The problem is though an OS is only as good as its apps, unless it has some killer feature that can make up for the lack of it. Linux worked because Wine and Proton made the huge back catalogue of windows games work on it, but that’s a different use case from a mobile phone. Bank apps I particular are a bit pain point with how they keep using Google’s features to only work on non modified official android versions. I’m sure you could get browsers and such to work otherwise, and some banks you might be able to use via a browser, but that’s already a big hurdle to get over and sell to people as worth doing for all the other benefits.
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JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•ChatGPT using slurs meant to insult poor people unprompted........ how does that even answer my question??English
15·1 month ago“unprompted”, really?
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer RegistrationEnglish
1·1 month agoInteresting, I’m not too familiar with how they work, what makes Apple’s more privacy-friendly than Google’s?
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer RegistrationEnglish
1·1 month agoYou can achieve most of that via third party apps, which is where the beauty of android comes. Instead of being forced to use Google if you want the best integration or be treated as a second class citizen if you try to use a third party service, most android features can have app defaults to set, so you can use bitwarden or proton if those work better for you (and imo that makes it more versatile, not less). In terms of integrating and syncing notifications with your desktop either KDE Connect, Microsoft’s companion app or Google’s companion app should work, though it’s not going to be automatic or as in depth as Apple’s. I’m not gonna touch the smooth and easy argument as that’s something you get used to over time really with these. I find iOS super clunky to use, you find android super clunky, it’s about which one you got used to first.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer RegistrationEnglish
1·1 month agoHow is the notification system better for privacy on iOS? On android you have notification groups to toggle and you can set which notifications show up on the lock screen and how much of them is visible there. The notification system is to me arguably the best designed thing on android and one of the worst on iOS
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•photopea.com now locks out users blocking adsEnglish
21·1 month agoI’m envious of your energy if you’re willing to spend it to set up a self hosted thing to batch process 5 images when there’s an off the shelf solution that works just fine but has ads. Sometimes the job is big enough to be annoying to do it one way but not too big to be worth the trouble of setting up an entire GitHub repo locally.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Would I sound taller if I gave my height as 6' -4"?
171·1 month agoYou’d sound insecure and edgy
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest UpdateEnglish
2·1 month agoNever heard of stremio, sounds like it plays the role of a media server, in which case it doesn’t have to be streamio? Plex or Jellyfin could work too
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest UpdateEnglish
5·1 month agoThe point of the setup is you only need to do it once, you don’t set up everything every time you want to download something…
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’English
7·1 month agoThe difference I suppose is deliberately looking for it vs the algorithm feeding it to them
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•Anti-foreigner sentiments are on the rise as Japan faces a population crisisEnglish
21·1 month agoIs it possible there wasn’t much census data between 500 AD and 1500 AD in the regions we’re seeing a big explosion of people?
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?
31·1 month agoBecause they’re the decision makers, why would they remove themselves from that position? Lol
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•How to Get Hardware Transcoding BACK on Your Synology NASEnglish
1·1 month agoGo with a self build + unraid. NGL a Ryzen 5500 build is so cheap and much more powerful than these overpriced boxes, and unraid is pretty good. If I didn’t buy a ds415+ a couple of years ago I’d swap over.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updatesEnglish
2·2 months agoThen Microsoft makes windows free and monetizes the shit out of services in the OS.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updatesEnglish
3·2 months agoI think I’d prefer if there was a minimum updates guarantee that OS sellers would have to disclose, but even then I’m more in favour of other companies being able to pick up the work by making sure devices have their bootloader unlockable after they don’t get any more updates for X amount of time, rather than add burden to OS makers, because forcing people to support a project for Y amount of years would really harm indie developers releasing Linux distros and the like
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•Tens of thousands join far-right rally in London where Charlie Kirk was mournedEnglish
1·2 months agoJust one more immigrant removed and life will get better, we promise /s
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis RossmannEnglish
5·3 months agoPresumably that will work like test flight does where you can only install the app through an invite system
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScriptEnglish
51·3 months agoBut they’re not pdf/e-pub, they’re live pages that support changing things in the DOM dynamically. I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be mean but people not wanting scripting on their sites are a niche inside a niche, so in terms of prioritising fixing things that’s a very small audience with a very small ROI if done they might require a huge rewrite. It’s just not financially feasible for not much of a reason other than puritan ones.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•MAGA Puts Wikipedia in Its CrosshairsEnglish
2·3 months agoTo what end? Are you putting together a tier list? They should all be equally admonished to the highest order, that’s the point.
The original Stargate movie did that, though I don’t think it’s a majority of the dialogue.