dmtalon

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[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago

The odd bit here is that Pixel phones were not necessarily considered flagship phones. And accordingly we're priced not as flagship phones but if rumors are correct they are trying to get a flagship phone price for non flagship phone.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (15 children)

Next up, one of the most important updates for this new release from Google would be its dedicated chipset, with Pixel 9 to get the Tensor G4 SoC. However, early leaks of the Tensor G4 regarded that its benchmark test only delivered slight improvements compared to the old Tensor G3 from the Pixel 8 series, but was said to feature a new ARMv9-A core. 

Where's the punch?

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 6 points 4 months ago

all I see is ear masks

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 6 points 4 months ago

I both use, and bought this keyboard right after it was announced. I'd say it is not as good as gboard yet. I miss GIFs access and flip back and forth as required. I've had zero crashes on my Pixel 8P

It is my primary keyboard, and hopefully still learning, but word suggestion isn't as good (yet). FUTO voice integrated in which I was already using can be quite good. I'm using the slower version which is a little less convenient but tends to work better.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

That has been on my radar for a while. I haven't checked it out recently. I'm sure YNAB4 will die sometime in the future, but I'm going to milk it out to the end :). There's already a hack for android (for dropbox syncing) and hoops to jump through to get it working in MacOs. It's just a matter of time before the house of cards falls apart.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

There are a few pieces of software I use (regularly) that would continue to get money from me if they followed the old model of paying for major versions. (pay for v1, get v 1.1-1.9) with v2 being the next "big" update that you'd have to pay an upgrade fee (smaller than a new purchase) to continue on the train.

But they switched to subscription model, and lost me as an "active" customer.

YNAB is the big one I use at least weekly, sometimes daily. I am on YNAB4 until it will no longer function because I'm not paying them a monthly fee to use that product. I would have GLADLY paid for major updates/changes even if it equaled the subscription in the end. But each of those purchases would be a decision I made on whether the change had enough value for me.

Subscriptions allow them to not strive for large enough improvements to warrant a version update / upgrade fee. They just run along with little or no useful changes (IMHO).

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago

I was more aminable when I was paying $14.99 for YT Red Family plan. At $23/mo it's pretty expensive and I want new features/controls for that money

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago

Ya, just an infrastructure where their ads have to go into blocks within the video (inserted wherever but tagged as such)

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Generally an Unpopular opinion, but I think this should include creator ads (or at least an option per creator to support them by turning on their own ads).

Defaulted to off , I don't want to watch a random videos AG1 ad. That said there are a couple creators I watch I would be willing to enable theirs strictly to support them.

Because if I'm paying for ad removal it should be complete ad removal.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 25 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Its crazy how much further ahead Europe is in Privacy Protection.

All these companies need to be held responsible for what they do with our data, and what it costs them when they lose control of it. Either figure out how to safe guard it or suffer painful consequences. Or perhaps only store what's necessary for us to interact.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago
[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For now at least, I block as much telemetry at the network level (DNS level) using pihole.

Annoys my wife and kid at times. I try to explain why and what it means but convenience is king unfortunately.

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