Alphane Moon @ Alphane_Moon @lemmy.world

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It downloads RAM for you, sells your browsing data to major gaming companies, helps you stay on top of your Twitch subs by disabling the ability to block web notifications.

You know, a gaming browser.

I agree with you, I may be even more cynical than you with respect to senior executives' public statements and corporate PR.

I just don't see a clear motive for the DDG CEO to inflate the valuation of Chrome. The examples you cite seem a bit far fetched (to me), I could be wrong of course.

That is a possibility.

However, I think in this particular case, the DDG CEO is better qualified than me or you to evaluate the value of Chrome. I can't think of any reason for Weinberg to promote an inflated valuation for Chrome.

It's not only about the brand, it's about the installed base. You have hundreds of millions (billion plus?) of users who use your application every day for a wide variety of tasks.

Weinberg described his estimate as a "back-of-the-envelope" calculation, based on Chrome's vast user base and global reach – a figure that far exceeds previous estimates, such as the $20 billion valuation offered by Bloomberg analyst Mandeep Singh last November. Weinberg added that such a price tag would be well beyond DuckDuckGo's financial capabilities, remarking, "That's out of DuckDuckGo's price range."

That's fair. My frame of context was more general.😀

I am not sure if Arch or Nix are good distros if you are new to Linux.

I would say Linux Mint might be a better option to get your bearings. This is a subjective thing, but I personally found it helpful to slowly learn some core things about Linux (CLI, base system architecture, DE's and their nuances) in a controlled environment.

Just sharing my thoughts. It's cool if Arch or Nix works better for you.

There is in-app changelog (URL link?), I am assuming this update is not related to the new design.

This is a much needed update. While I like the functionality of F-Droid, the UI is unappealing.

The UI/UX has always been absolutely atrocious.

Very well could be. No one in my has a phone with OneUI 7, and I am only happy out phones will be getting it once it's been beta tested by someone else. 😀

Don't get me wrong, I got a work issued Galaxy Note 3 in 2014 and I swore off Samsung for 6 years. I liked the phone itself, but software experience was just so bad. It felt like a completely different device after Installed Lineage OS.

But then tried the A50 (after reading several in-depth reviews) and I've been buying mid-tier Samsung device for myself and the family sense then.

I've been using mid-tier phones for the past ~10 years (including Samsung A series in the last 5) and I've never experienced a mid-tier smartphone working this bad on release.

I am surprised the performance was this bad at release. It almost sounds there could something else going on.

This is from October 2024

There may be Windows only solutions to folder password protection (the one I remember is from 20 years ago lol), but they are unlikely to be cross platform.

Of the top of my head the only thing that would work in a cross platform manner are password protected archives.

You could argue the same about the initial transition from hardware keypad phones to slab style touch screen phones.

I am not saying foldables will without doubt become mainstream, but it's not beyond the realm of possibility.

Corruption, American style. Americans love their elaborate and borderline-tiring corruption schemes and PR propaganda.

Also depends on your taste in gaming. More niche games and some retro games can be really hit or miss. But I do agree that in the last ~5 years there has been a revolution in gaming on Linux.

I am not arguing for or against a given form factor, I personally like big screens, but I would only be happy for there to be offerings and more competition.

I am just saying that it's not completely unreasonable to speculate that in the future almost all smartphone will use the foldable format.