Once my GrapheneOS phone goes out of service, I may just go back to flip phones. I actually kind of hate smartphones and their corrosive effect on the world. The convenience isn’t worth the loss of privacy, empowerment of bad actors, and psychological/societal damage. I can live without it. I’ll just do computery stuff on real computers on my own schedule.
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VampirePenguin@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google just broke *all* third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required.English1·13 days agoSometimes you have to change your VPN location to get newpipe to work.
They stopped looking at a screen for a second to open the fridge, quick install a screen on the front! Prediction: Screens will appear inside the fridge as well.
VampirePenguin@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification lawsEnglish253·1 month agoI don’t see how Mississippi or the UK think they can issue laws on sites hosted outside their jurisdiction. That’s just mind boggling. The onus is on the state to provide age verification, or make their ISPs do it.
VampirePenguin@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your SoftwareEnglish72·1 month agoThen don’t use the apps? Do your banking through the browser.
VampirePenguin@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrowEnglish9·2 months agoI just got a PS3 for free
Tricks it is, then.