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XScreenSaver vs Google
  • The last bullet point might be the most impactful. Google should know the rules by now.

  • Private way to use Google Maps on iOS
  • Perso j'utilise Apple Maps pour trouver des points d'intérêt (restos, essence, etc) autour de moi et ça marche très bien ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Ce n'est pas important que peu de gens l'utilise tant que la base de données d'Apple est à jour. Ce n'est pas comme si tu l'utilisais pour de l'info-trafic.

  • How do you guys feel about Session?
  • I really do wonder why more people aren't using Delta Chat.

    spoiler

    Me included.

    Anyway. I remember using Session for a few months a couple of years ago. Something about the interface was bugging me. It felt sluggish.

  • YouTube could roll out ads while videos are paused after “strong traction” in experiment - Dexerto
  • YouTube's pricing is a mess. Here's a quick breakdown of their offer here in France :

    • YouTube Premium (so video + music): 12€/m

    • YouTube Music Premium (music only, obviously): 10€/m

    One would assume based on this that Google values YouTube at only 2€/m per user. But anyway, let's take a look at their family plans for a laugh:

    • YouTube Premium (6 users): 18€/m

    • YouTube Music Premium (6 users still): 15€/m

    Let's put aside the price discrepancy. 18/6 = 3€/m per user. All signs point to Google being ok with making between 2 and 3€ per user per month, yet such an offer doesn't exist. Hell, make it 4€, even. People would flock to it. But no, they're just being greedy.

  • YouTube could roll out ads while videos are paused after “strong traction” in experiment - Dexerto
  • Sideload uYou+ or set up Yattee. If you don't know how to do any of those things, look into DNS based ad-filtering like ControlD and install Video Lite. Or skip the DNS part and only install Video Lite, but you'll see in-app ads unless you pay the $12/y subscription.

  • NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
  • Obviously not.

    If you're saying this because Snowden said wait he said on Twitter, I'm sorry but I wouldn't know. Not because I didn't try to read the article, I did, but because my custom DNS flagged cointelegraph.com as being malignant and blocked it. True story.

    Edit: cointelegraph, not "cointelegram."

  • NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
  • Kind of explains why he isn't posting there then, doesn't it?

  • Google Ramps Up Crackdown on YouTube Ad-Blocking, Targets Third-Party Apps
  • They silently dropped that motto eons ago.

  • What is the best Ad/ Tracker blocker for safari IOS?
  • You're welcome :-)

  • What is the best Ad/ Tracker blocker for safari IOS?
  • Is wipr an extension?

    Yep. It isn't a full-on app like Adguard.

    what's the privacy like

    Here's the succinct privacy notice. Nothing whatsoever is collected.

    is it open source

    Pretty sure it isn't.

  • What is the best Ad/ Tracker blocker for safari IOS?
  • People suggesting DNS filtering are missing the point. Yes, people should do it, but for cosmetic stuff you need a browser extension.

    Anyway. I used to use Adguard. Like you, I noticed how slow it was making Safari. Worse, sometimes it simply wouldn't work even though it was supposedly active.

    I gave Ghostery a try. It worked. No slowdowns or anything. Then I settled for Wipr. You can't add custom lists to it, but at least it works as intended and doesn't seem to slow down Safari.

    I only ditched Ghostery because I don't exactly trust them. Otherwise it was working perfectly, too.

    PS: I am obviously also using a custom DNS server. I'm a ControlD customer.


    Anti AI thing

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

  • Anon admires some custom woodwork
  • Ohhh. So anon doesn't know how to spell, I see.

  • SNCF Connect élue « Service client de l’année »… Sérieux ? | 60 Millions de Consommateurs
  • La SNCF m'avait envoyé un e-mail pour se vanter de ça et c'est vrai que moi aussi, ça m'avait fait tiquer.

    Surtout que depuis quoi, un an (?), ils ont rendu le système de contact avec le service client encore plus compliqué en forçant le passage par un chatbot à la con. C'est vraiment minable. Si ça ça peut obtenir le titre de "service client de l'année", je n'ose pas imaginer la qualité des autres entreprises françaises.

  • It's (usually) already installed
  • "It's already installed... as a Snap package."

  • This is a seriously good lemmy client.
  • "Scrape missing external link previews" is really nice and something Voyager doesn't have.

  • Can I trust filen.io?
  • Their lifetime offers come and go, actually, because otherwise they would bankrupt themselves.