Ulrich

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Well, we'd have to be more specific about what parts of the "user experience" we're talking about here in order to make that assessment.

I'm mostly talking about discoverability, the default algorithms, the lack of federation, and a way to actually filter content by language.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I really don't think it is.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

The two biggest issues are actually not software related

I disagree, the biggest issues are related to discoverability, and most certainly software-related.

Peertube has the issue that its not very popular, so creators have to really plug their stuff.

Not necessarily. They only need to agree to allow an instance to mirror their content, and possibly one day contribute something to it in the event that it becomes popular enough. For now, consent is really all that's required. The only revenue they're missing out on is AdSense.

Its not profitable for creators UNLESS they add a way to monetize. Some argue that with secondary sources such as patreon, its not an issue, But I just don't see it.

Patreon is one of many different ways to generate revenue. Most popular Youtubers are diversifying in various ways. The most effective of which is creating their own products and using their channels to promote them. Affiliate links/codes is another way smaller creators can diversify.

I like the ability to post my videos and get comments without getting flagged for whatever on Youtube.

As always, with freedom comes abuse. Youtube has a lot of regulations that can be cumbersome but also can protect creators and users.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago

Hosts and users who want their stuff available to their audience without YouTube's bullshit.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 5 hours ago

sundar pinchai can be added to the list of CEOs that suck?

Been on that list since he became a CEO

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Some content lends itself well to written format. Lots of content does not.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

PeerTube is just software. It's a decentralized network. It doesn't have to scale to that size. You can have a million servers handling the storage and streaming in a more efficient method and democratize the bandwidth.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (4 children)

User experience can be improved pretty easily.

The important parts are already there.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I don't see anything regarding encryption

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 6 hours ago (21 children)

No one wants to talk about PeerTube?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Depends on whatever the whims of the President are this week.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Maybe not. That's my best guess as to why they wouldn't advertise it on the homepage.

 

A few days ago I noticed a marketing email sent to my Zima alias. Apparently lots of other people also noticed this and were not happy. Attached is the IceWhale response.

 

Android has a greatly overhauled desktop mode on the way to replace the current primitive proof of concept in developer options. 6th gen Pixels added hardware-based virtualization support and 8th gen Pixels added USB-C DisplayPort alternate mode. It will all come together soon.

Overhauled desktop mode is already partially shipped as a disabled-by-default feature. Android enables some of it for the Pixel Tablet already but not Pixel phones. We plan to enable the same feature flags for phones too. Either way, it's an experimental developer option for now.

 

Playtron has made some waves in Linux gaming. They have lots of big names in Linux working on the project. Recently they were featured by Framework today in their presentation. However, I think it's abundantly clear that anyone who cares about FOSS should stay far away from this.

I was intrigued by this as well some months ago. I even ignored when they blatantly lied about Valve/Steam locking down their OS to only play Steam games. So I gave it a try and installed it. On setup they wanted me to agree to a EULA. That was red flag #2. Never seen that before. Then they wanted me to agree to their privacy policy. It is a very typical corporate user-hostile privacy policy. Some highlights

  • Like many website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website. This includes Log Data, such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics, and whether you reached our page via a social media or email campaign. This information may be collected via several technologies, including cookies, web beacons, clear GIFs, canvas fingerprinting and other means, such as Google Remarketing and Facebook Pixel.
  • If you access our Sites through third parties (e.g., Facebook or Google), or if you share content from our Sites to a third-party social media service, the third-party service will send us certain information about you if the third-party service and your account settings allow such sharing.
  • "Professional, employment, or education information, such as your industry and job level, for news personalization, or copies of your resume or CV and any other information required to verify your qualifications, for recruitment purposes"
  • "Commercial information, such as a record of purchased products or subscriptionsInferences about your consumer preferences or characteristics."

How we use personal information:

  • To market our products and/or services to you
  • With respect to website cookies, to share with third-party marketing partners to provide tailored advertising on our Website and other websites that you may visit

We share your information with our third-party service providers and any subcontractors as required to offer you our products and services. The service providers we use help us to:

They even admit to not respecting "Do Not Track" signals.

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