PotatoesFall

joined 1 year ago
[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

what flag is that I am badly educated apparently

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago

Firefox + uBlock Origin already does it too. No ads, and I can listen even when my phone is locked.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

if you want a paid version similar to pihole with a bit more control and insights I recommend a smart DNS service like Control D.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

do they not? That is disappointing

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

True! fairphones are at least okay-ish there too. They actively cooperate with devs that make open source android OSs. But yeah Google still has way too much power in the entire android ecosystem. Many banking apps don't work without Google Wallet, which doesn't run on degoogled OSs.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

agree 100%. One way to buy less phones is to buy a repairable phone.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

for me the point about being locked into an ecosystem is reason enough.

Some more on that:

  • Apple has actively resisted efforts by the EU to standardize
  • iPhone doesn't allow you to install apps they haven't approved.
  • Apple devices often refuse to interface with non-apple devices despite being physically capable.
  • You cannot easily install other OSes on Apple hardware.
  • Apple software is almost entirely closed source, and they likely have backdoors everywhere.

I just want to own my phone man

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Dvorak was designed a long time ago for typewriters, i.e. it tries to alternate hand movements, which some people like but many find it makes them slower.

Colemak is meant to be closer to qwerty and was designed for computer keyboards.

Then again I'm sure Dvorak is already miles better than qwerty and the differencesneith Colemak are minor. I think the reason I chose it originally was because of some youtube video but I don't remember what it was called.

Also I really like the Colemal DH mod.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tbf most of my layer toggles are happening with a thumb, which isn't possible on a normal keyboars because they give you a 10x wide key for your most flexible digit, and no other keys in reach.

I recommend a keyboard with at least 3 keys in the thumb cluster. Once you figure out what you like and get used to it, it's like a superpower

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