▲ 462 ▼ Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com) submitted 2 years ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 252 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (5 children) Increasingly I buy fairphones permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (4 children) I nearly did, but I wanted to try GrapheneOS. Until now I've been LinageOS without Google (over a decade), but I've had to compromise and wanted to reduce how much that compromised me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) I know sooner or later I'll have to degoogle. Maybe once I know the first thing about how to run my home server I'll get to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nextcloud fills a lot of the hole. I still use Google as little as I can, but I was bumping into apps that were are hard requirement to do things. Banking apps (no seperate security device anymore), EV charger apps (old chargers don't all have simple card payment) is just two classes. We have a real issue here. The duopoly of Google and Apple is being reenforced by infrastructure requiring apps. Regulators need to wake up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a whole system of bad incentives, yeah. I'll make a note to look into nextcloud, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I use Nextcloud for my auto-photo uploads, calendars, contacts, notes and passwords. I've been using it at least 8 years. It's great. 😃 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (4 children) I nearly did, but I wanted to try GrapheneOS. Until now I've been LinageOS without Google (over a decade), but I've had to compromise and wanted to reduce how much that compromised me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) I know sooner or later I'll have to degoogle. Maybe once I know the first thing about how to run my home server I'll get to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nextcloud fills a lot of the hole. I still use Google as little as I can, but I was bumping into apps that were are hard requirement to do things. Banking apps (no seperate security device anymore), EV charger apps (old chargers don't all have simple card payment) is just two classes. We have a real issue here. The duopoly of Google and Apple is being reenforced by infrastructure requiring apps. Regulators need to wake up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a whole system of bad incentives, yeah. I'll make a note to look into nextcloud, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I use Nextcloud for my auto-photo uploads, calendars, contacts, notes and passwords. I've been using it at least 8 years. It's great. 😃 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) I know sooner or later I'll have to degoogle. Maybe once I know the first thing about how to run my home server I'll get to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nextcloud fills a lot of the hole. I still use Google as little as I can, but I was bumping into apps that were are hard requirement to do things. Banking apps (no seperate security device anymore), EV charger apps (old chargers don't all have simple card payment) is just two classes. We have a real issue here. The duopoly of Google and Apple is being reenforced by infrastructure requiring apps. Regulators need to wake up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a whole system of bad incentives, yeah. I'll make a note to look into nextcloud, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I use Nextcloud for my auto-photo uploads, calendars, contacts, notes and passwords. I've been using it at least 8 years. It's great. 😃 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nextcloud fills a lot of the hole. I still use Google as little as I can, but I was bumping into apps that were are hard requirement to do things. Banking apps (no seperate security device anymore), EV charger apps (old chargers don't all have simple card payment) is just two classes. We have a real issue here. The duopoly of Google and Apple is being reenforced by infrastructure requiring apps. Regulators need to wake up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a whole system of bad incentives, yeah. I'll make a note to look into nextcloud, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I use Nextcloud for my auto-photo uploads, calendars, contacts, notes and passwords. I've been using it at least 8 years. It's great. 😃 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a whole system of bad incentives, yeah. I'll make a note to look into nextcloud, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I use Nextcloud for my auto-photo uploads, calendars, contacts, notes and passwords. I've been using it at least 8 years. It's great. 😃 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I use Nextcloud for my auto-photo uploads, calendars, contacts, notes and passwords. I've been using it at least 8 years. It's great. 😃 permalink fedilink source parent