Unsustainable

How did you do that? I'd love to set something like that up. I keep seeing Matrix mentioned everywhere, but I haven't looked into it to see exactly what it is.

I use it for lots of things. I'm not a coder, so I can't make my own apps from scratch. With Tasker I can make my own apps. I've made tons of them.

I still have a Reddit account because there are some core subs that haven't migrated, but I don't have to official app installed. I use Tasker to check Reddit and notify me of posts.

My memory is horrible and my schedule is varied every day, so I can't set alarms for certain times. I made an app where I can say something to my watch and it will remind me depending on my location. For example, I can remind myself to get paper towels on my way home from work. When I leave work, it will send a reminder to my watch.

I use it for call screening. I only let calls from my contacts ring. It sends all other calls to voicemail.

I use it to run scripts in Termux.

I have a routine that will tell me why an app was closed.

I have it POST things to the timeline on my watch with JSON.

I have it reassign functions to my phone's buttons. I made an app that turns on the flashlight when I shake the phone.

I have it put the battery level of my Bluetooth devices in my notification bar and on my watchface.

I have it gather weather and notify me conditions and severe weather alerts.

I could go on and on, but you get the idea. You can do just about anything with it.

Because this is the first time I've heard of Addy. I saw your comment and downloaded the app from F-Droid. I'll see how it compares to DDG. Do you know of any advantages over DDG?

Tasker

There is a news site that does use AI to write articles without sensationalism. I can't rember the name of it off the top of my head. I looked at it once and was surprised at how uninterested I was in any of the stories. I doubt it gets much traffic over the initial curiosity look. I'm sure everyone will just use it to make the news even more sensationalized.

DDG email is AMAZING! I only wish it would have been around before my email got exposed.

You can use Beeper to replace all your communication apps. That way you only have to install one app, and you don't have to have Meta installed.

Do the votes actually matter? They mattered on Reddit because of karma, although I never did understand the point of karma. What is the point on Lemmy? I rarely even notice the up/down votes on a comment/post.

I don't know. I've seen some pretty loose lay persons.

It's only going to get worse with AI writing the stories.

Wow, I could actually hear George talking as I read that. Damn, I miss him.

I don't see ads anywhere, but I mainly use FOSS apps and I use a VPN with ad blocking. So, Google has all my information and they can probably do anything they want with it, and totally destroy my life if they wanted to, but they won't be able to show me targeted ads.