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  • I've seen anecdotes from people saying they prefer 13R over Pixel 9. What worries me the most is the quality of the software: I keep seeing screenshots of UI glitches, and I don't know if that suggests reliability is mediocre.

    Samsung's software has been rock solid for me. This is the biggest plus for Samsung in my book.

  • Android @lemdro.id

    How is OnePlus 13/13R compared to Samsung/iPhone?

  • all you have to do is circumvent the security settings in your browser and suppress warning messages

    I think this is a very important point that too few people are raising and it's getting buried under the spam of "switch to Firefox" messages. Yes, switching to Firefox is an option. But clearly some people don't want to do it, and we give them these workarounds without saying what they really do and without highlighting that they are potentially dangerous. You use your browser for a large part of your interaction with your computer, so any downgrade in security is going to be significant. To me, the short-term implications of this are far more important than the longstanding Chrome-vs-Firefox discussion.

  • I agree. This style of handling is common in newer NFS games and probably what I miss the most from the older games. I particularly dislike the grip-vs-drift upgrades, especially since drift is mostly "press X to drift".

    That being said, I did find some cars fun to drive in once they're tuned a little, and I liked that different cars could have significantly different feel, which unfortunately can't be said about all NFS games, especially the newer ones.

  • Are you using Kitchenowl for storing recipes? If so, what's your experience with it?

    I've tried Tandoor, the common suggestion for recipe management, but I've found it too clunky to add recipes to. I like the concept, but it would take a long time to move all my recipes into the specific format they use, and the web UI does not make things easier.

  • I've liked the look and feel of Motorola Edge phones for a few generations now and I'd give one a try for a few years—the price point is often good enough that you can justify it for a a few years only, whilst software updates are supported—if it wasn't for the MediaTek chips. I know people generally praise their performance, but I'm really not confident that they aren't backdoored.

  • I'll start with two new addtions for me:

    • Capy Reader (code, F-Droid). While curating my Feedly subscriptions, I decided to try switching to some RSS feeds instead, which I had previously put off because I hadn't found a client I liked. Capy Reader is excellent both in performance and user interaction, and I find I much prefer reading my sources this way than through Feedly now.
    • Readeck (code). Not technically an app, but the website works perfectly well through a mobile browser. A read-it-later service that snapshots web pages and displays them in a friendly, customizable reader mode. The only downside is that it doesn't cache the full content of the saved pages offline, so you can't use it without Internet access.
  • Android @lemdro.id

    What are your favourite open-source apps this year?

  • if you regularly switch between espresso and pour over/immersion

    I think this is the biggest con of this grinder. The dial does have multiple turns, and you will need multiple turns to go between espresso and filter range. So the problem then becomes keeping track of which range you are in and getting back to the other one. And because the dial doesn't have very high precision, relatively speaking, it will be hard to get back to the exact point in the other range where you were before.

    To me, this would become frustrating quickly. If a small difference in grind setting is fine for filter, I would find that for espresso I have to spend a lot more time dialing in, and, the worst of it , that I would have to re-dial whenever I switch back from filter.

    While I think it's a good grinder for espresso overall, I would personally not get this if I plan to alternate between filter and espresso. I would perhaps look for a grinder without multiple turns, one where getting back to the previous position is easier and more obvious.

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works

    Unfortunate Placement

    Fediverse @lemmy.world

    How has your Lemmy experience changed over the past few months?

    Gaming @lemmy.ml

    This Sims 2 ad from 2002

    Reddit @lemmy.ml

    I didn't believe some of the stories about the current state of Reddit. I was wrong.

    Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Where do you get your video content nowadays?