I know some of family don’t because they mostly rely on mobile devices and devices like Chromecasts where installing ad blockers can be a challenge. They don’t use traditional computers.
They know apps like NewPipe exist but the effort to port things over or not get recommendations is too much for them.
I do use ad blockers and open source front ends/software/alternatives. Ex. AntennaPod instead of Spotify for podcasts and Linux instead of Windows because I didn’t like ads in the start menu (amongst numerous other things).
Some of the subreddits I follow are related to emulation and piracy which has caused some subreddits to get banned or at least take action to limit legal threats. When the Reddit blackout happened a lot of them went down and said they were shifting here. I find they’re a little more open to discussion than other places that just copy and paste some old post or refer you to a Wiki
On the off chance the checksum on yours is different, you don’t want it somehow noted and flagged by … anyways, levels of paranoia I get and respect. They can’t take that thumb drive if its air-gapped!!
Do you think I’m worried about Microsoft coming after me for backing up my copy of Halo?
The one I’m using is becoming so buggy to the point of being unusable. It was never really great tbh, what are most people using?
It would probably help if you mentioned which app you are having issues with and what device you are using. I recently stopped using Jerboa because of login issues and started using Voyager. I find it’s less of a smooth experience but some of the other bugs I had with Jerboa like back spacing removing the space before the previous word aren’t present.
As an added question, are bookmarks associated with the lemmy account or the app?
Saved posts are linked with your account. If you login to your account in a web browser you should be able to find it under your profile followed by the saved section.
I’ve done that with console games on multiple occasions. I’ll own a physical copy and already went through the trouble to back up my own copy with my console but I’ll download it anyway
I get it. It’s just not something I appreciate and at times it has gotten so annoyingly cringy I’ve unsubscribed for a bit.
The combination of the Youtuber face thumbnails and the lack of descriptive thumbnails makes me irregularly watch their videos. Probably as irregularly as if I wasn’t subscribed and was finding them through the related video section.
I mean, I do get the pretentiousness, bit it feels like its more played for laughs as a character and not real? at least to me?
I think it suddenly started to feel like less of an act around that time. I am having a hard time explaining it but he just seemed kind of full of himself. Like he was making himself out to be bigger than he was between the constant rebooting of his channel, less jokes and more opinionated content, and trying to branch out into everything at once.
Just not for me but I feel like those kind of changes happen a lot anyway when content creators grow to a substantial level of popularity.
I donate to them regularly because I respect and appreciate what they do. I asked because I was curious about the logistics behind it and how sustainable it is (if they rely on donations versus ads or pay out of their own pocket).
Gnarly-Repacks for example says
I pocket none of this, as every donation sent will only be used for hosting costs so this site stays up to keep providing you with quality releases.
on the donation page of their site and as someone who has minimal experience running a website it made me curious.
The video is covering the Toughbook CF-19 but it’s not mentioned in the title and the thumbnail looks like generic YouTube trash and makes me not want to watch it out of principle.