if it works on FireTVs? I was ok with the FireTV launcher up until they made it autoplay ads with sound everytime you turn the damn thing on.

High resolution displays on laptops, SSDs in laptops.

Those are the two I can think of right now. I believe Linus (LTT) talked about this on WAN show not too long ago aswell.

Huh, pretty much every plan in Germany includes infinite call minutes and messages

I’m not an expert either, but the DAC on my Galaxy S10 sounds amazing. It’s just a question of whether manufacturers bother implementing it properly.

Miracast is pretty good, but I don’t think it supports DRM-content. Also it seems to be getting phased out in favor of chromecast.

This could be a long shot but if it’s a Samsung Galaxy Tab S, the battery connector solder joints kinda die after a while, which can either be fixed by reflowing them or by applying pressure (I have a tablet with that issue). You could try pressing on the battery connector and see if it works then.

Most mobile devices won’t work without batteries. The best way to work around this is to supply it with 4.2V (anything between 3V and 4.2V will do) over the battery connector.

Infinity has it in settings, but I haven’t tried it yet

They actually link to a guide right on their website: https://github.com/beeper/self-host

The beeper client only works with the official beeper services, but you can use other apps like Element and FluffyChat with your own server.