Yeah, but you need to concede that their efforts to block “unofficial” users have strengthened as of lately… That’s why I think they might do a Xiaomi move sooner or later.

1. Pixel, and immediately install GrapheneOS.

I am surprised Google still allows to open the bootloader, with all the bitching they have been doing towards sideloading apps, play integrity BS and making android more similar to iOS in general terms…

It might be silly, but do you know what else is silly? The price of the service, honestly 3 bucks per month should save you a ton of headaches that you would get if you want to stream torrents.

I love Stremio it is so simple to use and relatively easy to set up, I like the set it and forget it format it has (and your settings and setup are synced across all the devices you like).

With that said, geek me can’t leave aside Kodi for good, I have a Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019 and that is where I use it, even when the setup I’ve for it is somewhat heavy (it makes my Shield struggle sometimes) I love thinkering with it, because… there is fun thinkering right?

My gf does Stremio almost always though.

Yeah… Trakt also started in the enshitification path though (for some it has been there for a while).

While using Stremio alone without a debrid service?

I think you do… perhaps not in the healthiest way, but it is something.

I am an old pirate and I cringe when people bash debrid services for their pirate pride, honestly it is a life changer if you are willing to switch to fully stream (I still seed the content I gather with the Arr stack for my Plex).

The glorified port forwarding issue is even worthless if you are a CGNAT user, and it is 2025 so I’ll assume everyone is.

Basically dead at this point

For free users though, there are some of us who paid for Lifetime Plex Pass tier a long time ago… I do wonder if Lifetime really means forever though.

I miss not being a CGNAT user.

For seeding? Out of luck as I don’t have a VPS currently, I used one to open my ports with some hacky ways using Wireguard and IPtables stuff, if there is a better way I would like to know lol.

Now I just constantly seed in hopes that people with the ports opened can access my stuff.

For accessing my files, Zerotier and Tailscale have been a godsend.

I also happen to have IPv6 support and I can access some exposed services through it without too much hassle, Plex and Bitwarden are two big examples.

Sadly the country has a lot of other shit to worry about, I don’t expect that to change in the short or long time lol.

Are you pirating shit? Yes? Use a VPN.

I pirate and seed shit from Mexico no issues without VPN… My only headache is CGNAT.

Come on, you know what I meant, compare pre iOS 7 with whichever Android was at that time… You can see nowadays the release updates are switching and iOS is implementing more features (or features that it should have had since the beginning lol) and Android is closing down more (Google’s fault and no root ofc).

Sure, but I meant, how is it that we don’t have a native tool for this (like Automator) or at least a system app from Google (like Shortcuts app).

TIL Tasker even worked without root lol.

Also, why do we even need tasker to do that? iOS allows you to do that with its Shortcuts app lol, this is a weird moment when Android is becoming more closed and iOS open (in system wide features).

Well, that is why I chuckle when people say there is no reason to root nowadays… Heck, not even banking apps will prevent me from rooting my phone, and my next android purchases are gonna be based in whether it can be rooted or not.

KernelSU looks like a better way nowadays.

while still being able to use your own DNS/wireguard VPN/proxy…

Wait, I thought the “downside” of this app was that it used your VPN connection, compared to NextDNS or the built in DNS feature of Android.

I also use AdAway rooted version and not really looking into changing it, but if you could clarify about this I could happily see it as an alternative :)

I guess the recommendation of turning off the Bluetooth to save battery, or the sarcastic comment that usually says “bro, just turn off the phone if you care too much about the battery” are gonna be obsolete now aren’t they?

Yep, the addon is working as expected.

Now I’m interested.

But whatsapp is still a better second messenger than telegram.

You didn’t mean that.

Don’t be too sad, this is open source after all.

I’ll never get why, in a privacy community that doesn’t come up without asking.

What kind of issues, and what ROM?

You may prefer to skip Mozilla entirely and self host your own Firefox Sync: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs

Bruh, I didn’t know about this, I swear we can self host almost anything, can we self host the Internet?

Yeah, seems like it is only for MK for Wii, as it shows in the always decent active users count, but it supports many games, and I use it mainly for Metroid Prime Hunters and Jump Ultimate Stars.

I use it because some of my favorite games for the Nintendo DS that has Wiimmfi support use it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Too hard to regrow the, already tiny user base in those cases.

Can’t you specify this with the normal app?

I would never use it in battery mode, only plugged in, that is how I have my Swiftbackup, Pocket Casts and Feeder downloads schedule.

Excuse me, dual boot? Is that still a thing?

I got late to the party, I still use the Google Play Store, but I find some neat apps with Fdroid from time to time, and I was like “hey this isn’t that bad” I feel weird to have spend so much time looking for individual APK files ngl.

Pretty please?

That long? Make your bets folks!

This one looks cool, but I am so used to having a sync service that I can’t enjoy it fully :/

Where would I be without Tailscale as a CGNAT user? I think I would have taken the path of evil.

This has me worried as a non Steam Deck user (but a potential one) is the Deck going to keep up with newer AAA games? Or it will need constant revisions/updates?

Huh, dude, I am forced to use WhatsApp because it is the number 1 app here where I live, nobody even used SMS, which I actually didn’t believe was a thing until another lemming pointed it out lol.

WhatsApp has always been behind other options such as Telegram, for example their WhatsApp web implementation is a huge joke compared to Telegram, or the way it stores the data too.

That shitty app sucked even before Meta acquired it 🤡

Me too, I’m mostly interested to see how the iMessage implementation works with Android…

The only person I would message with this would be my girlfriend… And even with the option on hand we are pretty comfortable using Telegram, so it is more like a curiosity on my side.

I didn’t even know that Proton was Wine, until somewhere else pointed it out here on Lemmy… (granted, I am not a proton user, that’s why my lack of context was there, but I follow the Chinese retro handhelds community so that’s why I knew why Proton is awesome).