but these days im considering a different bank entirely that doesnt require an app in the first place
For me, it’s not that some banks require a mobile app, because they don’t. Why I like to use the mobile banking apps is because of PUSH notifications for transactions and for approval (like 3DS). I could use the mobile websites, but then I would need to drop down to SMS confirmation which is less convenient and less secure as well.
I thought those materials were used because of wireless charging and because they make the phone body double as an antenna.
I had an iPhone 5 for a few years, it was the perfect size for me. When Apple enlarged their smartphones with iPhone 6 I jumped back to Android because I had more options there. I went back to iPhone 11 Pro because it was again on the smaller side. After years of rejecting >=6’’ phones I finally gave in with Pixel 8 and Pixel 10…
Signal and Telegram both offer comparable functionality without mandatory recurring fees
Telegram introduced a subscription named Telegram Premium a few years ago. You get similar functionality there – setting colors to your profile or groups that you’re part of, custom emojis (including animated ones), custom stickers, an indicator that you’re on Premium, custom profile statuses, increased limits for sending files, etc. There’s a lot more, I just listed some off the top of my head. They’ve been pushing people into Premium. Telegram is perfectly usable without that, of course. My favorite Premium feature is that you can require unknown senders to pay a fee to be able to send you a message :D Meanwhile, non-Premium users can get spammed normally.
Are they planning to remake the 3rd, though? Last time I checked they were pondering skipping to Crossbell. I hope not because I’m stuck on 3rd, dungeon crawlers are not my thing. I played for a couple chapters and just can’t force myself. I’m at the point where you need to split the party into two teams.
For shopping lists I use Listonic. It’s easy to use and better suited for shopping because it groups products into categories, so you don’t have to sort them yourself and don’t have to walk around the store back and forth because you picked up strawberries, moved to the toilet paper section and diary and then noticed you didn’t pick apples. :) It syncs, so if you go shopping with somebody else, you can split and see what the other person already grabbed (as long as there’s connectivity, of course).
Oh, I guess I never ran into that problem myself. I do use Joplin on my PC and on my Android phone. Thanks for the info.
That’s fair. I myself migrated from Google Keep to Standard Notes and later to Joplin. I never thought that I needed for it to look like post-its :) But now that you said that I see why you wouldn’t be happy with either of the non-alternatives.
As for passwords, well, I wont talk about that. It’s not good but still not worst practices at least.
Paper notebook? ;)
I just wish syncing was a bit more seemless.
What problem do you have? I use OneDrive sync, which is not even recommended, because OneDrive doesn’t work well with syncing many tiny files, but it works surprisingly good. If I need to sync NOW (rarely), there’s a menu item for that. Otherwise the automated sync was good for me.
My Bitwarden and Proton Pass also require Yubikey to be present when logging in on a new device.
Joplin not mentioned. It’s like Standard Notes, but FREE, including cloud sync (many targets available). I used Standard Notes but their business model changed which drove me to look for alternatives and I landed with Joplin. Highly recommended!
By “same platform” do you mean keeping them in the same app or the same system (e.g., my Android smartphone)? I used to use Authy, but after I bought the paid subscription for Bitwarden I moved my TOTP codes there (and later to Proton Pass) because it was so convenient.
Thanks for telling me about Betterbird. I see I can run it at the same time as Thunderbird which naturally fits my workflow described above 😅
I am thinking of self-hosting some stuff right now, but that’s mainy OneDrive/Google Drive replacement and Google Photos replacement. I could maybe self-host Bitwarden, too. Email? Nope. I know there’s A LOT of work with that, with the domains (so my emails don’t get rejected by other parties), with spam filters and so on. I will leave that to the professionals, it’s too important. File storage is for me, but email is for communication with others. So congratulations if you got that working :)
I have a Chipolo ONE Point attached to a keyring. I’ve been using it for ~1,5 year. I had to replace the battery once. It has never went off the grid, unlike some cheap tags that I also have. Chipolo is more expensive, but worth it in my opinion.
I’m a Linux newbie and a bit scared to touch those things :( Is it possible that I can break the actual hardware by messing with this stuff?
Like KDE Connect which uses only the local network.