On Poco X7 Pro debloating improved the battery. I didn’t remove the wallpaper app though.

This is most likely only useful on the most high end gaming phones, tablets or handhelds, if it’s useful at all. It could also be a scam.

This actually looks really, really cool. If someday a repairable version of this proves viable for another company I can see myself saving up for a device like this.

This is more like a tablet and phone hybrid. So if you were already going to buy both, you may well just buy this, I guess, I don’t what Android tablet prices are like.

That is America though, guns (and gun parts) are everywhere. You can make a shotgun out of two pieces of pipe over there, no printer required. That wouldn’t fly in places with strict gun control, which are most places.

Oh they can enforce it just fine. Some guy in UK tried 3D printing a gun and saw what’s what, granted he called support which is stupid as hell, but everyone has a non-zero chance of slipping up. And once you do, I hope you don’t have unfinished business outside. Impracticality of enforcement only becomes an issue if it’s ridiculously widespread, which this is not.

Given that your phone will see far more active use and will have to be connected to some kind of network, the chances of it getting detected and landing you in trouble is quite high. You have a better chance with getting out of there if possible or getting rid of your smartphone if not.

On a side tangen I don’t buy into the “anyone can build a gun” argument anyway. You have to make a frame, barrel, blackpowder, cast lead… it’s a long hard process that will result in an underpowered / impractical gun or most likely both, something 99% of people won’t bother ever bother with due to the sheer friction involved if nothing else. That argument holds weight with knives (sharp stuff in general), sheperd’s slings, maybe a brass knuckle even but not really with guns.

Steam Nextfest became probably the most exciting gaming event thanks to the sheer abundance of demos. It’s amazing.

We still have demos, on Steam anyway.

What do you even do there? I can almost never find anything to watch on PeerTube.

Of all companies to make Nintendo comics 😂

An open Android is perfectly viable, it can even be hardforked if people are that unhappy with what Google did with it over the years.

I think mobile Linux has functional advantages that can make it a lot more desirable, but there is no reason a truly open Android cannot exist.

Another thing auto-correct needs to pay for.

Yup, I wonder if that’s HDMI Forum’s fault though. I hear they are insufferable.

I think an evergreen 8 bit system can be great for gaming an a tight budget. But whater this system will appeal to enough people to justify indefinite support or if the team is even capable of delivering this product remains to be seen.

There is just nothing to see in Jaguar’s library. The high quality emulator it finally got is more valuable for preservation than for actual gaming.

What game is that?

I try to degoogle the best I can. When I was shopping for a new phone I went with Xiaomi because those phones used to be famous for their community support, but it seems like those days have passed. Once I discovered that I looked for alternatives that are available where I live and saw they weren’t any better, so I went with Xiaomi anyway.

Until I manage to move to EU and buy a Fairphone using a private, open source smartphone OS won’t be possible.

Celeste is a good contender, Hades II as well.

I don’t see what would be the value in that anymore. I didn’t use a phone with a physical keyboard in a while but I think a virtual 3x3 keyboard would be more comfortable.

Why not both? Android is open source, an organization can hardfork it if there is demand for it.