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[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The default icon now supports iOS dark & tinted app icons :)

 

Presumably, the company is making this change to stop Apple from taking a cut of new subscription revenues for Disney Plus and Hulu. However, if you already subscribe to those services through Apple, Disney says you’ll still be billed through Apple.

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I’ve opened a Pull Request for this. They’re not perfect, but probably better than not having anything at all.

 

Exactly one year later after the controversial policy was initially revealed, it's now being scrapped "effective immediately." In a new statement, CEO Matthew Bromberg confirmed that the Unity Game Engine will revert back to a seat-based subscription model, which means one person can use an individual subscription across limitless devices.

 
 

“We’re aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries,” Signal says. If you are affected by the blocks, the company recommends turning on its censorship circumvention feature. (NetBlocks reports that this feature lets Signal “remain usable” in Russia.)

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Actual black for the pro phones?

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I agree. Similar to all the anti-competitive lawsuits Apple has to deal with regarding the App Store because they’re clinging to every last dollar they can squeeze out of it, their iMessage approach seems to be going a similar way.

I’m sure tons of people are buying iPhones because of iMessage, but it looks like that might be slowly eroding away. In the end, they’ll have lost both their relevance in the messaging area and a strong reason for people to buy iPhones. They should’ve just made an Android app for iMessage.

 

The achievement, announced in an official blog post, indicates a potential shift in the American messaging landscape, where WhatsApp has steadily gained ground despite the longstanding popularity of Apple's iMessage. The Meta-owned messaging app is extremely popular in Europe owing to its cross-platform compatibility.

 

NEW: Apple Intelligence will arrive later than anticipated, coming in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 in October and missing the initial September releases. Still, 18.1 will go into beta for developers this week. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-28/apple-intelligence-to-miss-initial-release-of-upcoming-ios-18-ipados-overhauls?embedded-checkout=true

https://mastodon.social/@markgurman/112865597192330044

 

Feels like there’s more and more podcasts going on YouTube and some have chapters only there, not in their actual podcast feeds. I made a tiny iOS App that works similar to Castro, only for YouTube videos.

It's free and open source. I'm happy to get any feedback or to hear from people who find it as useful as I do.

You can get it here: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6477287463

Features

  • Queue & Inbox triaging (can be custom per channel)
  • Custom playback speed per channel
  • (pre-select) chapters
  • Picture-in-Picture & background audio
  • & more

It’s not perfect and definitely not a full podcast player replacement, but it could be useful as an add on in some cases. At the very least people who enjoy Castro might find it useful to have something similar for YouTube videos.

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There’s definitely tons of issues surrounding LLMs: how they’re created, what they spit out, and the impact they have. But there’s also use cases that go beyond grammar check imo, but everyone can figure that out for themselves.

I‘ve mostly given up on complaining about "AI" as a description, that’s just what we’re calling it now even though it never made any sense.

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Think of it what you will, compared to crypto there’s actually value that people are getting from LLMs. Even with its current shortcomings.

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I think that was in one of his videos, but just because it got teased doesn’t make it any better. It’s not like no one will notice just because you’re not talking about it, all it does is keep people wondering if that’s the end, which is a lot worse than just knowing that it is.

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

That’s awesome news, thanks :)

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It’s great how mlem keeps evolving and there’s some incredible work being done here, thanks :)

There‘s sadly one deal breaker for me: mlem doesn’t scroll smoothly.

It may seem like it’s not a big deal, but for an app that’s showing a feed and where 90% of the time I’m scrolling, it ruins the experience for me. Is there anything that can be done on that front? Or maybe I’m the only one who feels that way.

Again, thanks for your hard work :)

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

In an ideal world, Apple intelligence will take care of this. But it’ll probably just highlight more important notifications while everything else is still there a swipe away.

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Force them (including myself) to implement dark mode, and soon dark app icons.

[–] fer0n@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If I remember correctly they’ve since removed that rule

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