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smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in T-Mobile's New AI "Profiling" Privacy Toggle Is On By Default

Like, a law to enforce adoption of encrypted and privacy respecting communication protocols? Restoring end to end principle on the Internet?

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Cory Doctorow on Search Engine Enshittification

We really need a Internet native anonymous payment protocol yesterday.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV

Please don’t tell the idea to HP or they might get inspired.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to piracy in Plex Asks GitHub to Take Down 'Reshare' Repository Over Piracy Fears

This is true. But honestly even if most of media I watch is from “sharing” sources, without seeing nice covers on my Jellyfin instance and Kodi app I would not buy so many movies and music eather.

Not speaking for everyone, this is just how I am but once every a couple of months I order some movies even if already watched because I… like this. Having separated bought and downloaded media is nice and seeing bought directory is satisfying, even if media companies seems to not let me easly buy things nowadays…

smileyhead , 4 months ago to asklemmy in Are there any legal issues recreating YouTube SponsorBlock for Podcasts?

Retransmission of a podcast from your own server - no.

Cutting sponsored fragments on the end device - yes.

At least in most countries.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to linux in German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Who else to start the trend than the government that was created for the public good in the first place.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to linux in German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

But let’s be honest, most seats at the government does not use anything much advanced anyway.

There are places where nested formulas in pivot tables are needed to work, but most places are using just simple documents.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to programmerhumor in Hate it when that happens

Remember kids: If you find a solution to a problem nobody on Google (or your search engine of choice) seems to has, put it as a blog post on your site!

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads

That’s a hypothetical list in my head :P

As for alternarives, I use so many “alternative”/FOSS things daily that compiling one list would just be a waste of time at this point.

smileyhead , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to technology in Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads

Man… My personal list of banned companies not to buy from is getting scary long.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to linuxmemes in Why don't banks like root on Android?

Banks when you use browser 3 years of updates behind on Windows XP with multiple unpatched CPU vulnerabilities:

smileyhead , 4 months ago to memes in was this not allowed before?

Me on Linux changing the look of notification area with CSS stylesheet after installing an icon pack that works not only on app launcher but in most of the system.

https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/e3c51c0e-35b4-4606-90ca-6f9941e30633.png

PS Don’t forget to install this Magisk module that hacks Google checks so you can still log-in to your bank after you changed animations style via that other Magisk module.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to asklemmy in In your area/country, did you have a word or phrase to describe the static white noise on a television set not tuned to a channel?

In Poland we say that it’s show or it’s snowing.

smileyhead , 4 months ago to technology in Discord to start showing ads in-app this week - Dexerto

Join different server to well distribute the network and left matrix.org for newcommers.

smileyhead , 5 months ago to technology in Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

Both Samsung and Apple are doing it with tight cooperation with Google. Most carriers are using Google Jibe service for their RCS servers.

It is in fact carrier based at the fundamentals, it’s true. But it still is passed trough regular IP network and in practice there is nothing special in RCS compared to internet standards like XMPP other than connection with phone number being required instead of optional.