kirk781

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[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does this mean Patreon too will have two tiers of billing system: standard billing via the Web and slightly higher prices if done in app. I think if one purchases a YouTube Premium membership in app on iOS, it costs more than when done via the site.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

I used it for one year(yes, I paid sigh) but ultimately didn't see value in it. Subscription model doesn't make sense for a podcast app and I mostly listened to on mobile eitherways, so I switched to Antennapod recently. I tried a couple of other alternatives including Podcast Republic but those seem a little too bloated in terms of features.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yes, the free version doesn't let you organize podcasts into folders for example. The paid version has a browser accessible version(so one can access from PC) , some gigs(10 GB?) of cloud storage and some extra theme able icons.

It used to be a one time purchase back in the day. Then they moved to a yearly subscription model. I think I used their paid variant for one year or so.

I recently moved to AntennaPod, which is available on F Droid. It is more or less at feature parity with the free version of Pocketcasts. It technically has gPodder integration to sync your podcasts online but honestly that service breaks down a lot and is unreliable multiple times.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

YouTube(compatible with other video sites as well) downloader. It's a command line tool but highly versatile. Originally, youtube-dl used to be recommended but development nearly crawled to a halt on that.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Which instance are you talking of? Hexbear, by any chance?

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 5 months ago

He was entrusted with protecting Google's privacy; not it's customers!

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

Skullcandy customer support/warranty sucked for me as well. My left earbuds started keeping barely half the charge of the right ones within couple of months of purchasing them. I had only used both buds simultaneously, so it was weird to have more drain in one. However, the support folks just returned my product as-is saying nothing was wrong.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

HowtoGeek used to be a legitimately good site back in the day but now has a proliferation of low quality articles. Also, uBlock Origin by default blocks it's links sometimes since they redirect via awstrack.me as well.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your original comment made couple of days ago is visible. It was just duplicated couple of times more in the thread and the mods deleted the duplicates.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

Mobilism also has a huge case of magazines/newspapers updated on its site daily. Not every magazine is available, but most popular ones are.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The new one is just a web UI with options for streaming music. There were talks of the old original Winamp going open source though, which bought nostalgic memories to many. Eithercase, with so many music players on both Windows and Linux, I doubt Winamp would a niche case to fill.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 6 months ago

Gone with the Wind was backward looking even for it's time frame. It's depiction of the South as a happy place for everybody wasn't agreeable by many films even then. Meanwhile, Star Wars is just a science fiction film, set in a different universe with little direct connotations.

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