Showroom7561 @ Showroom7561 @lemmy.ca

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Incoherent babbling. It's like listening to a drunk.

I don't want any of my business being shared with Google, including the fact that I use Canon products. It's just yet another data point for them to weaponize via targeted ads and data brokering.

And simply opening Chrome means that a data siphon to Google was just opened, so telemetry data would have been collected immediately.

What does this even mean?

What is the point of Leta?

Leta aims to present a reliable and trustworthy way of searching privately on the internet.

However, Leta is useless as a service if you use the perfect non-logging VPN, a privacy focussed DNS service, a web browser that resists fingerprinting, and correlation attacks from global actors. Leta is also useless if your browser blocks all cookies, tracking pixels and other tracking technologies.

For most people Leta can be useful, as the above conditions cannot ever truly be met by systems that are available today.

????? It's "useless" if you use other privacy-focused tools in your browser or internet connection?

I've had some sites simply not work right with Firefox, so I'll use an alternative, usually just another flavour of Firefox, like Librewolf or Waterfox, and they tend to work just fine. It's probably something to do with some of the locked down settings that I use on my primary browser, but it's nothing compared to forced Google Chrome or gasp Internet Explorer. 😵

The app was used for live view and also geotagging, in addition to file transfer. So this requirement affects several features.

The app was used for live view and also geotagging, in addition to file transfer. So this requirement affects several features.

Magic Lantern is awesome!

Unfortunately, it's for higher-end cameras, not my old point-and-shoot cameras. And it doesn't magically give your device GPS for geotagging images :(

The app was fine. The enshittification of the app is not.

Is that through the CRA website? I've been able to access it on Firefox (through Linux) without being hassled.

But yeah, websites that force you to use Chrome would get on my nerves. I'd be sandboxing that entire browsing session, too. LOL

This is what happens when the Health Secretary is someone who never actually studied medicine, practiced as a doctor, or even spent time as a nurse.

I think it’s a bit hilarious that touching the camera is considered such a hassle now.

If you are being paid for your work, or you are under time constraints, there's no way anyone would choose to take dozens of steps over a few.

I still love my older cameras, including one of the first DSLRs (Canon Digital Rebel). No apps. Every feature sold to you is right there in the camera, and those feature still work 20 years later.

It's the enshittification of technology that's the real problem. Most people would love the conveniences offered by advanced features, but not when there's a catch.

And this extends to well beyond "regular cameras". GoPro has completely ruined their hardware by locking basic features (like image stabilization) behind their app and/or subscription!

When I learned photography we had to finish the reel and spend a day in a darkroom before we could see the final product.

That's when photography existed as a skilled art, and a more enjoyable hobby. I miss those times.

Yes, another user mentioned that the older versions still work and don't require an internet connection, either 🤩

Unless the app was working without internet access before.

It was.

The mistake is buying a camera that requires an app that isnt using an open protocol and expecting Canon not to make use of their software lock in thumb screws.

To ge fair, these cameras were purchased before the Golden Age of Enshittification.

As hardware features like built-in GPS were offloaded to apps, choices became slim.

Yes, they announced it last month, so the forced implementation happened very quickly. Asshole move by Canon.

Interestingly enough, there is an option to sign in to an account in the Sony app, but it is not a requirement to actually use the app, connect to the camera, etc.

Depends on your workflow.

As an example, if I'm in a studio and have a camera set up a certain way, it's highly inconvenient to have to turn it off, pull the card out (which can mean removing it from the tripod if the card slot is on the bottom of the camera), plug it into a phone or laptop, copy the image, load the image for review, eject the card, reinsert the card, set the camera up again...

I mean, holy shit.

Why do that when you can tap the gallery through the app (already connected because you've got live view going), click on the photo, open it for review, keep shooting.

Of course, if you've shot a big day and have to offload 100gb of photos and video, an external card reader is the only way to go.

But for studio, live sessions, or quick shots, app transfer is so much easier. Some cameras have NFC, so you just tap your phone and start the transfer.

None of this has ever been a problem. It's the requirement to have a connected account that makes it a problem.

You can do firmware updates with the SD Card, that's the way it's been done for decades.

Yes, but I'm not checking Canon's website for every camera I own, when the app would just tell you.

That's one thing that I shouldn't have to chase Canon for.

I'm not going to pretend what geotagging and canon live view™ is but it sounds a lot like image metadata?

Geotagging puts location data in the photo. This is something I add to every image, because I use location for searching.

Live view is cool. You can set up the camera, and view/control it through the app.

This has many applications, and should never need an account to access, since the app should be communicating directly with the camera.

All I can say is that it would NOT work unless I also turned off my system wide adblocker (AdGuard).

For sure they are doing some shady shit.

Anyways, learn to use a SD Card maybe.

Completely irrelevant to the reason why I use the app, though.

I geotag photos, and that can only be done through the app.

I use live view, and that can only be done through the app.

Firmware updates. App.

Ahhh, sweet! 👍👍👍

their eventual Ai bullshit?

OMFG, I just checked the app, and under their "Recommended apps and services" is an AI image upscale option. If this can't be done on-device, then I guarantee your photos are being used for their gain.