OmsAnd can seem daunting for new users. I persevered because the map info is so detailed & it works offline. On a couple of occasions my family found ourselves in a new city in a foreign country in need of food etc & OsmAnd has had the info telling us exactly what we needed & where to go thanks to the dedicated community. It encouraged me to map my own city suburb in detail to help fellow travelers.

I also love its offline Wikipedia function.

If anyone is interested, even adding a park bench or litter bin helps & is quite simple with something like StreetComplete

Came here since the Reddit 3rd party app fiasco. Initially I blocked a load of non English language communities which at the time seemed to fill the All feed. Kept adding to my subscribed communities list then in my app (Voyager after Liftoff stopped being developed) blocked a load of keywords, essentially Trump/US politics related.

Now my Home (subscriptions) feed has some great content. I check out All from time to time to see if I can subscribe to more communities.

Niche communities are still lacking but hopefully that improves over time.

Ah fair enough. This never occurred to me as we dont have a power socket in the bathroom. Also I’m a typical man so didn’t bother to read the instruction manual.

My Philips shaver does not work whilst charging. What’s that all about?

Luckily the battery is good but it gives very little warning when its about to run out. I dont grow facial hair very quickly or very thickly but several times I’ve had to leave the house partially shaved. Doesn’t make any sense. That’s the whole point of electricity, to use stuff whilst plugged in!

@[email protected] I hate them too. Let DeArrow help you weed out the clickbait (from the dev behind SponsorBlock)

Another vote for Nextcloud which I self host but paid plans are available. I use Libre Office on PC. Docs synced to Nextcloud can then be viewed/edited on Android using Collabora

Has anyone said Minecraft? I haven’t played games myself for years (well before Minecraft) but live in a house where it was played for hours at a time. Soundtrack never became annoying & whenever I hear it it instantly takes me back in time.

Also @[email protected]

If you’re an android, Liftoff allows to sort both posts & comments by new/old etc

My bank literally forces me to use their godforsaken shitty app but wherever possible I use web over app especially for corporations (eBay, Amazon, YouTube, catch up TV etc). Like you & others said, reduces exposure to data harvesting

This is useful thanks. Ive been blocking all the non English c/'s in All but I’ve now updated language in the Lemmy web settings. Cheers

This ain’t usually my scene at all but the part with the sax dude with the guitars being shredded is amazing! To be fair I enjoyed the whole thing, thanks for the link.

[email protected] is very active, though more question driven

No idea what this is but just a thought, can’t you just create a Routine that limits charging to 95% (or 99%) so that a notification is never shown?

As for unremovable apps, just disable them? I used to get irritated by unremovable apps but they hardly take up any memory on a 128gb phone.

I read comments saying google never adds bloat …yet i tend to remove/disable more google shite than anything else!

Great machines, I use an NUC8i7 as our HTPC. Supports 4K 60fps. Got it hooked up to a Denon amp for Dolby Atmos. At some point i hope I’ll find time to look into Home Assistant, I’d use another NUC for running that.

Maybe im in the minority as Ive never had an account on any social media. I have no interest in following anyone & I can’t stand so called influencers, I buy products on merit not because some numpty tells me to buy it. I don’t class Reddit as social media as I only used it for obtaining/giving information in niche forums.

I’m hoping Lemmy/Kbin will prove just as valuable a resource over time, hopefully I can chime in here & there to help someone occasionally

Enshitification?!

This assumes you actually want to sign into a google service. I prefer a violentmonkey script to bypass age verification

On Liftoff app the bookmark works to save a post

On Liftoff the bookmark works to save a post

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