Post #2096502
2024-06-10 07:17 UTC
Replies (40)
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2024-06-10 07:36
@scy@chaos.social What's the use case for an Android screen saver? On my phone, I want the screen switched off when not in use, to save battery. I have a tablet which is in use in the kitchen as a #HomeAssistant dashboard - this is permanently plugged in so no worries about battery life. But it exists so that we can see things at a glance, so we don't want a screen saver there either.
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@enkiusz@is-a.cat 2024-06-10 07:42
@scy@chaos.social brilliant subversion.
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@a32@social.tchncs.de 2024-06-10 08:08
@scy@chaos.social The last one is especially delicious. 😬
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@PaulaToThePeople@climatejustice.social 2024-06-10 09:21
@scy@chaos.social This should be the new standard.
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@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com 2024-06-10 10:09
@scy@chaos.social jwz seriously glows considering that the solution was just to link to the f-droid version rather than encouraging more usage of the played store; https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jwz.xscreensaver/
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@stib@aus.social 2024-06-10 10:15
@scy@chaos.social I absolutely don't need a screen saver on my phone, but hell yeah I'm installing it, just so I can agree to the privacy policy
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@Kencf618033@social.linux.pizza 2024-06-10 11:04
@scy@chaos.social Remarkable.
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@Kencf618033@social.linux.pizza 2024-06-10 11:06
@scy@chaos.social Neat bit of leverage.
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@vxo@digipres.club 2024-06-10 12:50
@scy@chaos.social that's glorious.
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@orion@tooting.ch 2024-06-10 12:56
@scy@chaos.social The last one in the list is priceless
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@mattjohns@mastodon.social 2024-06-10 13:01
@scy@chaos.social I’m sure there’s as “Google burn-in” joke in there somewhere …
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@soundconjurer@mstdn.social 2024-06-10 13:05
@scy@chaos.social. I wish all software was like this.
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@benbe@social.chaotikum.org 2024-06-10 13:22
@scy@chaos.social LOL: Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never offer you advice, as it cannot talk. In the event that XScreenSaver does talk, we ask you to ignore its advice. As we do with Google.
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@anneoneam@mastodon.online 2024-06-10 13:39
@scy@chaos.social The last item is really the most important one!!
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@fruitcake@weirder.earth 2024-06-10 13:53
@scy@chaos.social This whole entire list is just making my day 😂
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@pozorvlak@mathstodon.xyz 2024-06-10 14:25
@scy@chaos.social As soon as you said "the maintainer" I knew this was going to be good - JWZ has been doing this kind of thing since before he was at Netscape.
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@devnull@mamot.fr 2024-06-10 15:27
@scy@chaos.social What's not gonna be long is how short will it stay before google bans it "for inappropriate privacy policy" 😈🤡
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@hennichodernich@radiosocial.de 2024-06-10 15:37
@scy@chaos.social But will it (unlike Google) never give you up, let you down or run around and desert you?
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@remi@urbanists.social 2024-06-10 17:11
@scy@chaos.social typical jwz, 10/10
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@tecnoterrestre@nomada.tiliches.net 2024-06-10 17:53
👏
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@snowyfox@deadinsi.de 2024-06-10 18:30
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@guust@mastodon.nl 2024-06-10 18:35
@scy@chaos.social this person is my today-hero
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@light@hachyderm.io 2024-06-10 19:46
@scy@chaos.social Oh nice now XScreensaver can be downloaded from the Google Play Store too, I only known that it's available on f-droid. 😄 😁 That privacy policy is genius, I like the wording. 😍
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@root42@chaos.social 2024-06-10 20:31
@scy@chaos.social the maintainer is actually here too and is @jwz@mastodon.social
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@0mega@sk.zehnvorne.social 2024-06-10 20:54
@scy@chaos.social Well played 😁
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@rogerparkinson@mastodon.nz 2024-06-11 05:55
@scy@chaos.social nice. I have the gravity well on now.
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@blackwolf@meow.social 2024-06-11 06:11
@scy@chaos.social Freaking amazing :adragnmlem:
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@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org 2024-06-11 13:04
@scy@chaos.social jwz's snark is my spirit animal 😄
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@zaivala@hostux.social 2024-06-11 16:40
@scy@chaos.social Have you seen the version that scrolls up like Star Wars?
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@amarok@mastodonczech.cz 2024-06-11 18:42
@scy@chaos.social I just wonder why he even bothers to get it into Google's Play Store when there's a simple apk file available. Also there's F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid and other free app stores.
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@yuka@fedi.yuka.dev 2024-06-12 06:27
@scy@chaos.social XScreenSaver will never prevent you from running an Ad Blocker what if my screen is locked :hehecat:
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@adbenitez@mastodon.social 2024-06-13 12:19
@scy@chaos.social beautiful
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@codelesscody@infosec.exchange 2024-06-16 21:43
@scy@chaos.social @jwz@mastodon.social is one of my favorite coders of all time and XJack is my favorite screensaver. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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@admin@sturtz.io 2024-06-17 11:51
@scy@chaos.social This is a list of googles crimes against humanity
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@SwindlerOfInsanity@mastodon.social 2024-08-08 16:55
@scy@chaos.social amazing
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@Ifrauding@nerdculture.de 2024-08-08 17:10
@scy@chaos.social Yeah, seeing "Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never collaborate in genocide." makes me trust this maintainer politically. Not.
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@theseus@chimaira.net 2025-01-14 15:15
@scy@chaos.social wonderful idea :-)
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@etherealconclave@blahaj.zone 2025-01-14 17:09
@scy@chaos.social it just keeps going - posted by Penny, she/her Plural Plugin
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@nroach44@mastodon.social 2025-01-15 02:23
@scy@chaos.social "unlike google, we'll time bomb this code to annoy you when you use it on old devices"
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@jigmedatse@social.jigmedatse.com 2025-01-17 00:32
@scy@chaos.social The fuck... *years* later they are, "warning" me that they "might" delete data that was requested to be deleted. Yeah... That kind of hits home. I mean... I get why a privacy policy *may* be required, but it seems like if your product doesn't really communicate (well it might, I think some of them have the ability to use web hosted content (yep, text manipulation can take a URL).