AnActOfCreation @ AnActOfCreation @programming.dev

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Due to a recent swap in Photon's tooling we are unable to update to later versions of Photon. As such, for now the alternate frontend will exist frozen and will continue to exist in the future until either: a new lemmy version breaks that version of the frontend or the issues are fixed and upgrading becomes possible again.

Is there a GitHub issue related to this problem that we can follow to see whether Photon addresses this issue?

A Roku stick requires the Roku streaming service to be functioning to be useful.

That's not true at all. You could use a Roku with only Plex/Jellyfin and it would be immensely useful.

Thunderbird with the conversations add-on. It's a game-changer that makes it much easier to transition from Gmail.

I am also missing comments on posts from other instances.

And on a post I made to World, I only got comments from here.

Thank you so much for sharing this!!

It can be encrypted...

Sorry about that! See this comment for a few ways around the paywall.

Apologies, I run the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Firefox so I don't even notice when sites have paywalls (and I recommend everyone else do the same). It's right up there with adblockers as being almost an essential component of browsing the web these days.

https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean

Here are a few more options for viewing the article without a paywall if you don't want to install an extension.

• https://archive.ph/gVXdT
• https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2024%2F06%2F03%2Felon-musk-tesla-insider-trading-lawsuit-board-directors%2F
• https://clearthis.page/?u=https://fortune.com/2024/06/03/elon-musk-tesla-insider-trading-lawsuit-board-directors/

Looks like mostly C++.

I see it more like the browser group wanted it to be a 'real' browser and not held down by having to be compliant with the hobby OS. But that's just my reading from the outside. :)

They mentioned being more open to OSS packages, which probably wouldn't work on Serenity.

Lol it's not a link in the markdown so it's just the Lemmy web UI making assumptions. Also it's funny that they don't own that domain.

Didn't they recently get bought by Canva? Not saying that's a good or bad thing, but it's something to keep in mind.

I think migrating is the hardest part. My email history has a lot of important records and notes that I don't want to lose.

By the way, I recommend checking out this video, which makes a great point that email is inherently insecure, regardless of the provider you choose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH626CXyNtE

Don't fret, I think a lot of us are on a long-term journey to de-Google. I've actually found that changing browsers is one of the easiest things to do, especially with the ability to import your bookmarks and such. With Firefox Sync, you pretty much have the same functionality as you would with your Google account signed into Chrome.

What engine does it use?

I have no idea. I'd guess not, as it's not a strong fork like other Chromium-based browsers. Its main selling point is that it's nearly identical to Chrome, but with a lot of the Google garbage stripped out. I don't use it as a daily driver, but only when I need something Chromium-based like the use case mentioned by @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml. It's very likely to work wherever Chrome does.

They expect most users to not care, and sadly they're right.

If you still need Chrome, consider Ungoogled Chromium!

Thanks!

Wow I almost forgot the original name! I was skeptical it would catch on, as name changes are very hard, but fortunately it was very early on and I bet a lot of other people have forgotten as well.