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4 months agoRemember when they removed “don’t be evil” from their code of conduct back in 2018
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Apple Intelligence too. Thankfully you can still disable it
Yep, did the same. Started using Tuta for email, solid privacy and UI, app available on F-Droid, and the bonus for me was them being powered by renewables.
The language in the tweet was telling, i.e party of the “little guys” and tagging the president for visibility. You can’t turn a blind eye to all the other destabilizing things this admin is doing just because they made 1 semi-competent cabinet pick (which should be the baseline expectation).
After digging around, I’m going to try Tuta for email/calendar and Mullvad for VPN. Tuta’s €3 plan lets you have 15 additional addresses and 3 custom domains.
Anyone using a good proton drive alternative?
You can still cancel your subscription so that it won’t auto-renew in 2 years and it let’s you leave a comment when doing so if you want to voice any concerns.
41·5 months agoThanks for sharing, will check it out
Filing for bankruptcy in Delaware
I was hoping their truck or lifestyle vehicle would make it to market, but yeah they had a steep hill to climb with all the turmoil surrounding the company, scaling production, and the change in political winds now being essentially hostile to EV manufacturers.
In August, Canoo moved its headquarters from Torrance, Calif., to Justin, Texas — asking 137 of the office’s 194 employees to relocate, while cutting the remaining staff.
Moving wasn’t going to save the company so why uproot your employees only to fold 5 months later
I appreciate my 12 yr old car for this reason. Also, physical buttons I can hit without taking my eyes off the road
Mustache on or off?
I’m a big proponent of buying local whenever possible. This plus something similar for physical products is really useful no matter where you live.
Vimium. Allows you to use your keyboard to navigate instead of needing to always reach for the mouse.
Switch to Firefox
Same, the physical camera button and 3.5mm headphone jack on the Xperia are awesome
That’s refreshing to see in a world of ever increasing enshittification. Wish more companies move in this direction.
MSFT has a $3T market cap and $60B of free cash flow each year, so I doubt they’re hurting for money. This is how “growth at all costs” incentivizes myopic decision-making and doesn’t really help foster an environment where studios are willing to take creative risks. Even when they succeed (a la Hi-Fi Rush) they’re on the perpetual chopping block.
Recently moved over to porkbun after dealing with a couple billing issues with namecheap and not getting the best customer service. Been pretty happy so far.
They also recently won a deal with Rakuten Mobile to supply RAN equipment in Japan
100%. Seems like phones continually get worse under the guise of “progress”. No more headphone jack or removable battery, more bloated software, anti-privacy assistants/AI. Switched to a Sony Xperia for the headphone jack alone and it’s been great, I hope they don’t follow this AI trend or else I’m out.
In addition to self-hosting, I’ll throw out a few other alternatives:
Free:
Paid:
DRM-free is important IMO because otherwise you’re at the mercy of the platform and if the company ever changes its Terms of Use or wipes your account, you lose your purchases. Amazon have remotely deleted books from users’ libraries in the past or replaced them with modified copies (e.g. Roald Dahl books). Kindle announced last month they won’t let you download your eBooks via USB so it’s possible Audible could see changes for the worse in the future as well.