kirk781 @ kirk781 @discuss.tchncs.de

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RVX Music requires manual compilation, right? Also, does it properly play album version of songs? (YT Music ReVanced plays the video version of songs instead).

Editorially, it has a bias yes. But it's non political pieces are decent. Plus the Games section isn't too shabby.

I could be wrong, but Washington Post I once tried and I found it even worse. Guardian is slightly better.

Yes, I have been using for some time. Works like a charm on the supported websites. Can even be installed on mobile Firefox if extension sideloading is supported. (Dunno if official Firefox supports it now but the forks Iceraven and Smart Cookie Web Preview do).

Instagram Reels and YT Shorts are very popular in India, especially after the Tiktok ban. Curiously, whilst some Chinese apps are banned, Chinese hardware especially mobile phones are very popular in India.

Since the ban was done after a Sino India border clash, there was little logic as to why Indian users would migrate to other Chinese apps and the void was filled by domestic and international replacements.

May companies like Realme still use Vooc charging and have not switched to USB PD. I think it's the case with majority of Chinese OEMs.

A similar case is seen in wireless tech where Qi or Qi2(which currently only HMD supports) isn't the base standard for Chinese OEMs since their propreitary solutions can sometimes wirelessly charge as high as 50W in some cases.

Very few flagship phones offer the first two now. ( I think Xperia series had an Headphone jack). Replaceable battery is almost gone even in mid rangers. Chargers, Chinese OEMs still provide but still not Samsung or Google.

I use Iceraven currently. It's a Firefox fork. Back when I started to use it, It was one of only two browsers (other being Smart Cookie Web Preview) to support extension sideloading on Android.

I don't think Iceraven is as hardened as Mull, but it is updated on a regular basis. Either case, for most folks, regular Firefox should do the trick. There is also Waterfox, another FF fork on desktop/mobile but it hardly has much to distinguish itself.

That's true. Graphene is majorly Pixel limited, I guess. And even Lineage has a small set of devices when one considers the nos of OEMs and variants they manufacture per year.

Doesn't' the fork like Lineage OS or Graphene also need to support those phone models first?

Have you even seen r/india? It's the inverse of what you have written. Criticising the govt is the rule there, in fact, there was a whole subreddit called r/indiadiscussion originally dedicated for meta linking of why people got banned from r/india. (r/indiadiscussion isn't meta only anymore but if one trawls through the old posts, assuming they aren't deleted, one can see the breadth of bans from r/india)

It's r/indiaspeaks that was originally formed as a free speech bastion that turned rightwing because the main sub was staunchly on the opposite side of the spectrum(and loved to use the banhammer).

I don't think I can link usernames here but a notorious powermod of r/india used to moderate r/worldnews as well and banning from once meant ban from the other.

Do you use the official Spotify client or a third party one like ncspot? Not that the latter will remain for long now considering API changes on Spotify's end.

I have a Nokia C01 Plus. It was very cheap and it's just kept, only used occasionally by me. It has Android 11, probably Go version only.

Otherwise, my main phone was littered with bloatware(looks at Realme).

HMD, the spiritual successor to Nokia, still produces the odd phone (latest being the HMD Fusion) that is close to stock Android in feeling. The author mentions that folks looking for stock Android are well served by Pixel A series of phones but they are still overwhelmingly expensive, Atleast in emerging markets.

They are a major force in the Chinese market so maybe it might see some traction there, but otherwise, I still don't see a third mobile OS getting genuine market share.

I could be wrong, but didn't previous generation of Samsung A series phones come with eMMC storage. I think this has UFS 2.2, so slight increase there as well.

But I agree that overall it's an incremental upgrade only. And base model of 4GB RAM might not hold in the long term. I had/have an entry level Samsung phone(A05 I guess), but that stutters much

That would be so much better. Even phones with similar battery capacity exhibit so much difference in stand by times. I have a Realme phone right now but it's 5000 mAh battery seems very weak for me. Granted I am coming from a 7000mAh Techno phone, but this one feels almost half as efficient only. I guess stuff like higher refresh rates and OS optimizations do play hidden roles.

Do Silicon Carbon batteries have a lower lifespan than Lion ones? I know they allow for more dense and higher batteries to be packed in slim packaging but didn't knew if there is any potential downside.

As for Arc, I have heard so much praise for it as if it's the next best thing since sliced bread.