Username appropriate.

Last time he stopped being silent after 4 months he started working on big fixes and such. He did nothing during those months.

When you watch a video using Sync, like from redtube, you are actually asking the Sync server to find the video in the link and send you what it finds. Same with downloading a video. This is because the Dev constantly has to update the code that extracts videos from websites.

So he knows all the porn you watch.

(I’m just guessing what’s going on based on my own usage of the app and seeing this url. Either that or it’s pure spying and not needed at all.)

Thanks. 24.03.26 is just the date of the release

If I read comments then tap the Android back button, the post looks read and it stays that way through refreshes, so I don’t seem to be affected. I’m on Lemmy.world, though.

Sync is full of dumb bugs and the markdown uses reddit style for everything still. A fucking year later. I wish apps like Thunder would catch up in the quality-of-life features so I can abandon Sync entirely. It’s a cobbled together port of Sync for Reddit and was never given the focus it needs, especially for the price he asks for it.

I’m on version 122 of Sync on Android.

Where are you getting that number? If I press the bug icon when editing a comment, this is what I see. (Some stuff omitted)

Device information

Sync version: v24.03.26-14:56    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

View type: Compact    
Push enabled: false    

Android: 14

STOP

That’s not select-a-size. That’s just tiny ass paper towels. Select-a-size towels have no perforations and you cut them with scissors.

Ours had a big TV for movie night, a snack bar, a Nintendo room, and an arcade in the basement. It was built in the mid nineties, and is still there, though I haven’t been inside since then. It’s probably all updated.

Everyone using Windows should install a telemetry blocking program. This one just adds all Microsoft telemetry IP addresses into Windows Firewall with a “block” setting.

Just don’t use the “Add update rules” feature because that blocks Windows Update. Just add the telemetry rules.

In addition, you can also change the IP address Windows uses for the “Am I connected to the internet?” test that Windows does all the time. Instead of letting Microsoft know every single time you boot your PC or connect to WiFi, you can instead have it check a Debian server. Or a Mozilla one, I think.

https://crazymax.dev/WindowsSpyBlocker/download/

Oops, replied to the wrong person

Not really mad. Just very sad. I had been waiting years for it and I drove hours so I could spend the eclipse with friends within the totality. We made the most of it, but it sucked.

I use a Firefox addon called “FB Purity”. It blocks all sponsored and recommended posts. You can even configure it to hide posts like “Your friend commented on this” which would also put random public posts on your page. My main page is very clean and takes 10 seconds to scroll down every few days to see the most recent pet photos or any important news from my family.

https://www.fbpurity.com/

“I got to 800. Time to lock it in, go on a spending spree, and not pay anything back!”

-site:reddit.com is more explicit. Then you don’t block pages that merely mention reddit.com.

Works on Google. Maybe others.

Not logged in and using Mullvad, and it works fine.

Probably, but all you really need is an app called EasyTether. I wrote a big comment about it on this post.

Get EasyTether for your phone ($10) and you can USB tether to any PC that has the companion app installed (free).

Even a Raspberry Pi works. I have a Pi configured to broadcast as a WiFi AP, so I just plug in my phone via USB and I have instant WiFi for all of my devices. Takes a fair amount of configuration to do that, but there are tutorials online. Much easier just plugging your phone into a laptop for internet on just that laptop.

Or maybe a laptop can act as a WiFi AP, too. I do know Windows can share internet out a free Ethernet port very easily.

I use a VPN so my wireless provider doesn’t see Windows update or Stream downloads, etc.

Try Thunder or Eternity. Both are pretty good, and the best open source alternatives I’ve tried. I paid $20 for Sync at launch, and now that LJ is back at it, I’m using it again.

$20 one time for an app I use every day is not that much really. It’s the price of an average meal out. Or maybe 1.5 cheaper ones. You’ll forget you even paid it in a couple weeks.

Overall, I prefer the old version. Sometimes I need to be reminded of the context of a reply, I can just tap the reply. Other times it’s obvious from the message itself.

Right now the post title font is larger then the reply font. It should be the other way around. The reply should be the most obvious thing, and the ancillary stuff should be small and compact. But including the title at all should be optional, as well as the icons.

I personally don’t want to see user avatars or community icons or even the post title, really. I also don’t need it to have a cute speech bubble. The reply should use the full width to save vertical space.

There’s a lot of wasted space for one line replies. And longer replies end up being taller than need be because of the indent. And seeing the same post title over and over is oddly bothersome.

I love Log!