The slow startup is an issue with windows . not vlcs fault.

VLC, you guys absolutely rock

https://github.com/videolan/vlc#contributions

Cool, still waiting for them to fix the excessive startup delay that's been there for months, and wasnt there before the latest update.

And it still doesnt work with blu-rays, irregardless of how many addons and libraries I jam into it.

Free doesnt always mean better.

The article didn't even mention graphene. The user has a fairphone. It's also only impacting anon users it seems. So just like its working for you it does on graphene too. It does not work for anyone if they are using an anon account (according to the link). Not even sure why they said graphene.

Tbh I don't use it every day. But also tbh, if something doesn't play in another player, I know it will play in VLC. Mad respect.

that's annoyed me a time or twelve, too. whenever i want to look that close at something specific, i just load the video in avidemux

try the 'reset preferences' button in settings.

this doesnt even include the couple of hundred downloads from linux repos, flathub and snap store

Damnit. I'm using the FUTO swipe keyboard straight from their fdroid repo.

You know what?

Fuck that. As an open source dev, my solidarity is needed, and it isn't lesser than the convenience their keyboard gives. It may be a small gesture, but it's better than ignoring my principles.

What a joke. There are at least 4 FOSS telegram forks on F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid

At what point is it still open source, if it downloads without your permission a proprietary component that is used to run the software?

Runtime behavior has nothing to do with the license of the code. If all the code is available for you to see, then legally speaking the terms of the license are fulfilled, there's nothing inherently illegal or infringing about downloading freely available software, even if it's proprietary.

I would clone that repo across several different forges as well. For sites hosted in the US (like github), anyone can just email a fake (or real) DMCA 512(h) request to get it taken down immediately, because those are required by law to respond immediately by taking the content down well before there is ever any chance of appealing or fighting the request, fake/legal or not. This is a relatively new approach some very angry keyboard warriors have been using. It could take months for a fake request to finally get quashed through the court system properly. And fighting any of these takedown requests also forces you to legally doxx yourself in the process.

So many good additions, holy heck. Good job!

Also fun how he "funds" Hyprland but then kinda expects the project to not have paid features anymore? That seems predatory

Yes they are unprivileged, and the gmscompat tool doesnt give them more access that is true. Still it is google software with the intention to control your device and spy on you, while Aurorastore is a slim app that even allows to restrict the apps it tells to Google.

If you're hiding system services in Aurora that you don't want it touching, that makes it even easier to identify you, because Google play doesn't do that.

It is less data. GrapheneOS will have less system apps than stock android so that immediately gives it away.

Asking Google for updates is also different from telling it a complete list of your installed apps. You might simply not try to update these system apps currently.

In the end, it is really good that play services work on GrapheneOS, but they are still more invasive as regular user apps than alternatives.

Damnit.

I liked 1Password but I’ll be god damned if I’m giving them any more money.

...and the other billion people on the planet hate computers.

I use mpv btw

Wait, so vibe coded projects are unhappy other people used AI?

Idk much about vaxry, but that project has outgrown one person and is maintained / contributed by hundreds. Its also the best tiling wm for Wayland so far (IMO).

Happy to try others out eventually but for now its too good to skip.

It's different

Author of the original post here, thanks for the crosspost.

Update: the XDA thread is locked. A moderator closed it as "obviously a rant about something that occurred outside of XDA Forums", after stripping about thirty of the primary-source links out of the post. The F-Droid forum deleted my account before my post there was ever approved.

So the write-up now lives where nobody can lock or edit it, and I'll keep it updated there: https://opensource-compliance-gh.github.io/plus-messenger-gpl/

Commit log, APK hashes, the dex inventory of the unpublished org.telegram.plus package, the pinned "don't ask for source" rules going back to 2016, the Huawei AppGallery listing, the moderation timeline, and a chapter that walks you through checking all of it yourself in about ten minutes. Every claim links to something you can open.

If you have Aurora installed that is still being done. If you don't want to send that list then don't use any play services.

The problem there is Hyprland itself, with vaxry not being much better than DHH