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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yep, also the ads don't get initialized at all if the user buys the ad-free version (going to top all in the Lemmy Boost community should bring up the post about it). It's relatively cheap and the dev is very active with bugs and requests. The dev is developing for the Fediverse and I'm happy to support that (as well as devs for Sync, Connect, Lemmy, etc.)

I like Boost and paid for ad-Free, but a lot of other clients should work for your needs. While they might not be privacy focussed, many are open source so you can check what is going on.

My preference goes

  • Boost (not FOSS, one time payment to remove ads)
  • Connect (not FOSS, ad free)
  • Eternity (FOSS & ad free)

I uninstalled the other ones and haven't kept up with them. There may be better ones out there, these are the ones I'm keeping up with

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yea with that title I was wondering if there was another EFF out there doing the opposite work lol

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've used HTTrack in the past

It worked well for the websites that I tried it on and it's pretty easy to run. You could give it a go?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTrack

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's a bit narrow with lots of moving parts. Maybe a clamshell setup would be easier and more usable with different phone sizes / accessories?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not familiar with the companies mentioned, but have you tried talking to the doctor or the clinic? They may be able to provide you with better guidance, or tell you about other machines that are compatible with your treatment plan. Even if they don't know about the privacy aspect, that might give you a shorter list to follow up on.

My guess (or hope) is that this is the option that the average person finds convenient, which is why the doctor recommended it. There should be other options that the doctor / clinic knows about, especially because an IOT CPAP machine is a fairly new thing.

Doctors modify treatment plans fairly often, even for things like patient comfort, and bringing this concern to their attention could also change what they recommend to future patients.


Personal thoughts unrelated to your case: This is a growing concern with healthcare technology and I think we need more attention on the harms. "Your insurance company will use it against you" is something that most people will understand.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Isn't that how the game works? You buy everything from the bank, but at least the bank doesn't take advantage of that monopoly

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The cordless device, which wirelessly connects to the local network of organizations that use it, allows engineers to tighten bolts and other mechanical fastenings to precise torque levels that are critical for safety and reliability. When fastenings are too loose, they risk causing the device to overheat and start fires. When too tight, threads can fail and result in torques that are too loose. The Nutrunner provides a torque-level indicator display that’s backed by a certification from the Association of German Engineers and adopted by the automotive industry in 1999. The NEXO-OS, the firmware running on devices, can be controlled using a browser-based management interface

Interesting ok

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I'm not sure about what the backup schedule and stuff has to do with it, but I don't think it helps much:

  • deleted posts don't come up in Google searches after a while

  • deleted comments might be counted in the comment count on a post someone navigates to (not sure), so at most the post will initially appear to have more content which might get someone to click

Marginal change at best, it's probably not worth your time thinking about it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We ran a census on lemmy.ca recently.

We're still working on the full graphs/summaries/results, but I can confirm that we had responses in that age range :)

Hopefully we should have the results out in a few weeks

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is this just about lying on data forms?

John Smith 1900-01-01

I'd rather we use some other term for it instead of disinformation. Even if the official definition works, it's unnecessary confusion

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Darn this would have been nice, but looks like it no longer works (at least for me)

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