Supposedly Google would have better time taking care of just one consumer OS instead of two, so Android is getting some PC features so that it will be able to replace ChromeOS in the future.

Matrix (Element or other clients) seems to be the most popular one.

in the following order:

1. Need for Speed: High Stakes
2. Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
3. Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

indirectly forces you to buy wireless earphones

USB-C wired headphones exist

edit: lol, replied too quickly. You mention wired headphones in the next sentence.

I think that the insistance on headphone jack has gone too far.
There are now enough wired USB-C headphones and wireless earbuds available.
Yes, there are edge cases, like people who work in audio industry where most equipment uses jack as standard connector, or car aux ports, etc.
But when it comes to most casual listening, there are enough solutions.

When migrating to the new phone I tried with USB-C to 3.5 adapter. It did not work most of the time. I suspect that the issue was in my somewhat defective headphones, which have damaged wire and therefore unreliable connection.
Previous phone and other devices were probably able to mitigate the occasional “disconnect”, while the adapter completely dropped connection.

But then I bought USB-C headphones, which work fine.

LineageOS 22.1 on FairPhone 4

Time to promote Loops all over the internet?

This. I strongly disagree with his decision to let Microsoft take over the thing that is basically cocaine for kids.

>99
good streak, keep it going

Pokemon MMO?
sounds like people should go play https://pokemmo.com/ before it gets C&D’d.

are there custom ROMs for TVs like there are for Android phones?

Published January 8, 2024

not exactly news
but still worth researching what the consequences of this were

completely black

Taskbar is good, but I prefer SmartDock
https://github.com/axel358/smartdock/

Was it Yahtzee? Sounds like something he would come up with.

Wait, I was told that Core Decay development was halted, that the game was cancelled.

there is a bridge, but some parts of the fediverse got very mad about it
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/
https://fed.brid.gy/

Yes, and there are probably other FOSS applications for that as well.
But it is a bit sad to see that Google considers the “phone” part of the “smartphone” be so obscure functionality that they left it’s development to community.
Maybe I should stop living in the past and just accept that the glowing rectangle that we carry around is actually a tiktok machine that can occasionally do some other stuff as well.

this is what open source dialer app died for?

Other comments already pointed to some very good software solutions.
But I would argue that absolutely the biggest barrier to entry for the masses is hardware.
Restoring an old PC or making some cable spaghetti with some SBC is currently too advanced for average person.
Self-hosting for the masses would require some new form of home servers.
Something modular, where adding new components would be as easy as playing with Lego bricks.