[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

This is kind of a ridiculous take. I hate iPhones, but this is not a "hurr durr iPhones bad and insecure" moment. I implore you to look at the sophistication of this attack. The attack chain is so ridiculously long and complex, and only because of the security of the iPhone. This is not a script kiddie attack, and could only be executed by a very determined party.

No device is secure, and any and all computers could potentially fall victim to an attack like this, but it is absolutely ignorant to say that iPhones don't offer any more security than other devices.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by sirfancy@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

Not sure if that renders the same for everyone, but I'm very tired of seeing the big emoji letter usernames. Is there an option to convert these usernames to ASCII or otherwise not render them? If not, could this be something that could be implemented? I don't want to resort to blocking everyone, but I may if there's no other choice. It's very visually annoying and distracting.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Please use punctuation. This is incredibly hard to read, especially to those who are dyslexic.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

Wtf does EEE mean, why must people assume everyone knows every acronym

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My opinion: Follow the Apex Legends one. Don't tell the public literally anything. Build up zero hype, and then release it out of nowhere and let the game speak for itself. No hype = no overinflated expectations or impatient gamers. Obviously not every studio should do this, but I wish more would. I enjoy being pleasantly surprised, rather than wait for a game for years, only for it to be overpromised and DOA.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They literally just gave Yahtzee a new segment. Actually unreal. Hope they find a new better job soon, we all know how talented they are.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sirfancy@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

I'm looking to play some mobile games online with my partner while we're away; something simple and potentially asynchronous but doesn't have to be. Something like Words With Friends but not cluttered and overrun with ads. Simple board games, strategy, or other casual games.

Anyone have any suggestions? Doesn't necessarily have to be free, but it is preferred. I've looked all over but navigating the Play Store is a nightmare if you're not looking for the top 20 grossing games.

Edit: Thank you to the very few who actually gave some recommendations closer to what I asked for. To be more clear, the kind of games I am looking for are:

  • Ad-free (it's okay if it's cheap to remove ads as long as the game is not overly monetized and cluttered)
  • Simple, quick
  • Online / remote
  • Asynchronous (not required)
[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

Average fediverse user seeing a platform undergo changes they dislike:

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

...what. He just made an analogy about not consuming unethical beans. That's literally his point. So no, he does not consume the beans.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Apple literally invented that move. I can understand being frustrated with Google's track record for support, but if you are switching to Apple in hopes of them being more pro-consumer, I got some bad news for ya.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 472 points 1 year ago

It's essentially a brand new platform. A tiny dip a month after the initial boom is far from "losing users" and is not indicative of trends. I don't understand why everyone is so obsessed with growing Lemmy as fast as possible.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So uh, is this a good thing? Do we really want to repeat what happened to Payday 2 and have 50?

Edit: Sorry, my mistake. There's 81.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Questionable legality aside, who wants this? I thought we created these federated platforms to get away from all that garbage. The last thing I want is more bots spamming content here (not to mention a lot of the content on the sites it'd be pulling from are spam/bot content in the first place).

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Is there a way to hide posts that have identical titles on identical sibling communities? My feed gets cluttered really fast when I'm subbed to a big community on two different instances because people often crosspost. I'm tempted to leave one, but I don't want to miss anything.

[-] sirfancy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Wait is this some sort of joke I'm not privy to? That's not actually Margot Robbie right? I can never tell what's real on the internet nowadays.

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Is there any chance we'll see another paid premium tier that only removes ads? I really don't want another subscription, but I also can't justify $100 just to remove ads.

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