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ImaginaryFox

@ ImaginaryFox @kbin.social

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  • App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

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  • iOS is also filled with apps that have ads and subscriptions. Having something like F-droid for Foss apps without the nonsense is nice if you need something like a simple pdf reader or even a calculator. IPad has no calculator for example and there's so much crap you have to shift through to find a simple calculator that doesn't have ads or subscriptions.

  • Big Galaxy S24 leak reveals Samsung's strategy against Google's Pixel phone

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  • Samsung s23 ultra is my first Samsung and despite having come from Pixels and Oneplus I found I actually liked the Samsung stuff like edge panel, one hand plus+ operation, and sound assistant. All the good lock additions was like getting custom rom features. Find it hard to consider a phone without something like the Spen too now, since I use it to take notes and select text.

  • CD Projekt quest designer discusses the "challenge" of developing Cyberpunk 2 for Unreal Engine

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  • In terms of performance if the game has the same visuals does Unreal do better in that department than red engine?

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  • Accessing chats in big picture mode seems worse than how it worked in old big picture mode. Usually if you are in big picture mode it is because you are using a controller, and with the new one it is hard to navigate chats with the controller so I end up using a mouse.

    Also, would be nice to have an option to display the entire text of a comment in pop ups, since it often cuts off and I have to entire toggle to overlay , alt tab, or look at the terrible steam chat mobile app. Apps needs work for basic messaging with it not refreshing to show the most recent chat consistently so having to exit and reopen.

  • [ENDED] [Steam Key Giveaway] I'm giving away one key for Stardew Valley

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  • What did the plant say to their friend they hadn't seen in ages?

    Long thyme no see.

  • Question of the week: What was the most clever way you’ve ever used an Apple product to solve a problem?

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  • Safari + sponsorblock to airplay YouTube videos to the TV without needing some third party app like smarttubenext on the TV or logging into YouTube premium.

    No ads and skipping sponsors with just no extra steps and no need for any other apps is nice. Especially since I don't even have the YouTube app installed.

  • Google's increasingly prickly Android perception problem

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  • I'll give this a look, but I worry the files I would like to sync won't be available for some with how random the file access is from app to app.

  • For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories?

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  • I have a S23U and edge panels to open up new apps and one hand operation + to make gestures from the edges helps me navigate with one hand.

  • Google's increasingly prickly Android perception problem

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  • Despite having an iPad Pro I would say my S23U is more advanced than my iPadOS. My S23U has better external monitor support for one, and file system makes it much closer to actually feeling like a computer over my tablet. Then there's not needing to use stuff like the Alt store to side load. And apps like syncthing make iOS/iPadOS limitations so apparent with how files sync seamlessly across my Linux, Mac, Windows, and Android devices while my iPadOS is the black sheep in that department with the limited file access when trying out syncthing equivalent apps.

    Apple is a very restrictive mobile that just doesn't have great compatibility for anything that isn't Apple. That it doesn't let it be advanced despite the powerful chip becomes really apparent if you try to do anything more than try and use it outside Apple devices, use external monitors, or even want to split screen when it comes to iOS.

    One thing it has going for it though is long term updates, but my iPad is pretty an expensive glorified comic book reader most of the time now. I found myself wishing iPadOS had the equivalent of edge panels and one hand operations+ so I could just navigate more easily without having to do full hand gestures.

  • SD Maid terminated from Play Store due to 'Stalkerware policy'

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  • I hate that Google doesn't even alert you through email if they delist an app you paid for and also remove it from being installable.

  • Dr Ian Cutress's take on the current situation

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  • Edit: I think that this feature is id-walled for kbin users. Which is good, it’s already potentially problematic enough that the entire Lemmy content is fully “crawl-able” without limitation by OpenAI and other less-desirable content crawlers; it would be really problematic if votes were unconditionally public.

    It can be viewed without an account might be the url being a problem. But, you can go to kbin and then click "more" then "activity" for any comment or thread to look through what kbin was able to register when it comes to user votes.

    I am not running an instance, and am not familiar with the synchronization delay, but this seems unexpectedly long (the downvotes for this post started immediately as I posted it - more than 24 hours ago, so it’s very surprising to see nothing on kbin).

    kbin and lemmy has sometimes been problematic when it comes to synchronizing content. Sometimes threads don't even show up on kbin or lemmy if the opposite userbase attempts to make a thread. Same for lemmy and lemmy instances too where some comments will show up and others don't. Even more inconsistencies with how instances will have different defederation lists. This makes votes appear inconsistent from instances to instances and even more so for instances that deactivated downvotes.

    Checking it appears that kbin only registers upvotes from kbin and lemmy instances now and only downvotes from kbin users publicly. Wonder if this is a decision kbin made or something was done on lemmy end to keep downvotes of lemmy users from being registered by kbin.

  • Dr Ian Cutress's take on the current situation

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  • Kbin only shows favorites. They don’t show actual upvotes/downvotes (which is a good thing IMHO).

    But it’s not like you would check anything properly before opening your mouth…

    No. The reduces tab is what downvotes are registered as. Not all instances are in sync so it records what it can as opposed to only kbin users. That's the nature of decentralization so votes will be different from instance to instance.

    Anyways, I downvoted your comment as a example and you should see my username pop up. It's public on kbin.

    https://kbin.social/m/linustechtips@lemmy.ml/t/369189/Dr-Ian-Cutress-s-take-on-the-current-situation/comment/1845298/votes/down

    There was even an amusing situation where a mod went into a users profile and downvoted that users comments and everyone could see it.

    https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/271692/Is-there-anything-that-can-be-done-about-troll-powermods

    Relax and take a breath.

  • Dr Ian Cutress's take on the current situation

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  • How does everyone feel about iPhones?

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  • I would miss the ability to multitask by split screening apps or doing floating app with my S23U. I would miss my spen which I use to take quick notes, and then can slot back into the phone which even the iPad Pros can't do. I would miss having a non Safari browser like Firefox and its addons. I would miss the easy access to foss apps like NewPipe, and apps not allowed on the Apple store like tachiyomi, emulators, and torrent clients. I would miss that syncthing type apps don't properly work for syncing across different platforms. I would miss the launcher, since I'm not a fan of Apple launcher and app library aesthetics. I would miss the Android folder system's easy access to everything in there compared to the iPhone. I would miss one hand operation+ method of navigating over Apple gestures.

    I would like the long term updates of the iPhone though. Using the iPad though made me never want to get an iPhone.

  • MKBHD Samsung Z Flip 5 Review: I Was Wrong!

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  • Once bots are teaching the next generation of people it'll be harder to tell the difference. Muhahaha

  • MKBHD Samsung Z Flip 5 Review: I Was Wrong!

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  • Random people holding a camera with one hand while awkwardly trying to record them going through their phone with the other hand has been more useful lot of times for answering questions I had.

  • MKBHD Samsung Z Flip 5 Review: I Was Wrong!

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  • I'm not subscribed to anymore phone youtubers anymore for probably that reason. At the height of Android youtube I was subscribed to MKBHD when the tech was fresh exciting, and then subscribed to people doing custom roms or app recommendations.

    But, now days when it comes to tech youtubers I prefer ones that at least go through the motions of seeming like they are being objective like Gamers Nexus or Hardware Unboxed or Digital Foundry by putting on a show of testing different configurations and so on. Lot of other tech youtubers just feel more like adverts lot of times with how shallow the presentation is, so whether product is recommended or not feels more like the purpose is to just get the brand out to viewers.

    Which becomes really noticeable when they cover a product that you do actually use and watch their review on, and see how much stuff they glossed over with really the main highlight being nice cinematography. Videos aren't even straight to the point and short either, which is really part of why I stopped watching lot of them. If they at least were more straightforward and brief 2-3 minute overviews it'd be fine, but now they all push 10 minutes and over so waste your time.

  • Do we really need these many posting bots?

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  • What are your opinions on the other Reddit alternatives like Squabbles.io, Raddle, Tildes, etc?

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  • I'm jealous of the tildes app since I loved reddit is fun.

  • Apple @lemmy.world
    ImaginaryFox @kbin.social

    Good USB HUB 3.0 for USB-A port that doesn't interfere or introduce lag for wireless mouse and keyboard ?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
    ImaginaryFox @kbin.social

    Anyway to change behavior of Safari or Firefox when Multitasking with another program?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
    ImaginaryFox @kbin.social

    Windows and Linux users what are your must have apps/programs when you set up MacOS for the first time?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
    ImaginaryFox @kbin.social

    Any replacement recommendation for the default image preview within Finder?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
    ImaginaryFox @kbin.social

    Anyone try betterdisplay to try and getting better scaling on a 1440p monitor?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    What is a good old school mp3/flac player I can simply drag and drop files into and be on my way?

  • Reddit Migration @kbin.social
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    How do I get shreddit working on Linux ?

  • Reddit Migration @kbin.social
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    How can I automate the process of deleting my remaining comments that scripts weren't able to delete by using the csv file received from my GDPR data request?