Recent content by Desmond

It's okay to start with a small amount. 1000 or so. I am investing in three high risk funds but they appear stable. The stability is affected by market conditions though, so how stable a fund is depends on how good the fund manager is. A good metric is to see how a fund performs in bad market...

Normally I'd just not use apps that break if you turn off tracking or ad domains. Also here DDG = Duck Duck Go? No idea. Sorry. The only way to address this I think is to flash a custom ROM that comes without any Google Play services related packages. But too many mainstream apps rely on play...

Technically, there are no "Indian" mobile manufacturers.

Get some Flexi-cap fund for starters. Start with a small SIP (I started with 1000 per month). Check the MFs performance over long periods of time, there is usually a graph in the investment apps that indicates the performance. Prefer funds that perform well even in bad market situations. You...

TBH if you are a (opposition) politician or journalist, just don't use an Android or iPhone. The fact that any state can hack your phones is just common knowledge at this point.

Yeah, I suspected because of that "Control file data" field looks like it uses a system file which is in the root FS. Been a while since I've used rooted apps since I don't own any rooted phone for now. Might consider rooting my current phone. One of the best root FOSS apps I've used it...

Does this need root?

Wow. Cashew is actually pretty good. Not available on F-droid unfortunately but I got it from their Github. I have used LibreTorrent before, it's pretty good as well. I'll check out RxResume builder. One more app I forgot to mention is OSS Document Scanner. A less s***ty alternative to...

I used to use Telegram FOSS earlier but switched back to regular TG because new features used to come in late to the FOSS TG version. Might switch back one day.

This thread is dedicated to discussing and recommending free, libre and open source mobile apps apps distributed with copyleft licenses. Most of such apps are available on F-Droid, an app store for FOSS apps. That being said, I currently use some of the following FOSS apps on my phone (all...

What all does it debloat?

I don't own any AC so can't tell much. As for the star, it's better to get a higher star rating if you can. Higher tonnage ACs tend to have lower stars.

Actually looks pretty cool. Let's hope the gameplay is also good.

Microsoft is planning on standardizing a Copilot button on keyboards. www.theverge.com/2024/1/4/24023809/microsoft-copilot-key-keyboard-windows-laptops-pcs

Cory Doctorow wrote an article about all of Apple's misgivings that lead to this lawsuit: https : //pluralistic.net/2024/03/22/reality-distortion-field/#three-trillion-here-three-trillion-there-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money The whole article details about how people tend to view Apple...