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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      1 天前

      I want to use Matrix so bad, but my bridges to Telegram and Signal just… stopped working, completely. After which I promptly gave up on it and let my domain expire a few months later (the domain I’d had for 1.5 years, Matrix was the first thing I actually did with it lol).

    • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      1 天前

      I feel like NewPipe would be awesome if it weren’t just for Android. Like if you could run it on PC/Mac/Linux. iOS wouldn’t be entirely out either, since you can sideload up to 3 apps with a free developer account. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you already have an Apple account, so you can just make it a developer account, and all that really does is add you to the developer mailing list, which isn’t that annoying.

      Of course, on the computer I just use Firefox + uBlock Origin, but I can do that on Android, too. I’ve never tried watching YouTube on my Android phone (my iPhone has a bigger screen, but I’d just rather use a computer) but I bet I can block the ads in the browser. I think the app comes with it. My iPhone doesn’t even have the YouTube app. I never see ads in Safari using uBlock Lite, which is a DNS filter, which is exactly what Android users without root are doing, AFAIK (or VPN-based blocking e.g. PiHole that’s platform independent).

      (So basically I prefer a solution that works on all my devices from various vendors. But a good option for Android, especially since Google backed down on canceling sideloading!)

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
          4·
          1 天前

          I think there’s technical reasons for that. It looks like (and I may be wrong) they grab the YouTube website and show you a modified version of that, instead of requesting just the video from the server. This may be useful because YouTube changes how its API works sometimes to throw off 3rd party clients.

        • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          0·
          20 小时前

          Ah, yes, I have it (on macOS, I use it for downloading when YouTube blocks jd2 from downloading, I can get the video in any res with no audio, and the video in like 160p with good audio. Throw both into mkvtoolnix, ditch the low-res video stream, and it’s all good. A bit of extra work, but if I want the video I can get it). I know it’s similar.

      • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        4·
        1 天前

        There is an experimental version floating around that does run on linux through the very new android translation layer. Very buggy though currently. Its in flathub.

        • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          20 小时前

          That’s awesome. Linux should absolutely be pushing for Android app compatibility in much the same way macOS does with iOS/iPadOS apps.

          And by pushing, I mean it should be an optional project people could install if they want, not forced on everyone like a commercial OS feature. I just mean it should be a thing.

  • Tabayat@lemmy.ml
    6·
    8 小时前

    accrescent is a great appstore with limited apps, my favourite is beautyxt and DNSnet, give it a try!

    • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
      3·
      2 小时前

      Note that, although (AFAIK) the Accrescent client is free software, it’s hardcoded to only support their own store which last I checked had no guarantee that it only offers free software. Its marketing seemed to rely a lot on spreading FUD about F-Droid even though it fundamentally serves a different purpose than F-Droid.

    • Mose13@lemmy.world
      6·
      17 小时前

      Blorp dev here. Comment are virtualized. That means anything that isn’t currently in view can get unmounted to keep the comments page super snappy. For small posts, this is definitely overkill, but it means we can smoothly render posts with thousands of comments.

      I’ve kinda been waiting for someone to complain about this for me to fix it. What I’ll likely do is implement a custom search box that is compatible with the virtualized comments. I have a lot on my plate rn, but I’ll get this fixed as soon as I have time. Sorry for the inconvenience.

  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml
    61·
    21 小时前

    Buran, a Gemini protocol browser.

    The posts by Ivan odintsiff are very cool to read. He writes about his discoveries in Gemini.

    • wolfinthewoods@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 小时前

      The only thing that sucks is Buran, or any Gemini browser for that matter, haven’t been updated in years which makes for some frustrating issues browing Gemini sometimes.

      • InFerNo@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 小时前

        I don’t use it intensely, it feels like discovering the old web, I just browse occasionally. I’m not really sure what to look for, as everything can be found on the web. Hard to describe.

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
    34·
    1 天前

    Obtainium. Lets me install and track apps that aren’t on fdroid yet, or are in alpha release.

  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
    11·
    21 小时前

    Tubular - a Newpipe like player for youtube, that automatically skips ads and promotion content…