PolarisFx

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[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's Starfield I'm worried about. My system is below minimum specs. Helluva time to upgrade too

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I meant in this case was spyware. My father in law no matter how much protection I put in place always manages to install SOMETHING. He'll even override the antivirus telling him the app is suspicious. He only goes on stock sites and business crap and sees no ads. Its always a casino game or something stupid like that. No idea where it comes from

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

But it is, it's very reliable. So long as users don't install anything, and there's a quality paid antivirus solution and windows 11 gets blocked then very little will affect these installs.

As for security? Who cares. They're checking email and using Facebook. They're not running critical software, and as for reliability... Let me tell ya from an admin standpoint Linux is far from reliable, there's a very good reason companies pay money for support.

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 38 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I love Linux, but it's my job. When I go home I just want the simplicity of Windows. Thanks to tons of useless certifications it does exactly what I tell it to do.

When family wants a new OS install I don't suggest Linux or even mention it's existence. They get a version of Windows 10 with the bloat ripped out and the inability to upgrade to Windows 11. 90% of tech support calls have been stopped.

What friends I have attempted to convert usually go back to Windows due to Nvidia driver issues but as we move forward and gaming becomes less of a hurdle maybe we'll see more converts. Especially if Windows keeps pushing their whole cloud OS thing.

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't try the process myself, last I heard they were using keys extracted from the official Reddit app. Maybe they thought that was a bad idea, and went a different route. Sorry, was just going by what I heard previously

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I'm in the same boat, but thought I'd let people know just in case. My app of choice RelayForReddit is switching to a subscription model but 70% of my Reddit use was NSFW subs so not really worth it for me

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jerboa was ok, but things started to irritate me so I found Liftoff, which was a much more polished app. Currently using Connect for Lemmy as it's the closest to my original Reddit app

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I know everyone has made the switch, but the ReVanced team have stolen the API keys out of the real Reddit app and have made patchers available for multiple Reddit apps including RiF.

You'll need a fresh copy of the APK and:

https://github.com/revanced/revanced-manager

Obviously NSFW is a no go but everything else should work.

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