It’s a really interesting article about something we might not think about.

It’d be interesting also to try to see how much money they can save by using a lower bitrate or saving energy by using less servers.

It’s a lot of things we take for granted when we’re just watching a show and you don’t think about all the work behind it.

Oh okay thanks for the info. I don’t think it’s such a problem because it’s open source and the code can be reviewed.

Also I’m not sure American companies are less evil than companies from other superpowers.

What is the problem with its origin?

I would want to « force » my relatives to use Linux. My wife had an unsupported MacBook Pro from 2012, so I managed to convince her it would be safer to switch. Since then, she hasn’t used macOS, but she also hasn’t used Linux because she can use her work provided windows laptop 😅

I also proposed to my mom to provide IT support remotely to her via Linux, but she prefers using windows and relying on an old friend who is forcing her to buy a lot of Microsoft products otherwise he refuses to help her.

I hope I’ll at least be able to teach my kids that Linux ain’t scary 🙏

Yeah clearly Lemmy might have a lot of Linux users because Lemmy in itself is really niche. Way more than Linux.

I understand why it’s a loss for some developers, but I don’t think we should prevent Apple from integrating something in iOS just because of it.

You could also say these developers just benefited from the fact that Apple omitted to integrate some obvious features.

I’m also thinking a lot about the best way to move everything from one computer to another if one day I buy a new computer.

I thought I had found a way with Clonezilla, but after trying to clone my Surface Go 1 to an old laptop I had, it didn’t work. Could be because I hadn’t removed the surface specific kernel. But now I don’t feel safe anymore.

Some people are suggesting to copy my home folder which I did, but I’m not sure it would fit my needs.

Basically, my files are taken care of with cloud storage (kDrive by the way), but I’d like to keep the way all my programs and extensions are setup.

So I ain’t sure I was a big help😅

I hope one day we’ll just have some program to prepare an archive to unpack for your next system to make the transition seamlessly. Or just putting the computer side by side and sending everything wirelessly.

I feel like we need this with all the personalization we can have on Linux.

I don’t like Apple but I’m forced to admit that the iPhone my employer is forcing me to use and my wife’s 2012 MacBook Pro are good machines.

The MacBook runs Linux like a charm and is making me consider old MacBooks for my next Linux laptop.

I’m also looking forward to testing iOS 18.

A while ago there was an article about how Apple is destroying a lot of its phones (old generation) instead of selling them at a low price.

It was also explained that in the facility where it was done a lot of phones were disappearing because employees were stealing them to use them.

So I don’t know if they’re so good about recycling ♻️.

I can’t find the article but it seemed legit.

Yeah I know but honestly it looks really complicated for someone who’s not at ease with terminal. Just finding the instruction to install it on Fedora (so no sudo apt install) is difficult, so I’m scared to do anything wrong, especially with important data.

So now I’m still using a Windows 10 virtual machine even if it’s awfully slow on my not powerful computer…

I’m looking forward to iOS 18 as I have to run an iPhone for work.

From what I understand, this update is gonna bring a lot of things iOS was lacking in terms of personalization.

Now I would really want them to improve on how things are handled outside of their walled garden as I’ll never buy a new mac (maybe an old one to run Linux) and they’re never gonna convince me with their old tricks of keeping special features between Apple devices.

We need a Linux version or equivalent to iTunes to backup your phone, better interoperability with Windows/Linux…

The iPhone is a great product but I feel like the walled garden is preventing me from fully enjoying it.

Okay then I guess I’ll just backup my home folder on kDrive (my cloud service) and then just remember which programs are installed since the automatic listing of programs seems a bit too complicated for me. Thanks for the help!

I forgot to say that I’m using Linux (Fedora 40). If you think it wouldn’t work, do you know another program which would?

My data is stored on the cloud, but I wouldn’t want to go through the hassle of setting everything up again if I move to another computer (extensions, mail, calendar, installed programs and settings).

Okay thanks for the answer 🙏

As you seem to know a lot about Clonezilla, I’m allowing myself to ask you something.

Would Clonezilla work for doing a backup and reinstalling it on a completely different device?

I’ve already used it to backup and restore on the same device. I also tried to install my Surface Go device backup on an old Acer Computer but it failed to boot afterwards. I’m not sure if it’s because of the surface specific kernel or because it doesn’t work from one computer to another.

Would you know that?

Thanks I’ll check it out👍

Just for curiosity, where do you get these old distributions?

I might try the Ubuntu version which got me into Linux one of these days😇

I’ve only heard good things about them so I’m interested to know too.

Seems a bit too complicated for me, even if it probably ain’t.

But I’d probably use it if one day I break my Fedora workstation install.

Please don’t give them the idea to give up on blurays or physical media.

Full HD is already perfectly fine for most people, so I can’t even imagine how great a bluray in 4k is.

I’m still watching DVD’s and, as long as the movie is great, it’s perfectly enjoyable.

Most people are watching Netflix which is apparently not giving you real full HD or 4k and people are not bothered.

Innovation is great, but having a new format would create the need to have new equipment and create even more e-waste when we can’t manage it already.