• KDE Connect: Transfer files, clipboard, notifications between your phone and computer on your local network.
• Unit Lab: Easy converter. Allows you to add different units together (eg. 5kg + 10lb + 4 stone).
• Seal: Great front-end for yt-dlp. Allows you to download YT/IG/TikTok videos. Would like to see IG image download support.
• AVNC: VNC client, allowing me to remotely access my laptop from my phone via local network.
• Binary Eye: Barcode scanner with the option to turn on scan history.
• Copy: Copy text from apps that otherwise may not allow you to copy text. Also allows for easy taking of screenshots.
• Save To…: Useful for saving certain files that sometimes don’t give the option to save.
• Secure Tether: Share your mobile data as a hotspot for other phones/computers, bypassing your provider’s restrictions on hotspot.

That sucks.

Happened with my previous laptop and couldn’t find replacement parts unfortunately.

It’s tempting to opt for telematics/black box insurance because of the initial cheaper prices but the privacy violations and potential downsides make it not worth it.

You can be the best defensive driver in the world but sometimes you’re just going to have to brake hard to avoid an object that may jump on you, dinging your driving score and raising your premiums.

Contrary to what this post’s image says, I’m reading online that these apps aren’t perfect at differentiating between who’s a driver and who’s a passenger.

Have fun fighting with your insurance to get them to remove anything from your record.

Last week a squirrel decided it didn’t want to live anymore and jumped into my way while I was driving. It was on an empty slow street at night so I was safely able brake hard to avoid killing the poor thing. If I had spyware insurance they would’ve dinged me for it.

Pixel by any chance?

I run into this bug every other day on my Pixel 6a. Also causes “swipe down on pill to use one-handed mode” to break. Have to reboot every time to fix it.

I’ve been using SecureTether https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panjava.internet.sharing.tethering.mobile.hotspot.secure.wifi.securetether to get around it. Requires a bit of setup but works without issues after.

I dont believe something like this is possible on iOS.

Got a popup about my session expiring.

Screenshot below:

Got logged out of both the browser and Sync. Logged back into both. Other than that everything seems fine.

🎉

I used to think the same, until it happened to me twice…

I got playful groans both times for being the only person in a class group with an Android. I have an iPad so it ended up being a non-issue.

Heck, I was talking to a guy with a Pixel 7 who said the woman he was dating thought it was a red flag. She’s 28.

I’m not saying it should exist, but stuff like this very much affects people whether we like it or not and pretending like it’s a non-issue doesn’t help them.

I don’t think it’s an Android feature. It shows up on desktop as well.

Gonna check it out. Thanks for the suggestion!

Gonna give it a look. Appreciate the recommendation!

Google’s own Phone app has call recording. It’s enabled/disabled depending on your region/device.

https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9803950?hl=en

I miss my Nexus 4 :( Loved everything about it.

Took it to the beach like an idiot and killed it.

I had the 8 GB version and it was madness. I would have to keep clearing cache from apps every week. Rooting it and installing custom ROMs on it was fun.

Before that, my dad had the Nexus One. It was kinda slow.

Unfortunately, yeah.

It has been forked, thankfully, under the name of Fossify. Following the project for updates.

Looks good!

From the screenshots I saw, it doesn’t appear to have the editing capabilities of Simple Gallery. That was a huge plus - especially for video.

Here’s the thing – I really like Google’s products. For the most part they make good stuff. Google Search at one point was great. YouTube for all its faults is an invaluable resource. Maps is critical to me for navigating and determining traffic on the way to somewhere. Android (when Google isn’t busy locking it down) is extremely powerful. I loved my Nexus 4 and love my Pixel 6a. The Android/Pixel-exclusive features are great party tricks and conversation starters – Call Screen, Now Playing, Emoji Kitchen on GBoard, etc. Chromecast is super handy.

In the end though, they’re an ad company, and to them I’m nothing but commodity. Every interaction or thought of mine is a resource for them to monetize and abuse, and that’s not something I am comfortable with.

I also do not want my entire life tied to a Google account. If anything ever happens to it, I don’t want to get locked out of everything.

I haven’t deGoogled completely. Going through the process slowly. For the services I’m still using, I have search history, location history, watch history, etc. disabled.

For apps:

• Chrome has been replaced with Firefox.
• Gmail app with Spark, but I’m in the process of moving away from Spark to K9 Mail (soon to be Thunderbird)
• Google Authenticator with Authy
• YouTube with NewPipe
• Google Keep with Standard Notes
• Google Photos with Simple Gallery (may have to look for a replacement soon since it was sold to a sketchy buyer)

Google Search was replaced with DuckDuckGo and Kagi. Gmail with a custom domain and Mailbox.org for hosting. I have a Nest Mini speaker with its mic turned off used exclusively for casting music.

I’m still using the Play Store because of paid apps, but if there’s a FOSS app I need, I get it from F-Droid.

The one service I’ve actually gone back to Google on is GBoard. Emoji Kitchen is far too good for me to give up right now.

I’m still using stock Android because of the Pixel-exclusive features. I’ll maybe experiment with GrapheneOS in the future.

Mishaal Rahman talked a bit about this: https://androiddev.social/@MishaalRahman/111564753075960964

Could you provide examples of where you feel its been dumbed down? Some areas such as the number of quick toggle buttons in the notifications, I agree. Other areas I feel like it’s matured pretty well.

Yeah thankfully the code’s GPL 3.0, but I’d imagine there’s a good chunk of people using the app from the Play Store who may not be aware or may not want to compile the app themselves, who might be affected with whatever future updates come out.

Ugh.

I migrated to Simple Gallery after QuickPic was similarly sold to a sketchy buyer. Been using it for so many years, supported the dev(s) by purchasing some of the apps and the “Thank You” app they have.

Time to look for yet another gallery app.

We can’t have this happening every time. There needs to be a better way to support and sustain such apps.