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[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I agree that it's not great that telemetry is shared, but to say that you buy it "just" to share your data is an exaggeration. I am sure you do useful things with it.

That said, yes, it is bloated and I wish you could really turn off all telemetry. Am totally with you on that.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The way mobile providers charge. The likes of Vodafone, any random Telecom, T-Mobile and so forth. It's a huge scam, bordering theft sometimes. Want samples? Here we go:

"Your credit expires in x days. Better recharge now to not lose it!" (Banks should start doing this /s)

"Your credit has expired. Better give us more money within our generous deadline, or else we are forced to delete your number. We love you."

"Your data has expired. We now charge you a horrendous amount every minute, because we are too greedy to warn you in time. For technical reasons we also cannot stop you from using data after your allowance has been used. Fortunately you still have credit, huh?"

"Your data expires today. We don't insult your intelligence by telling you when. Surely you remember when you bought the package, right? It's not hard to count 24 hours. We also do not send any SMS anymore to save the environment."

"Your data has expired. You need data to buy a new bundle. Our app charges data for our convenience."

"Social media data only works for WhatsApp, but not for Signal. But who uses Signal anyways?"

"Use our customer friendly support chat. Conveniently it uses data. 'Hello, I am your smart bot speaking. How can I help you? I might understand you if you type one of the three questions I have been programmed to answer. Do you want to know more about our products?'"

Edit: added point 2, minor corrections for clarity

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Endless Sky found it's way onto my device recently.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Speak for yourself. I intend to live forever.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It's not like Firefox doesn't collect user data at all. Vivaldi is hard to seriously fault in that area.

Unfortunately, Firefox lacks some features that make it a little clumsy at times. But for general use it is great. I keep it installed and use it almost every day because I believe in the browser engine and the need for diversity in that area. It's just not for every need. At least not for me. That's where Vivaldi and Edge have to help.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I'd venture out there and say Vivaldi in functionality and customisation.

Privacy probably not, though Vivaldi does quite well.

Sadly it's a Chromium browser.

Edit: a simple comparison.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Chromium - and thus Google - dominates the Internet way too much. This causes trouble and has the potential to cause a lot more trouble in the future.

This has been discussed many times before, of course.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Of course they did. Not like anything important is at stake.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Breezy Weather also supports OpenMeteo. Can be changed in the settings.

 

Help to improve the OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete!

This app finds incomplete and extendable data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as markers. Each of those is solvable by answering a simple question to complete the info on site.

The info you enter is then directly added to the OpenStreetMap in your name, without the need to use another editor.

 

Had to post it, because I keep loving this video. This moment will go down in Star Trek history. Without teh sahdow of a doubt. 🖖

I wish there was a recording of the entire stream.

 

Video games can teach deep truths about life, society and human nature.

Which ones stand out for you?

 

One day. One day...

 

And he did it brilliantly!

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The energy in this is captivating. One can't stop watching! You will feel the effects after you're through with this. 😂

Private link to the video

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by original_reader@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
 

In the past, we would type something like site:reddit.com into a search engine to get to the resource we needed. In the meantime, I have already found a few useful tips on Lemmy instances by using the Lemmy search. But since all Lemmy instances are named differently, a simple site:lemmy won't work well in a search engine.

Do you see a solution for this? Or do we leave this to the search providers to figure out?

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