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IratePirate

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  • The ‘European’ Jolla Phone Is an Anti-Big-Tech Smartphone

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  • The problem was getting apps created for the App Store with the lowest market share.

    And why was there such a poor app ecosystem and low market share? Because Android and iOS had already cornered the market before Microsoft decided in late 2010 (!) to make a half-assed attempt at entering the market. And if you're so late to the game, you must at least do it smartly and offer features the others don't. Microsoft did not, and thus had to back off eventually.

    So if you look closely, it was timing and smarts.

  • I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project

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  • You project may be going down the shitter, but I'm not.

  • Beware of companies that appear to operate from Europe

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  • from a seemingly UK store (.co.uk domain)

    Might I interest you in some organic British-grown mangoes, dates and avocados? You can find them in my shop at real-british-mangoes-dates-and-avocados.co.uk ! The TLD is .co.UK, so you know I'm not lying! 🫣

  • Porn depicting sex between step-relatives set to be banned in the UK

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  • Having this done to the whole catalogue through automated voiceovers would be a form of malicious compliance I would actually find funny.

  • The ‘European’ Jolla Phone Is an Anti-Big-Tech Smartphone

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  • Microsoft tried but even they didn’t have enough money.

    Money was not the issue. Timing and smarts were.

  • WhatsApp officially names Mullvad and Amnezia VPN as go-to tools for bypassing censorship

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  • If I weren't pretty convinced of Mullvad, this coming from the company that promoted a VPN to spy on people would make me immediately suspicious. Fuck you, Mark! You'll never be a real human.

  • YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are making you dumber, according to science

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  • Hey there, fella! If the findings confirm my biases, sample size is irrelevant. Science has spoken! /s

  • Samsung Galaxy update removes Android recovery menu tools, including sideloading

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  • For anyone wondering: this is about sideloading system updates, not apps. So don't get your knickers in a twist. (That kind of fuckery will arrive through Google, if they get their will.)

  • bold words

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  • Jensen, that you?

  • Signal Founder Moxie Marlinspike: Telegram is not private. There is nothing private about it. They've done a really amazing job of convincing the world that this is an encrypted messaging app

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  • These people are foolish for reasons far worse than just using Telegram.

  • Signal Founder Moxie Marlinspike: Telegram is not private. There is nothing private about it. They've done a really amazing job of convincing the world that this is an encrypted messaging app

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  • ...and once you get to "AI" with system level access that is supposed to scan for "bad content" (like with Apple's supposed "CSAM scanning" and Google's Android System Safety Core), all bets are off.

    All of the major platforms owned by corporations (including Apple) are or will be compromised.

    The only way out is degoogled Android (for now) or, better, a true Linux device.

  • An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification

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  • I'm pretty sure everyone's birth date is 1/1/1970

    FTFY

  • An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification

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  • "Won't anyone think of the cHiLdReN?!"

  • Signal Founder Moxie Marlinspike: Telegram is not private. There is nothing private about it. They've done a really amazing job of convincing the world that this is an encrypted messaging app

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  • Where I am, Telegram is mainly used by alt- and far right figures close to Russia. Facts don't matter in these circles any more. Feelings do. And Durov knows how to manage those.

  • A two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. ‘It’s easy to see why birth rates are falling’

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  • Thank you Sir/Madam for this inspiring response to capitulation!

  • Is the Memory Shortage Intentional?

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  • I guess that's the point when I'll just go offline for good and learn a solid, old-fashioned trade.

  • Graphene vs /e/ os

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  • I see the Graphene bois still like shittalking other ROMs. Not exactly the kind of behaviour that builds trust, but we're used to it by now.

    Yes, other ROMs make compromises, as do the people using them. Saying that all others are "bad for privacy" is just bullshit. Anything is better than stock Android.

  • New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

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  • Agreed. Reading this, or trying to, I was switching back and forth between "this is missing information" and "why provide this additional explanation?" The target audience isn't clear. Either go for the technical deep dive or provide a much higher-level explanation of what happened. Not this... mess in between.

  • Microsoft's planned new AI trick for Edge will 'automatically open the Copilot side pane' with Outlook email links — and I can feel the hate already

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  • Gentoo user: "Of course we build from source! (What are snaps?)"