this is honestly the conclusion I’m getting to after trying out Lawnchair and Kvaesito, like others in this thread have recommended

this is what I do currently (GrapheneOS Network Permission), but I’m just curious if there are any other alternatives out there. it’s slightly easier to have trust the software I use from the get-go, not hinder it so it can be trusted, if that makes sense

I’m mostly fine with any launcher, as long as you can put apps in folders in the app launcher, as well as hiding some apps altogether. Lawnchair looks interesting and I’ll check it out

I agree that it looks dry in this photo, and that might have something to so with my camera + the lighting. The dosa pictured in reality is not very thin and crispy and is thick enough to make sure none of that sauce goes to waste.

Likewise, I know a lot of people that would for sure appreciate some chutney on the side, and I love making roti with this instead of dosa as well.

I personally don’t have it that way, but you have my word that none of the sauce goes to waste :)

Google cannot see any message content of Signal notifications through FCM. It’s more like a “heads up” to the Signal app, telling it “hey, there are new messsges. wake up and check what they are.”. The Signal app then checks for messages and does all the decrypting and whatnot itself.

While it’s possible that the timing of FCM telling the app to check for notifications could be used to correlate activity, that’s an edge case that if you are concerned about can be easily avoided by just using the background WebSocket or a fork of Signal like Molly that allows you to use a third-party UnifiedPush provider to check for messages in the background, instead of FCM.

I think the main difference is that the Play Store version can use FCM (Google Play Services) for notifications, while the APK Signal distributes only receives notifications over a background WebSocket connection.

GrapheneOS on Pixel 9 Pro XL. it’s a very refreshing experience having nearly no preinstalled apps, and having to install anything you want yourself, not the other way around. I don’t need Play Services/FCM notifications either, I use Molly to talk with people, a fork of Signal that allows for UnifiedPush support, which I self host ntfy for.

Immich full stop, like everyone else has said. self hostable so as much storage as you can buy (and maintain backups of!), AI so you can search your photos like “sunset on beach”, and just rock solid, despite it “”“technically”“” still in pre-release stage

FINALLY! something to help LOWER those gas prices!

/s

shred or alternatively you can zero out all the bytes in a drive with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<DRIVE>

it’s great but doesn’t cover email, that you have to do yourself/with a provider

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it’s almost like that’s the point of congestion pricing

fair, been to one of those as well. definitely worse than Olive Garden.

not even sure if I stand alone on this hill, but Olive Garden is the worst place I’ve ever eaten at.

obligatory Technology Connections video on dishwashers

I still find Tealdeer useful even now, it helps me get working with commands I know little about, more so than a manpage

Any Inter fans? :(

I haven’t met a single person that didn’t like Photon. Photon is the only reason I started browsing on desktop regularly. It’s lean, clean, and packed with gorgeous transitions; I’ve rarely ever found a project that gets form and function right.

The internet is a shitty place. I’m not surprised that on Lemmy we have shit like

• “client with no JS when?”
• “I don’t want normies anyway”
• “I’m too old to appreciate a modern-looking UI”
• “eww I don’t like this thing that carries subjective opinions, let’s never let anyone use this.”

The troll energy is strong, but it doesn’t change that this is a great project. Alternative UI’s are what make Lemmy unique, and you’re doing your part. That’s appreciated.