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  • Those aren’t modules in of themselves, more like plugin frameworks for hooking into the Android kernel/deep system functions that others can write plugins for.

    LSposed can do more “cool stuff” but it’s also a much bigger pain to keep it hidden from root detectors. I occasionally use an app called Card Emulator Pro that allows me to duplicate and then emulate any NFC card I tap to it that needs an LSposed module to work

    Magisk Modules, can do less but is much easier to keep root hidden, most of my MM are for hiding root (like playcurl) but I particularly like isodrive for being able to use my phone to store and use bootable ISO images




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    13 hours ago

    As someone who used to change ROMs and kernels almost weekly back in the day (when I had more time lmao), honestly, not really.

    Stock android already provides so much these days that used to take a custom ROM to obtain. And what isn’t, can be provided via a LSposed module or Magisk Module, which is MUCH easier to handle than a full tilt custom ROM

    There’s, one, exception though. If you want a custom ROM for a specific purpose then there might still be some utility there. Like GrapheneOS for privacy focus





















  • We’re all part of the Fediverse which includes Masto, Pixel, PieFed, Lemmy etc all communicating on the same interoperable ActivityPub protocol

    Under that is the “Lemmy-verse/Thrediverse” that is what would be “link aggregator” type social media (eg reddit) and includes PieFed, Lemmy, MBin etc.

    While very cool in that it basically ruins the whole notion of centralized Social media, it has its quirks. Like what this meme is about, there’s no perfect way to translate a Lemmy reply to a mastodon user or a masto reply to a Lemmy post for a Lemmy user









  • I’m actually on the P9PF rn myself since release so coming up on a year

    Yea the SoC has been a disappointment, not terrible, but not good either. The first couple weeks were rough for battery life until the optimizations kicked in lol

    Cameras are always on the “as long as they’re there” list for me LMAO but I have quite enjoyed the optical zooming on it lolol

    It’s been pretty reliable for me IMO, but I also only unfold when I’m doing something that actually benefits from it, in contrast with my Dad who got a Samsuck fold who has to unfold it ALL the time because “The front screen sucks to use” LMAO so I figure his will probably break before mine just for that

    Overall, for a Google 2nd gen product, id say it’s decent and probably the best out of the options I could get on T-Mobile in the states lol but there’s absolutely room for improvement




  • Piefed has gone from being rarely if ever even mentioned at all to, in just the last few days, being mentioned hundreds if not thousands of times a day in threads on virtually any topic, makes me highly suspicious.

    You make interesting points, but for this specific thing, it almost certainly has to do with the .ee shutdown which was announced just a few days ago, apparently PieFed has fantastic comm transfer tooling so that’s why it’s probably been exploding in discussions since .ee has a number of large comms that are trying to figure out their next steps