Many seedbox providers also offer dedicated servers or seedboxes with root access (or the ability to deploy containers or something similar), that's probably the closest you're gonna get.
I was wrong too, YouTube provides 160kbps audio tracks, just like the free version of Spotify. You only get the full 320 kbps if you subscribe to Spotify Premium. But you need a tool like Votify or Zotify to download from Spotify.
I tried it out once, but I currently don't use it, because I just run mollysocket on my own server.
On my app I don’t get rich notifications only “you may have a new message”.
That should only be the case while your Molly database is locked, because the actual messages can't be decrypted, so no message preview can be shown in the notification.
it’s not really different from Whatsapp or Telegram
That's not true. WhatsApp is fully proprietary and Telegram doesn't use E2EE by default. And even if you enable it, they use a weak encryption protocol.
That's simply false. Signal Notifications never include the content of the message or any metadata, no matter if they're sent over FCM, APN, WebSockets or UnifiedPush (via mollysocket). That wouldn't even be possible, since the Signal server sending out the notification doesn't even have the key to decrypt the message. Only the users involved in the conversation have the keys, that's how end-to-end encryption works. Signal simply sends an empty message via FCM (or any other push system), and the Signal app on your device then receives and decrypts the encrypted message and shows you a preview of the message content as a notification on your operating system.
And every build of the Signal client for WhatsApp also supports WebSockets as a fallback push notification system, in case Play services aren't installed or can't be reached. The only reason why FCM is used by default is that it saves some battery, because it only maintains one background network connection for all apps, instead of each app handling notifications themselves.
The company (Signal Messenger LLC) is fully owned by Signal Foundation, a 501(c)3 non profit organization.
Try to use federated services
I generally like this idea, and I also use federated services for things like social media, that's why we're having a discussion here on Lemmy. But it introduces some issues with private messaging, like lack of reliability, which sucks if you want to use Matrix as your primary messenger, as well as metadata leaks. Federation is not always the answer, and in my opinion definitely not when it comes private and secure messaging.
they are more robust against hostile take overs
Probably around 80-90% of Matrix users are on the matrix.org homeserver, so it's absolutely not as decentralized and resilient as you think it is.
I currently use Telegram for my friends and family
Telegram is probably the worst thing you could use, it doesn't encrypt messages by default and they are stored on Telegram's servers, so they can read them at any time.
I'm also on Element/Matrix. Before I try to get my contacts to join me on there, should I be aware of any privacy issues
Yes, Matrix leaks a bunch of metadata and doesn't have post-quantum encryption.
The best option is to use Signal. It uses end-to-end encryption by default for everything: Normal chats, group chats, voice and video calls and even stories. Messages are only stored on their servers (in encrypted format, so they can't access them) until you receive them, after which they are promptly deleted and only stored on your device. And Signal has much better metadata protection than Matrix. The UX is also much better and less confusing, making onboarding new users much easier.
Thanks for making this useful and informative post for new users, but I unfortunately have to remove it, since it's not related to piracy. You can post this in another community like !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca.
Germany also has this, it's called Rundfunkbeitrag, but it's often just referred to as GEZ-Gebühr, because it's enforced by the Gebühreneinzugszentrale, or GEZ for short. They didn't classify computers as TVs, but they also enforce it for FM radios, including those installed in cars, so you basically can't get around it.
I just install Windows 11 Pro N, it comes with much less bloat than the normal Pro version. Then I run the Ameliorated playbook to get rid of most of the spyware and all the other junk. You can also run a script from privacy.sexy for good measure, but AME should handle most of it.
Just make sure to install the Windows Media Feature Pack from the "Optional features" dialog in the settings before running AME, because it might not be possible afterwards.
No it's not: https://github.com/signalapp/signal-server