Zedstrian

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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 days ago

StreamEast still seems to be up.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz -5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (13 children)

The U.S. is in the wrong for starting the war, but Iran placing a toll on 30 percent of the world's oil will only further convince other countries to side against it.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Assuming you have an iPhone, unless your main reason for using IPTV is live sports, I'd suggest Stremio with a Debrid service instead, as Debrid services typically have more VOD content available. Several Debrid services are available, but Real-Debrid (~25.54 CAD per 180 days) seems to have the largest library of cached content.

Since Stremio itself isn't available on the Apple App Store anymore, Omni is a suitable alternative (one-time ~13.82 CAD cost). You would then install it on both your iPhone and Apple TV (configuring it on your phone, with the settings syncing to the Apple TV) and install the Streaming Catalogs add-on (for recommendations based on other streaming services) and Torrentio to fetch content from the Debrid service.

As Torrentio and free add-ons similar to it at times becomes unresponsive under high load, Debridio is a paid (~13.82 CAD per year) alternative if reliability is essential. Personally I prefer Torrentio's results, but keep Debridio as a backup.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Also, there is enough open source code available that I would hope Anthropic doesn’t feel the need to train their models on potentially litigious code base.

The problem with this statement is twofold. Firstly, it is unrealistic to assume that leading AI companies are staying entirely above board in terms of code licensing. With how widespread AI is, this makes it all the harder for developers to enforce their licenses when many developers inevitably violate their terms without knowing.

Even if that code is open source, licensing terms typically require attribution that an AI is unlikely to provide for every segment of code cobbled together. When the developers that had their code taken and reused are unable to know who reused it, it is disingenuous to work under a 'take first, ask later (if found out)' mentality.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

AOC should primary Schumer given his track record of going back on his word.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Every APK installation from outside of the Play Store gives an installation warning. It's unnecessary and deliberately trying to make such installations seem less secure in comparison.

A beneficial warning would highlight the many privacy risks in installing apps from the Play Store instead of privacy-respecting alternatives from F-Droid.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

The APK installation process is already more inconvenient than it should be, and now it will be getting even worse. There should be no difference in installing an APK via Google Play versus any other method.

The fact that the process will still have a 'security' warning each and every time after the 24 hour wait period shows that even for "advanced users" they want to make it as inconvenient as possible while claiming to still be keeping Android open.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

~~Probably~~ Definitely intentional

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 68 points 1 week ago (5 children)

People should be switching to Mastodon with how clear the coming enshittification is. User data is valuable, and the way ATProto siloes data from multiple platforms using the protocol encourages them to entrench the dominance of the official Bluesky PDS to maximize data collection. With $100 million in venture capital, Bluesky is in no way incentivized to meaningfully decentralize its platform.

Before subscriptions or advertising turn it into just another Twitter clone, users should be migrating to Mastodon.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How to Fix DHS: The answer to the agency’s abuses is not reform; it is wholesale disassembly ~~and restructuring~~.

FTFY

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The article falsely implies that the Anti-Defamation League isn't a biased source in regard to Israel's actions.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

While gas prices may swing the opinions of spineless independent voters that would otherwise vote for fascism when it's expedient to them, MAGA voters are so entrenched in their cult that gas prices alone aren't going to change their minds.

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