[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago

Unrelated, but we have a near identical feed

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Degoogling Android TV? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Basically the title but I have a few requirements I’d love to meet.

I have a “Smart Soundbar” that I actually quite like the audio of, as well as serving as an HDMI hub and switch, with a decent remote ect. Basically I like the hardware quite a bit and it is generally high quality, particularly the audio quality, it’s from a reputable home audio company, blah blah blah.

I got it as part of some promo with my ISP so it has their slightly customized version of Android TV on it. I’ve already gotten side loading apps working, I have my YouTube client and VPN running, Jellyfin, all that. Now I just want to get rid of all the google apps and ISP tweaks. I would also love to maintain some sort of casting option akin to chromecast or AirPlay. Is there an Android app that turns a device into an AirPlay receiver? I have one for Linux.

I realize the “best” option is to not connect the thing to the Internet, but that defeats the purpose of having access to say the Netflix app with my VPN running. Or giving relatives a “Netflix” like experience with my Jellyfin server running offsite.

Just looking for any advice on maintaining functionality of the high quality speaker and generally good Android TV interface while clawing back some privacy. I’d be willing to flash it with something totally different though if anyone know how to do that.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I use foot, it’s very bare bones, but I’m using zellig to get all the QoL features I could want!

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 week ago

Agreed! Great work!! The shadow behind her looking like the other bombs as well as her having horns. Excellent touch.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I was running it through Tailscale too. I’m definitely closer to a newbie than I am a self hosting vet, so there’s likely some fault of mine that made things not run so well.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah I had my eye on this a few months back when I was looking for a FOSS windows Remote Desktop alternative. Between the security issues, and generally struggle to get it working well, I eventually went to a sunshine/moonlight combo for shockingly high performance screen sharing that can even handle basic gaming if need be.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

I took degoogling as an opportunity to review and purge a lot of accounts and actually hold myself to going through the GDPR data removal requests and all that. I refreshed passwords and emails of accounts I actually wanted to keep, and pretty much ditched the rest. If the account never made it into my password manager in the first place it clearly wasn’t very important, so it can bounce around cyberspace forever I guess.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I’ve stopped playing since Microsoft copilot was announced and I fully ditched windows, but I held on until the final raid because of the gun play, nostalgia, and the representation present in both the studio and the game. I grew up with the Marathon games, and the early Halo series. The DNA of those games is still there and I can’t help but love it. I’ve been chasing a single player experience that gets even close to Destiny’s feel for so long. The System Shock remake is getting close, but I would love a PvE only game from Bungie. For a long time (read pre-Sony-buyout) Bungie was also a sort of hold out for various minority representations I try to support. The studio’s media showed an employee base that is diverse and they often did a good job pushing back against players saying any sort of agenda was being pushed just for including diversity in the game. This made them a company I was much more willing to throw money at, compared to say, activision/blizzard. That sentiment as largely faded for me as the studio had been turned into a “for the shareholders” cow Sony can milk.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 week ago

If I had a nickel for every time I went through puberty, I’d have 2 nickels. That’s not much, buts it’s interesting it happened twice.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Well great work! I hope to see more!

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for all the info! Very helpful. I love that it’s a whole camera not just an open scanner!

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is incredible!! Could you describe the process? Are you just repositioning your hands as the scanner head moves? I’d love try to screen print that or something. The gradients are super delicate, and it almost looks like a pixel sort effect. Just all around very cool.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

I Saw the TV Glow, I was just talking about not liking that I’ve been desensitized to it a bit.

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Prulegress (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Somehow this was a fitting first screen out of the terminal…

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By thrule Way (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

I could have sworn I wasn’t wearing thigh highs a moment ago…huh continues typing

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Fixed a rule from a bit ago (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

picture is of a Hatsune Miku edited to be sitting at a table from a Calvin and Hobs comic, with a sign on the front of the table reading "Hatsune Miku (creator of Minecraft) is very deserving of this meme format"

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