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How do I pretend to give an app location permission? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Lizard insurance app mandates you give location permission, refusing access to the rest of the app otherwise. I have 0 intention of giving them this but so far have failed to find a phone number to call them (their mobile website tells me to use the app).

Until I find a different company run by living, real people, my current intention is to use the app to manage my insurance in the meantime. I don't want to give them my location, even if it's only while using the app, so how do I get the app to think it has my location when it actually doesn't?

inb4 just use a computer: nah. It's about spite at this point.

Pure evil in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What?

My word game had some weird archaic racist word as one of the answers. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry what?? Why the hell???

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Fuckers got my entire complex's Internet shut down (I am a renter not the owner)

Company creates "solution" to address school "vaping incidents". in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

There's a lot of good points being tossed around but I think this one is particularly good.

TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

mmm Beans

Artificial price increase so that you can post “discounts” on Prime Day in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

understandable, I judged too quickly.

Artificial price increase so that you can post “discounts” on Prime Day in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (6 children)

uh, doesn't Walmart do the exact same thing?

What video games would you rather watch someone else play than play it yourself? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

that's fair and understandable

What video games would you rather watch someone else play than play it yourself? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

imo you don't have to be good at those games to still enjoy them. I loved playing counter strike, and I never made it out of the lowest possible rank.

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ooh boy, and I was going to do pop!OS on my main rig thinking mint wasn't good for gaming.

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Been using Mint for about a month now on my daily laptop. It's nice, not having to deal with windows' bullshit, but on the other hand I've had a number of issues with it; most recently, it sort of reboots itself every so often randomly. That, and issues with not being able to hear high fidelity audio on a bluetooth headset while also using the headset's mic (there's a codec that let's me use both mic and audio, but the audio is low quality).

Usually though issues get fixed with an update, just gotta check the update manager often.

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I don't know anything about Linux and the idea of installing it frightens me. Where do I start? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I bought a laptop yesterday, it came pre-installed with Windows 11. I hate win 11 so I switched it down to Windows 10, but then started considering using Linux for total control over the laptop, but here's the thing: I keep seeing memes about how complicated or fucky wucky Linux is to install and run. I love the idea of open source software and an operating system without any of the bullshit that comes with Windows, but most of the open source stuff I have is on my android and fairly easy to install. Installing and using Linux just feels like it'll be a whole different beast that'll eat up most of my time and I'm kind of intimidated by it.

TL;DR Linux scawy, how does a barely computer literate scrub like me who's used nothing but windows since the dawn of their life get started with Linux?

What is this pop-up?? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I do not, no. but thank you!

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What is this pop-up?? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One UI 6.0 and Android version 14. Whenever I go to upload a photo this weird sub menu pops up instead of taking me directly to my gallery or my files. What is this, and how do I disable it?

Edit: Thanks for all the replies everyone! Appears to be a native android photo picker and it cannot be disabled as far as I've seen and been made aware from this thread.