[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

It's an illustration of what the first vertebrate that stepped on land may have looked like. If that thing would have been killed, we wouldn't be here now

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Why are so many mobile browsers at least 100, if not 200 megabytes in size? Even Firefox Focus which is supposed to be small and, you know, focussed is 85MB big.

The smallest browser I could find was the /e/ Foundation's built-in browser for /e/OS. It's 12MB.

It's kind of between Firefox and Focus in terms of features so why are all other browsers so big? Is there a small version of Firefox for Android?

Edit: I just looked up the /e/ Browser repo on their GitLab and the browser appears to be bigger than the 12MB displayed in App Info. It's about 70MB, so pretty comparable to the other browsers. I was so confused by the size difference but that's cleared up now.

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, using Firefox is a real hassle compared to Edge or Chrome. It's really only worth it if you're hardcorde into privacy but barely usable for your average Joe /s

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Try The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's pretty cool and has some very complex sentences

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

He's the kind of guy that looks at a Fairphone and says "if you compare this to a Pixel, the Pixel is faster", talks about how important repairability and sustainability is, vows to mention it in future phone reviews and then proceeds to never mention it ever again but instead keeps on saying how great the new iPhone is.

I'm not kidding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkmzDwgvqQM

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not really a fan of sponsor block. It's pretty much the most privacy respecting way of advertising and safe income for the creator. Seems like a win−win. I don't like watching ads but I'd rather watch a sponsor segment than a YouTube ad

NewPipe ftw though

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I'm not against crypto. It's just not that usable for everyday transactions like at the grocery store

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A few family members use Google for their mobile payment. They are aware of the implications but all alternatives I found are crypto based and not usable for everyday transactions.

Any recommendations?

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

laughs in F-Droid

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was beautiful and probably the most competent customer support you're gonna get from MS

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Bro. We just don't want some stupid money hungry company harshing our mellow here.

It isn't a new thing for companies to take a cool and open thing and just fuck it right up. Read this: https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html You may learn something...

[-] illectrility@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Startpage (basically a proxy for Google afaik), Murena Spot, SearX, Qwant, SwissCows

I use Qwant and Startpage for most things, but tend towards Qwant due to speed.

I primarily use Startpage for image search, though, because you can specify exact resolutions.

In my phone Murena Spot was always the default search engine and it's fine. I switch between it and Qwant Lite.

When I want someone to search more privately without getting different results, I always recommend Startpage.

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