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TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells US
  • If you as a content creator have a choice between a platform with 3 billion people (US and India included), like Shorts and Instagram Reels, and one without (TikTok), where would you post?

    This is a clear disadvantage given to tiktok only to protect its own companies cause if US actually cared about data and mental health, homegrown Tech companies would also face repercussions.

    LETS NOT FORGET, China can VERY EASILY buy most of the data it needs from the open market which many US companies, including Big Tech contribute to.

    This has done nothing for citizens. Only protected innovation less US companies.

  • TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells US
  • Good riddance? Not really cause US still has clones of tiktok present like reels and shorts.

    Nothing will change. Data will still be collected. China can easily buy data from the open market. Mental health will still be affected.

    In fact, due to lack of competition, things will only get worse.

    US and India are 2 moronic countries

  • No easy Network Location in LineageOS

    Although GPS or hardware based location does work on LineageOS, it seems there is no easy way to get software based Network Location officially on LineageOS due to UnifiedNLP getting deprecated and merged to GMS Core. (Also see this post)

    After discussing with community and my own research, there are 2 ways to get it on LineageOS-

    1. Either get LineageOS for MicroG. Problem with that being it is not official.
    2. Or get some older version of UnifiedNLP with MinMicroG (also an older version) or some other 3rd party installer.

    Both of these are complicated and risky (as flashing can brick a phone) processes for something that is software based and is only half part of location services as GPS still works, meaning imo, you aren't getting your effort's worth. Especially noobs.

    This post is an upto date guide for future users (as not many might get difference between GPS and Network Location) while also inviting suggestions for older users on how they dealt with the problem.

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    See Liked/Upvoted posts on Lemmy

    Hi I made a Lemmy account specifically to save posts for future view.

    To support the OPs, I opted to like instead of saving them as doing both is not ideal as I don't like to save every post, only some important ones.

    But to my surprise, there is no way of viewing posts you liked/upvoted. Only saved posts appear in your profile.

    This is in stark contrast to Reddit and even Mastodon which show both. I wonder if such a feature is in the pipeline or some way which exists to view them.

    The best alternative is to just have lists support in Saved Posts like Instagram or Pinterest has.

    Can any third party Lemmy clients do this? To be clear- I'd like to view posts I upvoted retrospectively and not from now on or something.

    This is not a new request. I made this post to ask for things other requesters have not mentioned such as third party clients and comparision to Mastodon and Pinterest.

    Also see these posts-

    1. https://lemmy.world/post/1565886
    2. https://lemmy.world/post/1440987
    3. https://lemmy.tedomum.net/post/82667
    4. https://lemmy.world/post/1624113
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    [Feature Request] See My Upvoted Posts
  • The usecase is that you want to support the OP's posts while also saving them for the future. Pressing both buttons for all the posts that you like is not intuitive.

    Some users have 2 priorities of saved messages as neither Lemmy nor Reddit support lists in Saved Posts which something like Instagram has.

    One priority is just to have a history of posts that amused you. You upvote them. (memes fit this) And other is actually saving them for future reference. (Articles, Opinions, etc.)

    It is a nightmare trying to find some critical information but first sifting through all the memes and shitposts. So this feature is highly needed to make Lemmy atleast somewhat useful for me.

  • Google Will Now Back Right-to-Repair
  • just like Apple, limited models and limited parts. It will probably take till 2030 or something before it comes even close to being available "globally".

    The phones are designed to be be hard to repair. So it is obvious most people won't be doing this themselves. Which was the dream.

  • Checkmate
  • You should spread awareness on why he is a jerk instead of just trying to supress his existence as a whole.

    That will help people to get the complete picture instead of just "oh dont use this picture". That's how information works.

    Believe it or not, there are still many people who dont know, thus don't care about him or his thoughts. And you writing something instead of all this would have helped your cause more.

  • Checkmate
  • Just because the guy in memes is a jerk doesnt mean we cant laugh at memes.

    There are literal Hitler memes on the internet.

    Do you think people who put Satan in their memes want to really go to hell or something?

  • Which software was ahead of its time?
  • It had today's tiktok crowd. It was a huge hit. The only reason it failed is because of monetisation.

    Only reason YouTube is popular. No competitor can match it in those terms.

    Saying Vine was ahead of its time is like saying Digg or MySpace was ahead of its time. No it was at the precipice and just horribly failed to manage its growth and responding to competitors

  • What are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?
  • The only thing Linux needs is proper hardware marketed well globally.

    Linux needs to position itself to a market just like how ChromeOS did.

    That is just not what linux is doing.

    Convincing any one particular entity to do anything won't mean luls for Linux market share, so much it will only make the lives of existing users more convenient

  • Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect | The website says the states' ID requirement would put users' privacy at risk
  • The question is why. You can't stop kids from watching it. People get it one way or another. This does nothing than cause mild dips in viewership.

    And frankly the kind of stuff on law abiding sites like PH is not doing any noticeable harm anyway. Raising awareness on sexual education if anything.

    Most kids begin watching/experimenting around 14. Around 16 is when they should have sex ed and 18 is adulthood anyway. What's the point?

    Not comparable but we are back to the "video games cause violence" nonsense.

    Sometimes kids just dont need government protection. This is one of those times.

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