I have it but don’t use it enough, not as default. I hadn’t checked if it has the new UI, thanks, Might have to switch default browser.

Yes! Give me boring UI please. I don’t want rounded corners or modern crap. I’m annoyed by the new Firefox UI.

Even when it’s really just about the UI but sometimes I feel like stuff gets more bloated when it’s “modern”.

Agreed. But that’s not all is being used for. Many tutorials, guides and who knows what else are in discord servers.

This is the reason I don’t like discord (alongside its lack of privacy, ownership).

I am aware they announced recently that the info will now be searchable (for servers that allow), but I consider it an information black hole.

So many people decide to use it and all that information is not searchable. It’s also lost if discord ever desires it, or the server admin bans you, or wtv.

Moving to a more open internet has to come from the masses, but the masses like Facebook so here we are.

Not a month goes by when I don’t read something that makes me think “How the fuck did they manage to screw THAT up of all things? And how did noone catch that before releasing?!”

And usually not just once per month…

It still didn’t come to me but I won’t use any feature or service locked behind a face scan or government issued ID document being provided, unless it’s a bank I use or my country’s government website.

Or I will provide a fake ID if I can make it work, but generally speaking I’d rather just not use that feature or service.

If this is what the internet is coming to, I want no part of it.

They forgot to analyze it. “Hey LLM, is this executable file a good version of the odyssey?”

Wow, I’m going to subscribe to their service now. /s

Totally agree with you but I’m not in charge here… I wouldn’t either. I put it behind some firewall to try to stop tracking and what not though

Nope. Part of the good samsung crap is that the app store is kind of non-existent.

Maybe I can side load apps but if I can I don’t know how, I may have to try that, but if not for side loading, there’s an “applications” menu where I can type apps to search for and it finds Stremio when not installed and I can install that way. There’s no app store that I can find. Searching for Nuvio finds nothing.

With that in mind I’m not confident I can side load apps easily. And I’m not going to change the os or root or so if there’s a way to do it, it’s not my TV. It’s a 77 inch TV that I don’t really want to risk bricking 😅

I’m never going to buy a Samsung TV. Lesson learned.

I’m experiencing this in the Smart TV at home.

Both yesterday and today I had to uninstall and install again. I assume clearing cache would work but the Smart TV’s OS is some samsung crap based on Android that I don’t really know what it has or has not, and I can’t find a way to clear cache.

It does have a “reinstall” option that does something pretty much instantly but I can’t tell what. It’s faster than an installation and it does not clear data. Maybe the “reinstall” clears cache and if it does, clearing cache would not work.

Meanwhile, on a regular android phone it works with no issues.

Duckduckgo for everything.

At first, after the switch years ago, I’d occasionally fallback to Google to search for solutions or explanations of technical errors but I guess Duckduckgo got better and/or Google got worse and I no longer use any other.

A few days ago I tried Qwant briefly with the idea to try to change to non-US services, don’t remember what for, and was not satisfied with the results. I did not try it for long enough to say it’s not a good choice though.

Since you like roguelikes, I’ll have to propose Tales of Maj’Eyal.

I wrote a post about it not long ago here where you can read abit more info.

(Not OP)

I think Kobo is not too closed, is it? Not saying it’s open source, but not hard to install KoReader or other stuff it may support.

I have a PocketBook reader, more specifically a pocketbook touch hd 3.

When plugged into a pc the thing seems open source but I am not sure if everything it runs is visible there. Installing KoReader on by device was just a matter of copying 2 folders to specific places in the existing hierarchy, and not a single file replaced a previously existing one.

This is an older device, I hope newer ones are still as open as this one seems to be.

I don’t expect to need to buy another e-reader anytime soon but Kobo would be on my radar if I would.

What is wrong with yours?