I think frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml’s point is nothing but apologetics. I looked at the post they linked to, which helpfully highlights dog piling that was initiated by a couple pro-authoritarian communities:
cross-posted to:
According to the people doing the brigading, the article is only wrong because it was written by sources that are too Western for their nationalist liking.
Thank you for letting me know! I can’t believe I assumed it did for so long. I guess it’s not a deal breaker for OP, but it is for me.
I don’t trust myself to handle secure encryption. Nextcloud has given up on providing client-side encryption at all… So the obvious choice for me is Immich.
Although since I’ve fallen for Ente, I’d probably use that instead.
Unfortunately, Nextcloud has given me so much pain in my attempt to make it E2E that I’ve basically given up on using it at all. For stuff that’s not images or passwords or notes - which is a fleetingly small list of things - I tend to use either Filen or Proton’s services.
I can’t see the image, but if you are using a Samsung device, you have to re-enable notification categories (because for some reason Samsungs just disable this option and hide away the ability to return it).
It’s at the bottom of Settings > Advanced Settings
I’m on mobile and that’s the only part of the image I see! I tried opening it on the website and desktop mode too, no luck. This might be a “me” thing.
For reference, the image it loads for your comment is https://ponder.cat/pictrs/image/8fc63e27-00d6-4fb9-9f27-a023b8df9c56.png
Is there a version of this screenshot that has more text above and to the left? Maybe it’s just my client, but it’s hard to read:
I think your first screenshot got cropped wrong - I think it cuts off much of the comment you want to display, while leaving one that’s not relevant
(Otherwise, PTB)
That looks like a really interesting project, but the scope appears to be outside of what I was looking for. I think people here are looking for something more like Google Photos or Ente, something that operates more like a gallery app with extra features on top.
One of the earliest user requests after Mozilla opened them up to the public!
They also track the other popular user requests, although it’s a total crapshoot weather they will ever get implemented. Moneymakers (AI features, Ad telemetry, shopping Sidebar, profitable search engine partnerships) tend to get pushed to the front of the pack.
I think the bigger question is, how did shaving off 1% of Google’s market share guarantee the absolute destruction of its single competitor? It’s a devilishly sneaky position Google got itself into, creating mutually assured destruction between one of its many tendrils and one of its competitors.
Not like Mozilla did much better, systematically painting itself into a corner while it promised tens of millions of dollars towards AI projects over the past few years…
It’s a bit unfortunate that there are options for tagging photos automatically and even on-device (Ente is a third, which will run on your local phone or any synced device, propagating data across other devices)… But nothing that runs exclusively on-device without syncing.
There’s no apparent reason an app couldn’t do the tagging on-device to device-exclusive photos.
TDI (they deserved it) unless Feddit admins pop in with some extravagant response
Well, they do promise it’s secure! Which means… Nothing, absolutely nothing in terms of privacy.
How much useless space can a program take up before we are allowed to complain about it
It won’t hurt to try disabling both of them! Watch for non-functional notifications, make sure the most crucial apps in your arsenal work, see what happens.
Either is pretty good. If you’re looking for more diverse options I’d recommend 4get or a half decent Whoogle or SearxNG instance.
But you’re right that you do have to trust the person or group running it, and I think Mullvad has the upper hand there. It’s big enough to attract a crowd, and its caching means the results are extra generic too.
If you’re looking just for Google results, Startpage is… Fine, I think.
Running a VPN makes any of these options much better.
Qwant doesn’t prioritize privacy very well, besides leaning on its European-ness. Their privacy policy does not engender trust with me.
But as soon as you do Proton Mail + VPN, you then go with Proton Unlimited and that is what makes the most sense financially.
That’s how they get you! ;)
Mail and VPN are something I would never want to cross associate, though. After all, any mail provider can see the full contents of any unencrypted email at some point (including Proton), and any VPN provider can see as much as your ISP used to see about your internet activity.
It sounds like a helpful tool, but you might have to use some manual review because I don’t think an automated system can easily avoid all the false positives and false negatives.
I was experimenting with similar stuff that counts mass downvotes, and I think it yields some interesting results.