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Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Linux will never be close to the usage numbers of Windows sadly

Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape' by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The only way is to quit Youtube entirely, but It wont matter as Google already has a ton of info on him but I'm sure he has enough money to live without Youtube.

Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape' by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago

There is no real Youtube alternative, he talked about still using Youtube in the video

Reminder: Proton Mail addresses have vendor lock-in by lock in c/[email protected]

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Anthropic can legally train AI on books without authors permission, judge rules (cybernews.com)

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Best YouTube Frontend for iOS by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You think using uBlock and a VPN while signed out with a good browser isn't good enough? Agree YouTube is heavy but only if you have like 8gb of ram with lots of videos open

What's a perfectly bad name for a cat? by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Cat

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Your iPhone model can be found or narrowed down from a simple screenshot (lemmy.ml)

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When you send a screenshot (even if height/width only is cropped) , the screenshot's width and height can be used to find the iPhone model of someone or narrowed down.

The most unique sized iPhone on the market right now is the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, as no other phone has the same width and height. So if you send a screenshot people will 100% know your exact phone. The regular iPhone 16 is common with the rest of the other phones and not unique.

If you send a screenshot from a iPhone XR, people can know if you using an iPhone 11 or iPhone XR since they have the same dimension which narrows down alot of options. (828x1792)

You can use this site here to view a list of all the dimensions. Click the iPhone's tab and sort the physical width or height.

If you don't want to expose your phone model, crop both width and height of each screenshot randomly. I would suggest cropping out the top of the phone as it shows your time if you care about that. Some sites like X have random inaccurate dimensions in uploaded screenshots, which is different from the original raw screenshot.

I haven't really checked with android phones, but it's probably the same thing.

Use X without an account (if you really want to ig) by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

X is unusable without an account, It always nags you to make one no matter what.

Best YouTube Frontend for iOS by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

I just watch YouTube signed out in Safari. It is very easy to build your algorithm from there. I don't mind the ads since I don't watch YouTube mainly on my phone and I occasionally clear cookies.

You can also install Orion Browser, made by Kagi creators of a privacy focused paid search engine, which supports Firefox extensions like uBLock but I don't think it is open source right now but It will be soon.

Challenges meeting new people without an Instagram account by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

Opsec requires sacrifices. Friends ruin opsec.

Challenges meeting new people without an Instagram account by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Never install an app like Instagram on your phone, It will know your device even if you uninstall the app or use a different IP.

Challenges meeting new people without an Instagram account by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

How old are you? Nobody uses email for regular chat

Challenges meeting new people without an Instagram account by lock in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I agree with you. Social media has been normalized and you are not fit in society if you don't have any at all.