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Judging by the amount of downvotes, I think the /s would've helped at the end.

So far, the only reasons I've seen people switch from 1 communication app to another, be it for gaming or just day-to-day messaging is either better features/better quality or what they've been using so far turned into shit. And once enough people switch to the new better thing, the rest will follow.

Unfortunately the open source alternative cannot offer either, it's why they rarely succed.

When whatsapp first started to gain traction it was vastly superior to sms, mms was never really a big thing here.

Discord became king because Microsoft bought skype and made it shit and teamspeak/mumble were not as conveniant.

So next open source thing will have to be at least as good as discord and discord has to become really shitty before anything changes. So far, discord has been anything but flawless, but ads are the first step of the enshitification. People will likely switch to web client + adblock. And when discord decides to block that, that's when the first massive wave of people will switch to the new big thing and probably never look back.

I am hopeful the next thing will be something open, I am very much into that, I always try to look for alternatives, but average person doesn't care, so I wouldn't hold my breath.

So what features do these bridges support? Does voice chat work? Can I share screen through them? Can I upload attachments?

I would love to switch to something open source, but communication with other people usually has to have the same thing on both ends.

Discord won because it offered more than mumble/teamspeak and did more and better than skype at the time and looks like even to this day. It's even better than slack and teams when it comes to resource usage.

And how is that going to help if you're the only one in the friends group that uses Matrix? Your messages still end up on discord and half the features won't work. What do you achieve compared to using a throwaway account?

It probably takes 15 seconds to put the address into street view and have a look around. Shouldn't be too dificult to validate the photo. Not sure if there are any privacy policies preventing that, but I doubt it.

I don't think anyone would risk that with GDPR.

Which is why u get fireworks when someone plugs in a random usb drive they've found in the parking lot, looks at stuxnet

You should join some private trackers then. I am consistently getting 100+MB/s on many torrents from such trackers. That is of course on gigabit fibre and proper port forwarding configured.

Mall has security cameras

Why would it be bad to have alternatives? Stick to the built-in store if you want to, but let others have the freedom to choose.

Any company locking people to their own platform should be forced to allow alternatives.

I wasn't saying it shouldn't be an option. I do believe in third party app stores, which is why I have an Android and I download many of my apps fron f-droid.

It just feels like every other website I browse to on the phone has at least an annoying popup asking me to download their app... And at the worst it won't let me browse at all, unless I switch to desktop mode and get full functionality, but UI doesn't scale well.

What I am saying is, I don't need an app for facebook, reddit, lemmy, youtube, spotify, uber, carrefour and the list can go on and on... If it doesn't work offline, I don't want an app for it. And yes, I know you can download music and videos for offline use, but I don't, so just let me use the webapp... I undertand the benefits of an app, I just don't feel like keeping an app for that once a week I open reddit to look up some niche sub.

It would be good, but not better. Why do people like apps so much? I hate them... Like, there is so much browsers can do these days, there is no point in having to install so much crap on our phones...

Why would I have to download an app that has so many permissions, syphon my data, run in the background and drain my battery, when 90% of the stuff can stay in the browser?

The only few advantages I can think off that an app can bring are the following:

• they can work offline, some of them at least, half my apps probably won't
• better security, that's mostly for bank apps, not really needed for many other cases
• marginally faster load times
• higher complexity, devs have a bit more freedom I guess

Most use cases don't require either of these.

You know you are in some deep shit when the answer for a math question is no longer just numbers

Switzerland is not in the EU. Also even if it was, it's not illegal to design/manufacture solutions that don't comply with GDPR. They just can't be sold in the EU.

Also, data collection absolutely requires consent, it's why cookie popups exist on every website.

Yeah, looks like the mobile web version of youtube, but on desktop.

If you want some decent quality coffee fast, you can tryan automatic espresso machine. It's not gonna be cheap, but it will surely deliver something vastly superior to any reheated coffee

Mmmm, all that fresh freeze dried coffee... So fresh... Instant coffee is an abomination. So many crimes comitted in the name of lazyness convenience.

Reheating coffee doesn't make it bad, be it in the microwave, on the stove or hot plate. Not finishing your coffee and letting it get cold just to reheat it later definitely makes it worse.

This is not something subjective, oxidation is very real. If you don't believe me, peel an apple and let it sit for the same amount of time as you let your coffee sit and then you will see the effects.

When you brew coffee you extract all these oils and goodies from the beans thst have been protected by the antioxidants and expose them to air. While they will not turn to vinegar, they do oxidize and therefore degrade quite rapidly.

Aren't these *arr software using public trackers? If that is the case I recommend private trackers. A lot more reliable with a better database. Also some allow you to create re-seed requests for dead torrents.

It's probably because running such old hardware means your daily usage wouldn't show much difference between the 2 setups. If you mainly browse the internet or play gpu boumd games, you simply wouldn't notice a huge difference.

Change that use case to cpu bound games or other cpu intensive tasks and you would likely see a not insignificant difference.

Also newer hardware is more efficient(used to at least), so you should see lower power draw for the same performance or better performance for the same power draw.

So just because you don't see a difference, it doesn't mean it's not there.