Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
They are not losing users just because Mozilla is run by woke idiots. In order to use Firefox people need to make a conscious decision to install it because it doesn't come pre-installed on any device. All Android phones come with Chrome pre-installed. All Windows machines come with Edge pre-installed. All OSX machines come with Safari pre-installed. Most people never change any settings or make decision to use a different program when there is one that already does the same job. They just use the device in its default configuration. Mozilla doesn't sell any hardware devices where Firefox could be set as a default browser. There were some tablets with FF OS but Mozilla killed the project long time ago.
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31 Jul 2021 17:05
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Comment on: Netflix bleeds subscribers in US and Canada, with no sign of recovery | Ars Technica
Black Mirror was very good.
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21 Jul 2021 19:46
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Comment on: Facebook now telling users that someone they know is becoming an extremist
"Someone you know is becoming extremist," - Well, of course I know him. He is me.
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02 Jul 2021 22:46
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Comment on: Windows 11 Home requires Microsoft account and net connection to use.
I believe the current EULA of Windows 10 says if you login to your computer with online account they have the right to go through your files on HDD. So it does not matter if the account you are using is real or with fake name because they will be able to view all your shit. Windows 11 EULA will be similar but worse I imagine.
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26 Jun 2021 19:57
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Windows 11 Home requires Microsoft account and net connection to use.
24 35 comments 26 Jun 2021 19:09 u/Imperator (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Rabbit on Twitter: "The fact that NordVPN is using DMCA takedowns against Twitter accounts that criticize their security is significant evidence that you should avoid NordVPN."
There is a website that did detailed comparison of VPN providers and Mullvad looked like the best option for me.
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23 Jun 2021 20:26
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Comment on: Protonmail Gets A Slick New Look, As Privacy Tech Eyes The Mainstream – Techcrunch
I'm not a big fan of the new icons, they are too simplistic for me but rest of the interface looks good.
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11 Jun 2021 21:28
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Comment on: Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
Normal people who are not masochists use mice and don't give a shit about GUI.
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17 Apr 2021 11:31
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Comment on: Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
>Second, everything works without having to fuck with it. No drivers, no reboots, no bullshit. You plug things in and they work without any extra shit.
Yeah you plug in the "wrong" dongle and the fucking thing dies. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252244260 You bring it to apple store and they tell you to go fuck yourself. https://www.reddit.com/r/macbook/comments/k359t1/new_macbook_air_m1_died_seems_bricked/
Yeah this is totally professional equipment for professional idiots like you.
The ARM chip is faster in single-core tests only. In multi-core workloads the Ryzen still wins. https://www.laptopmedia.com/comparisons/preliminary-amd-ryzen-9-5900h-vs-apple-m1-the-m1-wins-in-single-core-by-11-but-the-ryzen-9-is-25-better-in-multi-core/
Mac users are the most technically incompetent demographic of people and you have proved this with your comment.
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17 Apr 2021 11:30
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Comment on: Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
UX does not matter. The only reason why some developers use macs is because Apple has a closed ecosystem that requires it. All developers I have met use Linux or Windows. In the company I worked for there was one iMac that was rarely used for the very reason I explained. Windows laptops are always more cost effective than Macs, everybody knows this. I just checked apple's website and compared one of their i7 macbooks to Asus ROG Strix G15 with same specs. The only difference is that Asus has more powerful GPU. And yet it costs £300 less.
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17 Apr 2021 10:47
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Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
13 22 comments 16 Apr 2021 23:18 u/Imperator (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: LG will shut down smartphone business in July to focus on smart home, robotics
I have a phone with M.2 slot and swappable battery and it is not a brick by any stretch of imagination. It actually feels better to hold it as compared to super thin samsungs.
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10 Apr 2021 13:34
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Comment on: Microsoft Teams is getting end-to-end encryption support
This encryption will have backdoor 100%. The Snowden leaks showed that NSA has direct access to all Office365 servers.
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06 Mar 2021 21:58
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Comment on: LastPass' free service will add a major limitation next month
Just use KeepassXC and sync the database file with something like dropbox or MEGA.
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21 Feb 2021 14:07
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Comment on: Why Everyone Should Build Their Own PC and Stop Using Macs
Macs are PCs too. Non-apple computers can at least be fixed when something breaks but Apple will either charge you astronomical amount or tell you go fuck yourself and buy a new one.
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01 Feb 2021 00:07
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Comment on: Intel Is Dying, And We Can’t Save It
Don't be a Zionist supporter too.
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17 Jan 2021 18:55
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Comment on: Intel Is Dying, And We Can’t Save It
Intel's yearly revenue graph is telling me something else. Author is trying to be drama queen.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/INTC/intel/revenue
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14 Jan 2021 22:46
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
Ahhh.... yes Blender. You forgot to say that Blender has development fund that is backed by some of the biggest companies in the world. Like Amazon, Intel, Facebook. I don't know how the fund works but I believe the big corps give them large chunks of money and Blender devs implement desired features for them. https://fund.blender.org/ Right now the fund gets 1.6 million Euros per year. That's not a trivial amount.
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04 Jan 2021 20:43
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
I used to work in tech support for 3 years. I'm sure the big businesses use Linux to run their infrastructure but the small-medium sized businesses run Windows server 95% of the time. They need Active Directory to control domain accounts. They need a Windows VM for Sage which is a popular accounting program. They need a VM for Veeam Backup & Replication to backup all the files and virtual servers. Many of them still have Exchange servers which run on windows. Although this has mostly moved to Office365 so it's becoming less and less relevant. Software for many 3D printers works only on Windows and Mac. There are probably thousand more examples that I am not aware of. Linux VMs are usually used for web servers that run Apache and NgineX. Video games are only for consuming. You can't use them as a means of creating new content.
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04 Jan 2021 20:07
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
GIMP is not professional alternative because it doesn't make any money. The same goes for FreeCAD and AutoCAD. People who want to just experiment and create something for fun use GIMP and FreeCAD. Professionals who are paid by companies use Phtoshop and AutoCAD.
>Also, most of the alternatives are free
Yes, that's why will always be inferior in feature set.
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04 Jan 2021 18:53
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
That's a good point. I should have used that instead.
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03 Jan 2021 23:00
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
I never used Davinci Resolve so I cannot compare it to anything else but I heard the linux port has problems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpXUQgCbtQw
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03 Jan 2021 22:56
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
Have you ever worked in tech support? People don't know how to put icons on their desktop.
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03 Jan 2021 22:50
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
>Apple will be doing both Apple Silicon and Intel support for a long time. Like a decade.
And who told you that? I don't remember Apple supporting PowerPC architecture for 10 years after they switched to Intel.
>Windows can be run on ARM, so ARM processors for desktops might become more popular in the next 10 years.
That doesn't change anything in regards to my original topic. It may be better for competition since x86 licence is held by only 2 companies but OSX will only run on Apple's ARM chip. Don't worry they will figure it out.
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03 Jan 2021 22:23
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
First you say it's not true and then you slowly admit it is true. No point in lying to yourself. GIMP and Inkscape will not catch-up to their proprietary counterparts because they don't make any money. Firefox can compete with Chrome because Mozilla makes somewhere between $400 to $500 million dollars per year. For that amount of money you can hire many good developers. Adobe Inc. made $11.17 billion in 2019 and has over 22 600 employees. Now I don't know how much money the GIMP project gets in donations but I can guarantee you it's not even a fraction of what Adobe makes. People need to eat and pay bills. Most of people don't want to work for free. All these programs that are developed by volunteers can never compete with something that has paid full time developers behind it.
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03 Jan 2021 21:56
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
No I am serious. Are you in denial?
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03 Jan 2021 21:27
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Comment on: The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
The point is to use Apple OS and programs while having a computer that is more repairable and cheaper I guess.
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03 Jan 2021 20:08
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The days of the Hackintosh project are numbered.
32 32 comments 03 Jan 2021 19:05 u/Imperator (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Signal: Cellebrite claimed to have cracked chat app's encryption - BBC News
End to end encryption only works on mobile devices. I use telegram 99.9% of time on desktop.
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27 Dec 2020 20:02
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Comment on: Law banning “rental” fees for customer-owned routers takes effect Sunday | Ars Technica
Wow I didn't know this was a thing. Over here the ISP sends you a router for free and you get to keep it forever. However the routers are cheap crap.
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20 Dec 2020 20:36
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Comment on: Endangered Firefox: The state of Mozilla
I think it's mainly due to mobile phones and tablets. Specifically Androids. Google controls the development of Android and dictates that all devices with Android must ship with chrome pre-installed. So people just use whatever is there. Just like Safari is pre-installed on every apple device. Mozilla doesn't have any devices hence it doesn't come pre-installed on any of them. Lot of google owned websites are also designed to serve slower version of javascript when you visit them with firefox.
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13 Dec 2020 16:18
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Somebody is selling the new Radeon cards for the price of a luxury car.
7 2 comments 25 Nov 2020 19:57 u/Imperator (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Your computer isn't yours.
Nah that's too much effort. I just don't buy their shit. By giving them money you are encouraging them to keep doing this.
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16 Nov 2020 00:51
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Is it dumb that everything is "smart?"
5 1 comment 05 Nov 2020 20:33 u/Imperator (..) in g/technologyMicrosoft-Dilemma. Europe as a software colony.
1 0 comments 16 Oct 2020 17:54 u/Imperator (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible. - The New York Times
It's definitely harder with services/products where there isn't a proper alternative but not impossible. Changing search engine to DuckDuckGo, your browser to Firefox and moving your stuff from Dropbox to MEGA or pCloud is super easy.
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08 Aug 2020 15:50
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Guess who is really planning to meddle in USA election this year.
4 0 comments 08 Aug 2020 15:22 u/Imperator (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
Cloudflare has cancelled people? Can you tell me more?
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