Ulrich

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 42 minutes ago

None of those countries are trying to dismantle encryption entirely so no, I disagree.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 51 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

I'm currently back on Windows (for warranty purpose

There's no reason this should impact your warranty. But also your ASUS warranty is meaningless anyway. Unless you want your device held for a ransom.

So my question is will we ever get a proper signal from Valve saying "Yup, it's now fully compatible with the RoG Ally"

Yes but only Valve can tell you when. I suspect very soon. Possibly when the Legion Go S is officially available.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 54 minutes ago

You don't have to self host Ghost

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

It's already available

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 56 minutes ago (1 children)

It's a bit of a joke to have a supposed privacy company and then not have any support for Linux

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't "attacked" anyone. Just stated that they're wilfully ignorant, which is true. However if when you were looking around for all of those comments you were paying attention, you would've seen people throwing out extremely unnecessary and vulgar personal attacks at me.

You keep asking me for evidence, and I keep telling you I don't have any. I'm not writing a fucking college dissertation, it's an internet comment. Since this conversation is going nowhere, and since you continue to sealion me with this nonsense after I've asked you to stop several times, you're going to be blocked as well. Have a nice evening.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -4 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

It's actually 5 people vs. you right now, and anyone can count to confirm it

It isn't.

you have produced zero evidence

You really gotta quit with the sealioning. I've already explained this several times. I'm not doing it again.

so let this conversation be an experience that challenges your perception of what others think about FOSS.

I'll do that but the cards are still stacked against you.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

All those personal insults REALLY motivated me to take your advice but I think I'll just block you instead and report you for harrassment.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

When you look at any app store, you'll find that the many apps that are infested with ads, spyware, malware, and dark patterns are pretty much always proprietary

Right, because FOSS software never has any of that...

which makes FOSS much higher-quality than proprietary software in general.

That's not how that works. There's plenty of paid software that doesn't have any of those things.

Both FOSS and proprietary software can be sold and commercialized with various monetization strategies.

You're just arguing pointless semantics now.

Nobody here believes that Reddit is better on the basis that it is proprietary adware instead of FOSS.

You're cherry-picking.

That difference makes FOSS inherently better for users than proprietary software.

No. It absolutely does not. Why do I care if you can "use, modify and redistribute" trash software?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Those are not purchases. You are not "buying" them. They are donations. "Buying" requires payment.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -4 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

Every commenter here disagrees with you

Oh, well if all 2 of you disagree with me, that must mean that I'm wrong and not that you want to lie about it so that more people will use FOSS.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 12 hours ago

WTF is a "Vibe Coder"?

 

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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