The fact that Google may be ending sideloading apps on Android forever is another reason we should donate more to @postmarketOS

With 1-2 more years of work, it could reach a state similar to Desktop Linux or Android ROMs, where everything works, at least on a good number of devices.

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"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.

#android #google

Every Chinese EV company to each other: “Hey, Can I Copy Your Homework?”

It's amusing that the Mastodon creator is German, as the user experience feels strikingly similar to labyrinthine European bureaucracy.

Both present as an open and decentralized structure, promising freedom and community-led participation, yet are riddled with complexities that bewilder newcomers.

Bluesky is an open network. This means we can eventually sort ourselves onto two apps, one that calls them posts and one that calls them skeets. All without losing our friends or followers.

PSA to New Yorkers: Thanks to the NY state Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), a family of 4 (for example) making all the way up to $108k can qualify for subsidized child care costing them only $60/month:

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#NewYork #NYC #LongIsland

If you find your iPhone randomly rebooting, this may be why
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how Discover works: it has a few types of candidate sources from which the posts are pulled. these include posts from different clusters of users that you’re adjacent to (based on who you like/follow), broad and narrow topics (based on post likes/clickthrough), mutuals, liked by mutuals, following