Yeah, I noticed this, so I started using RSS feeds of my subscribed channels. I honestly think RSS (and other web 2.0 tech) is when the internet peaked from a user experience perspective.
RSS only faded away because it’s so convenient that it’s hard to monetize. When the goal became keeping people on your platform as long as possible, RSS was antithetical to that goal. So platforms either abandoned support for it or (like YouTube) stopped advertising its existence.
Yeah, I still hate Nintendo, but this guy was really asking for a lawsuit.
As for the "Sound Connect App" that's unfortunately the core of the problem. That app doesn't exist for Linux. If the hardware relies on that app to set up or manage profiles, it creates an unavoidable roadblock for desktop Linux users.
The app runs on your phone (Android or iOS), and then you use the phone to manage Bluetooth connections for the earbuds. IMO you shouldn't need a second device, but I guess they just assume 99% of people are connecting to a smartphone.
It just seems to be a non-standard implementation from Sony that doesn't play well with the standard Linux audio stack.
I think the issue is that the actual Bluetooth connection is obfuscated behind a proprietary connection to the app, and the app exposes the protocol.
I agree it's a stupid implementation, prioritizing a UI for pairing over literally everything else, but you still might be able to get it to work. I've successfully paired my WF-1000XM4 earbuds with my EndeavourOS (KDE) desktop.
Drivers (other than your Bluetooth chipset) generally shouldn't matter. AFAIK Bluetooth audio device protocol is generic.
How are you pairing the headphones? Are you adding your PC as a device using the Sound Connect App? I have different SONY earbuds, but they can pair with 2 different devices and switch between them with the app. Perhaps they still have another device (like a phone) selected for output?
what's really federation on a system that isolates conversations per server?
That's like asking why Lemmy needs federation if posts are tied to a Community.
No federation means:
Federated platforms aren't perfect, but they solve these problems.
This seems like a cool project. I especially love the UI's similarity to Discord, but it still has a long road ahead to be a viable chat platform IMO.
I've been periodically checking in with ~~Revolt~~ Stoat for about a year now, and personally, the two things that I'm waiting for are:
I'm currently running Matrix synapse, and while matrix is kinda a messy ecosystem, it's really hard to compete with its maturity and adoption in the FOSS / Self-Hosted space.
Also, not super important, but this blog post reads like it's AI generated.
Smells like desperation. Still struggling to find a sustainable business model are we?
Yeah, way too many services have chats. I think it's because every large platform wants to be an "everything app". Messaging is a really easy to feature to implement to (theoretically) add value.
How about: "You probably should trust or use X at all... ever."
They keep your private key on their servers.
Then it's literally not even E2EE, lol
double grins in self-hosted Fedi instances
Wernstrom!