QuazarOmega

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago

The binary is in the releases (e.g. Flatpak version), I guess you’ll have to update manually though, since they don’t have a Flatpak repository of their own that you can add

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago

That you get through the launcher, of course it’s not hosted on GitHub, you can download several different versions of Minecraft from it, there’s no trouble with that.

I never wondered how they get them exactly, but I think it might be a direct download from the official sources and then some patches applied after the fact to “crack” it (do note I could be totally off on this one).

You also get mod support with it, I instantly got the gamepad mod for example and it’s all been working flawlessly, though the documentation could use some work, it was quite confusing to me.

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

It’s this: duolingo_collects_the_most_data_out_of_all_analyzed_language_learning_apps_2023

From this website: surfshark.com/…/data-hungry-language-apps

I believe the consensus is that it was deliberately misleading, but I should find the post that was made on here again

Edit: here’s the discussion lemmy.one/comment/3233478

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That’s not to say that Duolingo is privacy respecting, of course, far from it. But it may not be as bad as it was made out to be

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago

On that note, it’d be awesome to have an art contest for the various pieces of branding for Piracy, I think some community involvement like that could be fun

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago

SmartTubeNext is your best bet, I think Libretube devs will be working on landscape support too sometime, but that’s probably very far away

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago

Glad you’re liking it!

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago

There is none yet that I know of.
But I think something has to be said as well: the problem with copying to the T the most popular social networks is that those are designed to be deliberately predatory and addictive, many parts of their design is implemented in alternatives without even thinking what it really means for the users, because it has become second nature to us and they also feel good, but are mostly detrimental exactly for that and I’m the first to say that I keep falling for it, spending hours on end on my phone. Think infinite scrolling, instant notifications, etc.
While it’s good to have the option, if we want a healthier social media experience, it doesn’t suffice to decentralize it, we also need to think of at least better defaults, then let the users decide for themselves if they want a more addicting experience

QuazarOmega, 10 months ago

In terms of privacy, nothing would change, it’s still the same as ever so I think the recommendation can absolutely stay up, even proprietary apps are suggested on Privacy Guides.
In terms of software freedom, this is a terrible change and I really dislike projects moving to source-available models, in this case, as the other commenters said there, I don’t even think it’s legal, unless every contributor has signed a CLA in the past.
I feel for not wanting to be explioted by corporate, but they could have gone the dual licensing path and instead chose to restrict everyone’s freedom, even us users. Now that doesn’t mean forks can’t be made I believe, it’s just that anyone who does that, won’t ever be able to sell the service which could be unsustainable since they made the server CC-BY-NC-SA, that’s a big turn off for those who want to host that