Apple Introduces M4 Chip

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Mastodon

"The M4 is so fast, it'll probably finish your Final Cut export before you accidentally switch apps and remember that that cancels the export entirely. That's the amazing power performance lead that Apple Silicon provides." #AppleEvent https://mastodon.social/@tolmasky/112400245162436195.

#Decentralized Social Network #Open Source #Social Network 613 social mentions

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Killed by Google

>Google operates in China albeit via their HK domain. The Chinese government has access to the iCloud account of every Chinese Apple user. >They also had project DragonFly if you remember. Which never materialized. >The lesser of two evils is that one company doesn’t try to actively profile me (in order for their ads business to be better) with every piece of data it can find and forces me to share all possible data with them. Apple does targeted and non targeted advertising as well. Additionally, your carrier has likely sold all of the data they have on you. Apple was also sued for selling user data to ad networks. Odd for a Privacy First company to engage in things like that. >Google is famously known to kill apps that are good and used by customers: https://killedbygoogle.com/ Google has been around for 26 years I believe. According to that link 60 apps were killed in that timeframe. According to your statement that Google kills an app a month that would leave you 252 apps short. Furthermore, the numbers would indicate that Google has killed 2.3 apps per year or .192 apps per month. >As for the subpar apps: there is a massive difference between the network traffic when on the Home Screen between iOS and Android. Not sure how that has anything to do with app quality, but if network traffic is your concern there's probably a lot more an Android user can do than an iOS user tp control or eliminate the traffic.

#Website Directory #Google #Failed Products Directory 1171 social mentions

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UserLAnd

I get frustrated seeing this go into the iPad and knowing that we can't get a shell, and run our own binaries there. Not even as a VM like [UserLAnd](https://userland.tech). I could effectively travel with one device less in my backpack but instead I have to carry two M chips, two displays, batteries, and so on... It's great to see this tech moving forward but it's frustrating to not see it translate into a more significant impact in the ways we work, travel and develop software.

#Terminal Tools #SSH #Emulators 10 social mentions

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TopNotch App

Here’s a handy free utility to automate this for you: https://topnotch.app Personally I never see the desktop background so I just set desktop to Black, it’s perfect for me.

#OSX Tools #OSX #Mac 41 social mentions

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microG

I, an engineer, am not doing this myself, too. There is a middle ground though: just use a privacy-oriented Android build, like DivestOS. [1] There are a couple caveats: 1. It is still a bit tricky for a non-technical person to install. Should not be a problem if they know somebody who can help, though. There's been some progress making the process more user friendly recently (e.g. WebUSB-based GrapheneOS installer). 2. There are some papercuts if you don't install Google services on your phone. Microg [2] helps with most but some still remain. My main concern with this setup is that I can't use Google Pay this way, but having to bring my card with me every time seems like an acceptable trade off to me. [1]: https://divestos.org/ [2]: https://microg.org/.

#Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #File Manager 117 social mentions

I, an engineer, am not doing this myself, too. There is a middle ground though: just use a privacy-oriented Android build, like DivestOS. [1] There are a couple caveats: 1. It is still a bit tricky for a non-technical person to install. Should not be a problem if they know somebody who can help, though. There's been some progress making the process more user friendly recently (e.g. WebUSB-based GrapheneOS installer). 2. There are some papercuts if you don't install Google services on your phone. Microg [2] helps with most but some still remain. My main concern with this setup is that I can't use Google Pay this way, but having to bring my card with me every time seems like an acceptable trade off to me. [1]: https://divestos.org/ [2]: https://microg.org/.

#Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Roms 39 social mentions