I’ve been using My Links as my Linkwarden client on mobile, but it had some quirks that I wasn’t in love with — most notably, it always took a couple of taps for me to get to my “Inbox” collection, which is what I spend most of my time in. I’m excited to give the official client a try and hopefully it’ll help streamline my workflow for publishing links like this.
➝ Source: linkwarden.github.io
A great guide, as you’d expect, from Retro Game Corps. I recently purchased a Retroid Pocket 5 and used this guide to set it all up with the best emulators, front-end, and other necessary utilities.
➝ Source: m.youtube.com
Marius Masalar:
My iPhone 15 Pro is a marvel, but after over a decade of iPhone use, I am, frankly, bored.
Apple products have become familiar to the point of monotony. And, having spent weeks using the betas of the upcoming version of iOS, I can’t shake the feeling that Liquid Glass is a design language at war with itself, contradicting its own mandate to put your content first by drawing attention to itself at every turn.
_So what, it’s a phone—just change it._You’re right, and I did. Twice, actually. I spent a bit of time with the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL a few months back and the OnePlus 13 a little after that. But…at the time, RCS was just rolling out, and since most of my social life relied on iMessage, the friction was too great—if not for me, certainly for my friends and family who I had no desire to inflict turmoil upon.
Even so, to call the experience a breath of fresh air would be putting it lightly. It’s so refreshing to see a fundamentally different take on the same promises Apple makes with its iPhones. Same form factor, same capabilities, yet governed by different philosophies and priorities.
I relish the changes to my routine.
I wouldn’t mind dipping my toes into the Android waters, but too much of my writing and publishing still relies on Apple Shortcuts. Hopefully that will change in the future and I’ll be able to give it a try as well.
➝ Source: marius.ink
Monica Ayhens-Madon, writing on the Thunderbird Blog:
The Thunderbird for Android beta is out and we’re asking our community to help us test it. Beta testing helps us find critical bugs and rough edges that we can polish in the next few weeks. The more people who test the beta and ensure everything in the testing checklist works correctly, the better!
The last time I toyed around with Android, I wasn’t able to find an email app that I truly enjoyed. I’m excited to see Thunderbird is available now. I’ll probably dig out my Android handset to give it a try.
➝ Source: blog.thunderbird.net
There’s a whole world of emulation frontends on Android and, as I’ve been toying around with the Retroid Pocket 2+, I’ve tried a lot of them. I don’t think any of them come close to LaunchBox.
➝ Source: launchbox-app.com
Ken Macon, in reference to a recent report by a Trinity College Dublin professor:
Google’s Dialer and Messaging apps have been collecting and sending data without users’ consent and an opt-out option, according to a new report. The practice potentially violates Europe’s GDPR laws and other privacy laws across the globe. […]
From the Messages app, Google gets a SHA256 hash generated from the content and timestamp. The hash is hard to decipher, but Leith believes it can be reversed allowing the content of the message to be recovered. […]
From the Dialer app, Google logs outgoing and incoming calls, as well as the time and duration of calls.
If this is true, it’s a massive privacy violation. And terrible timing for Google — coming so soon after Google Analytics was deemed illegal in Europe in its current form.
➝ Source: reclaimthenet.org
Mike Harley gives a two month update on his quest to remove Apple products and services from his life. He’s decided to move toward more free and open source alternatives — most notably Pop!_OS on the desktop and CalyxOS on mobile. I’m happy to hear that things are working out pretty well in this endeavor.
➝ Source: obsolete29.com
Chris Hannah:
But when I really think about how much I feel locked-in, I think back to my younger self, and my feelings towards technology back then. I liked the look of Apple products, but I mainly liked having endless control of my computer, I tinkered a lot, I broke things a lot, and I actually learned quite a bit along the way.
In general I preferred to be an opinionated user, rather than having an opinionated computer telling me what I could do.
Chris is thinking of giving Android a try and I’m going to be installing Pop!_OS on an old MacBook Air to see if it has room in my workflow.
➝ Source: chrishannah.me
