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  • janAkali@lemmy.onetoProgrammer Humor@programming.devFLOSS communities right now
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    5 months ago

    only a small number will sign up for a specific forum

    Most people don’t have to sign-up, 90% of cases should resolve on just searching the problem. Good chances it was already asked and answered.
    Most of the time, forums with few users aren’t dead, they’re just really slow, whenever you post a question - expect at least 12-hour delay. I’ve never seen a message on Discord answered 12 hours later - you either get somewhat instant response or it’s ghosted forever. Also good luck asking questions if there’s heated/rapid discussion in the room, or you have a little time and other responsibilities other than checking discord every couple minutes.









  • Actually, Librewolf team set up recently a poll “should we move to Codeberg?”. And this was one of the reasons for migrating.

    P.S. other privacy/convenience issues with gitlab:

    • gitlab.com seems to require credit card information for new users signing up, which is not really great if people just want to report bugs.
    • gitlab.com uses Cloudflare, which for a few weeks locked out LibreWolf users from accessing gitlab.com in the past.
    • GitLab requires Javascript even to just look at issues, which is not the case for Codeberg

    P.P.S. They did move their codebase to Codeberg as a result.





  • They require an extra fee to share connection via Wi-Fi.

    Essentially, they can detect that your phone sends two types of ttl packets (your own and recipient device’s).

    When they detect it, they cut 99% of your connection speed and redirect you to page with “Enable wifi sharing for 1$/day or continue at 60 kb/s”. (airplane mode toggle removes the speed cut-off).

    I use a very simple solution:

    echo 63 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl
    

    This line is executed at boot by djs magisk plugin. When the default ttl is 63, it’ll match the ttl value of all Linux and Android recipient devices.

    But I still haven’t defeated the Windows detection: for a start, Windows ttl is 127, but even if I change it on the recipient PC, my carrier could see windows-related packets and still blocks me out. I even tried the vpn, but that’s still not enough.


  • I still root my phone for Freezing System Apps, reVanced, AdAway(system-wide adblock), Shell automation, circumventing Hotspot restrictions from my Carrier.

    I’ve also been a customization junkie before (mainly with audio mods and UI plugins for Exposed). Not anymore.

    But since then rooting to me become not only a means to the end, but an essential part of my phone, as in I get to control and choose what and why is installed/active, not the Vendor/Google. I would root my phone even if I didn’t had the need, just cause I like owning things, opposed to modern standard of “everything is a service”.