Sure if the code is open you can just build it yourself. And if 2.00 builds go open in a time window it’s just time gating.
But your right the incentives are to keeping pumping out a parade of changes to make donating seem worthwhile to get early access
Maybe they could do a model where the mod is free but updates or builds for the first 3 months are behind a totally optional donation fence.
If you have a international branch of a Chinese bank nearby setup a account. Icbc is everywhere. If your visa allows it get a local bank account setup asap! Makes life so much easier
Consider a VPN like obscura which proxies behind http3 quic for harder identification
I’ve had success with mullvad in china myself. Get two vpns setup.
If you bring a sim card with you, the data is usually routed out of china to your home providers network without filtering.
Bring a backup cell phone, no particular reason, it’s just good to have a backup setup Incase you lose your main phone.
The major problem isn’t getting a VPN to work, it’s having it work when you need it. VPNs in China go up and down all the time. If your meeting someone and need to message them and the VPN is down… Your going to have a bad time.
Privacy: everything you do in china will be monitored, all your traffic patterns, every WeChat and qq message. If you want to have interesting conversations try to move them to signal or simplex over a VPN.
It will be good, or bad… But now every influencer will try it on launch.
So you don’t cheat their anti cheat kernel loading
Never had any problems with my paid tuta accounts
Not required for me using a private browsing tab and newpipe
They made it the default search engine on their browser, which is now not working. Heh
Kinda expected, I always disable leta when I setup a mullvad browser.
The biggest killer was not being able to go to the original engine. Let’s search for the image of a duck, oh leta doesn’t do images, ok open this search in Google… Not a option either. Adds lots of friction
I like the DDG option of having a g! Escape to Google with my query if I need it.
It’s almost like this isn’t about porn at all, but an attack on the open internet and being about to track every one
I’m actually thankful they exist, because they’re a commercial company. They disclose their capabilities and they advertise. If this was strictly a government operation, it could be quite secret, quite nebulous, we wouldn’t get as many leaks. They’re fulfilling a very positive role in the ecosystem as a red team giving valuable feedback to gos for blue teaming.
Thank you
The cost difference is right there in your description, pixel density is prohibitively expensive
Impossible? So cameras and OCR don’t work anymore?
If a human can see it, it can be pirated
I’m watching YouTube using new pipe, and free tube, on a VPN, right now. It works right now. So I don’t know what this very long time you’re referring to is
It is not rooted, that would break the GOS security model
Using a front end like Grayjay is important. When it can abstract multiple back ends, YouTube. Tube Patreon Mastodon etc, if you are subscriptions are available on multiple platforms, then it could just source from a better platform. Helping you wean yourself off of YouTube
And providing content creators a consistent audience, and incentive to post multiple platforms
I’d add the hardware drivers must be open sourced at the end of support as well, and no drm, patent, reverse engineering legal protections for a out of support Device/chipset
Conference meeting test: you and a bunch of strangers gather for a quick q&a after a conference talk, the author wants to share their slidedeck with you. Everyone has whatever solution you are evaluating pre installed but your strangers so you have nothing setup specifically for this group… How many button presses across everyone does it take to share the slides?
Wait, I don’t see you. Are you on the conference wifi? No I’m on call data, join the conference wifi. What’s the password. Ok. Thanks. I joined it, I don’t see the file. Which wifi are you on? Oh I’m on 5g. This is too complicated join my hot spot. Fuck I can’t see your hotspot, turn airplane mode on and off. I joined it but I don’t see anyone…