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Now there’s an ‘anti-AI’ camera app for Android, too in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

you can only take five photos per day without paying for a subscription, which costs $0.99 / month or $10.99 USD / year

Are you kidding me with this shit?! I have no problem with paying $11 straight up for an app, so it's not about the money. I simply refuse to encourage the garbage "subscription all the things" model.

Premonition in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If you think Trump will do anything but prop up Netenyahu even more, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

I want my smart Android TV to be dumb again in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The "You get what you pay for" excuse doesn't hold up. My 77-inch LG OLED cost over $3k USD. It's still full of ads and spies on me unless i neuter it.

What is a game or games that you think are an absolute must-buy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Mass Effect Trilogy (legendary edition).

The last time someone mistook you for someone else, what happened? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

"Hi, not mom, I'm daughter!"

What's Your Best Habit? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Branch out to another long-running show like Doctor Who.

Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

In every community, there is always another power-hungry asshole ready to jump on the opportunity to have a tiny bit of control over somebody else.

Mods not modding is nothing new to reddit. The only impact they would feel is if users stopped posting. I don't see that happening though.

Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's 7-D chess. He wants to use x-Twitter as a tax wire-off.

What software do you know that uses mythological names for its release (version) codenames? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

A company I worked for a decade ago used Greek and Norse gods to name our servers. There was Odin and Thor, Zeus and Dionysius, etc. Having been a huge fan of Stargate SG-1, I kept suggesting various Goa'uld names, and one made it through - Chronos.

That's as close to mythology as I got.

Zelenskyy slams ‘colonial’ peace proposal to war with Russia in UN speech in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

House Republicans to call on Tuesday for an investigation into whether the use of taxpayer funds for security for the trip violated ethics rules.

The gall! How dare they open up their dirty word holes to preach anyone about ethics when half of them are bought and paid for by the highest bidder! Fucking unreal.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, thank the German government for introducing me to a new site.

Could you do me a favour and make this post look like a Reddit post? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I also choose this guy's dead wife.

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Smart Tube Next, ReVanced, or something similar on Roku? (beehaw.org)
 

I recently got clued into the fact that you can enable side-loading on Roku devices. However, I have no idea where to get the apps for it. Since Rokus don't run Android, I can't install APKs like I did on my Nvidia Shield TV. Could someone please point me in the right direction?

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The smart(shit)ification of TVs pisses me off. (beehaw.org)
 

I absolutely hate "smart" TVs! You can't even buy a quality "dumb" panel anymore. I can't convince the rest of my family and friends that the only things those smarts bring are built-in obsolescence, ads, and privacy issues.

I make it a point to NEVER connect my new 2022 LG C2 to the Internet, as any possible improvements from firmware updates will be overshadowed by garbage like ads in the UI, removal of existing features (warning: reddit link), privacy violations, possible attack vectors, non-existent security, and constant data breaches of the manufacturers that threaten to expose every bit of personal data that they suck up. Not to mention increased sluggishness after tons of unwanted "improvements" are stuffed into it over the years, as the chipset ages and can no longer cope.

I'd much rather spend a tenth of the price of my TV on a streaming box (Roku, Shield TV, etc.) and replace those after similar things happen to them in a few years. For example, the display of my OG 32-inch Sony Google TV from 2010 ($500) still works fine, but the OS has long been abandoned by both Sony and Google, and since 2015-16 even the basic things like YouTube and Chrome apps don't work anymore. Thank goodness I can set the HDMI port as default start-up, so I don't ever need to see the TV's native UI, and a new Roku Streaming Stick ($45) does just fine on this 720p panel. Plus, I'm not locked into the Roku ecosystem. If they begin (continue?) enshitifying their products, there are tons of other options available at similar price.

Most people don't replace their TVs every couple of years. Hell, my decade old 60-inch Sharp Aquos 1080p LCD TV that I bought for $2200 back in 2011 still works fine, and I only had to replace the streamer that's been driving it twice during all this time. Sony Google TV Box -> Nvidia Shield TV 2015 -> Nvidia Shield TV 2019. I plan to keep it in my basement until it dies completely before replacing it. The Shield TV goes to the LG C2 so that I never have to see LG's craptastic UI.

Sorry, just felt the need to vent. Would be very interested in reading community's opinions on this topic.

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