I'm happy to pay for games. In fact the last time I pirated a game was downloading games from groups like myth and class. Subscription is fucking everywhere these days and I sure as hell won't be going that method for my games. I'll be sailing the high seas for sure.
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Honestly, the large majority of people will just shove a case on their phone, so any appealing aesthetic is just covered up anyway.
I can't say I'm a big fan of the visor look of the Pixels (I say this as a long time Nexus and Pixel user) but the iPhone and Samsung designs are your bog standard smartphone design. At least the Pixel is doing something different.
The issue around people being notified that an unknown tracker is following them to stop people stalking. This is for Google's and Apple's AirTags. Apple has not yet implemented this into their own devices. It's not a Google problem, it's Apple.
I don't see it either, Android 6.43.1
My Google Pixel Bud fell into a bush the other day. Despite knowing its basic vicinity I still couldn't find it. I used the find feature which makes it ring loud but still had issues as cars on the road were too noisy. I had to wait until after 8PM to try again. Thankfully I managed to but it really wasn't easy!
The trouble is Samsung is only for it's own ecosystem. The Google version should render the Samsung one obsolete.
Has Apple addressed the security issues that Google was holding out for before they released their tracking network?
Moved to Proton mail from GMail. At the same time I purchased a new domain and got SimpleLogin to create new aliases for all my sites and services. The only site that knows my real address is Proton itself and SimpleLogin.
I also ditched Chrome for Firefox. I honestly prefer Chrome but hate how controlling Google is with Chrome. I also switched to Duckduckgo. I've never actually felt less tracked in a long time as a result. Actually eye opening. I used Incognito so often for Google searches to not be tracked. Now I can search freely without then seeing ads or content related to that search elsewhere.
I read on the Jellyfin site that the Pi5 has no hardware encoders...
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration
Since I'm only streaming locally (on a Pi4) I don't need to record anything but still.
It literally says Belfast on the post box 😀
I've just gone over 200 aliases and none of mine are blocked. Are you using a custom domain?