ladfrombrad

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[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I felt like a right noobie when one of my colleagues said he'd got a Pixel tablet via the Play Store and asked him how he'd won it.

Apparently I don't install and play shittons of games like them.

£500 was tempting to look into it further but as you say, that news pissed me off because I now know my mum is gonna install some bullshit that one of those guys might have picked up on.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 1 points 3 months ago

Why even bother pretending anymore or putting on this charade. It’s the same thing over and over again.

If one puts an indeterminate amount of red tape around an object / thing / thought, does one become entangled in said red tape?

-- some idiot called lad from the internet's, circa last decade

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We use a fair few shared mobile phones at work and while it has WiFi / unlimited mobile data is used solely as an absence line number because some of my fellow colleagues don't have home internet, actively disable their mobile data (because they use a SMS / Call package only), and really can't get their head around "the nets"/Whatsapp and don't, want to, either.

Which I agree with to an extent since Whatsapp can suck my plums too. They exist and quite a few of them apparently.

There is a bonus to this thou since I get to call them names because of their neanderthal ways...

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 4 points 3 months ago

No fuggin doubt.

And you know what irks me more is when you buy things from places like eBay or other third party seller websites (where you've consented to their cookies/terms) your email address you use with them is then in the hands of a goofball who's had their ~~personal~~ business PC been compromised.

The few times I use eBay the email addy I use on their sees my inbox flooded. Fucking shitshow.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware of that, but I'm just pointing out many websites do not give you the consent options as stated above which imo are much more annoying.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id -1 points 3 months ago (7 children)

It's not just a warning, it's also an option to reject.

Some don't give you an option, but actually have a much cleaner interface imo.

Whether or not it's better since you still have to click OK, some don't let you reject them at all.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That's kinda weird.

I've had a Meme11 Lite for a couple of years now and just bought another Poco. I don't see no ads whatsoever, after I told Wallpaper Carousel to not nag me no more.

Alright I use NextDNS across router / device level but like I say I get none of these complaints and think it's global releases for some?

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can we get some sourced links on this outside of "Branch is bad"?

As far as I know many apps use it and while Neo Launcher has seen me right, the woo har about Nova being Satan seems odd in the context of your reply.

Cheers.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 5 points 3 months ago

I'm a capt' three phones at the moment

While I've had my backup Samsung M12 with a 1pmobile SIM in my work locker for a couple of years now simply as an emergency backup, I'm also currently rocking two Xiaomi's so I can test remote connections to a family members server via work WiFi/Tailscale.

My main issue is while I wear cargo pants at work, carrying two phones is more wieldy than you'd think and there's also something else I did notice the other day with the Find My Device news.

I forgot where, I left my main phone the other day and my locker is a literal Faraday cage according to FMD? 10 minutes of panic :/

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 1 points 3 months ago

It's just an app, not a lifestyle. 🤷

Now apply that thought to VLC and how many distros and apps use their libraries.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 6 points 3 months ago

I thought I was a bit of a negative nancy but you take the cake 😆

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Goddamit, I got looking for a couple of the pubs I've been to down your end and ended up with the above.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6aPXHSp3qvsSWnv69

Seems about right 👌

e: linky

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