Firipu

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[–] Firipu@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is there a single good article on Forbes? It's always fucking clickbait without actual content.

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, as long as Firefox (or a fork) doesn't have native gestures, I can't fulltime swap to it. Gestures addons are not the same. Anyone that used vivaldi (or opera) for any serious length of time knows what I mean.

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

I'm very happy my 12y old kid can't just sideload shit nilly willy. He legit Googles minecraft hacks and downloads random apks and stuff if he gets the chance)

(his phone is also fully locked down with parental because a 12y old should have free reign on the internet, but that's beside the point)

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

The blade runner soundtrack is my go to relax soundtrack. Have listened to it thousands of times by now.

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago

I work for a large eu government agency. Why the hell they still insist that we promote our workings on Twitter completely eludes me. It does not make any sense whatsoever. They should get off and stop promoting that cesspool. Go to any of the myriad of competitors or just go back to Facebook and Instagram...

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Really? Been using a logitech trackball at work for 14 years now. My k750 keyboard lasted me almost 10y until the battery completely gave up and I wanted to upgrade. My Mx keys has lasted me for years since.

Similar stories for my mice, none of them have failed, I've only upgraded because I wanted lighter, more/less buttons or for other reasons.

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ofcourse not, I also use fdroid and I sideload a shitton of apps. But Google is not killing off alternate stores, they're just making their store safer. My whole point is that this change is not that negative. If anything it'll have a positive effect on non tech savvy users. It'll save me time by potentially causing less issues on the devices of family members.

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

That final part isn't really Google's fault no? But just the devs cutting functions?

[–] Firipu@startrek.website -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, I read it. Didn't think much of it. Are those apps that common? Don't use them, as my browser can read pdf and text files.

Sounds more like some fringe apps will get caught in the cross hairs. Still sounds like a good change for the average end user. For the average power user, it won't make a difference imo.

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 14 points 5 months ago (9 children)

I mean, I know lemmy has an open source hardon and hates anything walled, but is this really such a bad thing? Google is getting rid of a bunch of shitty apps and risky apps. Nothing is stopping you from still sideloading them if you really need them.

I really fail to see the actual issue aside from "google bad"

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

Fair enough. I'm raising my kids in a similar fashion. I dislike the sexual repression in the west (from which I unconsciously still suffer). But I'm still worried about other boys :)

[–] Firipu@startrek.website -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Until your daughter comes home with a boyfriend with a fucked up sense of what sex is and ruins her day/week/month/year/life.

I'm certainly not pro government tracking anything I do, let alone porn watching, but if I see how my own kids get exposed to it through friends. No matter how much I try to educate them, friends still show them absolute vile stuff...

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