Also works using an account from another instance, thought it might have been cross-linking incompatibility, but nope.

Device information

Sync version: v23.08.03-16:15    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

Ultra user: true    
View type: Cards    
Push enabled: false    

Device: OP516FL1    
Model: OnePlus NE2211    
Android: 12

It would just sit there and be dormant.

It doesn’t remove them, it uninstalls the app from the current user profile, but they persist on system level. That’s what I meant with the comment in brackets.

It’s the best you can do if rooting is not an option, but I prefer a full removal.

Plenty of reasons.

• System wide adblock
• Advanced permission management
• Backups and exports of system apps
• Full uninstall of bloatware (instead of mere hiding them with adb)
• Enabling screenshots system-wide

And a bunch of other stuff I need in order to have a fully functioning device.

Nah they identify the protocol handshake and block it altogether, so you need to find a VPN with a proprietary protocol that keeps updating.

It’s probably a modified openvpn with some package obfuscation, but works surprisingly well.

SEO is spamming a link to your stupid blog all over Lemmy, apparently.

Astrill, only VPN with a good track record in China where I happen to live.

Most others crap out after a few weeks or months, and never bother to fix their protocols.

A mix of avira and malwarebytes locally, and virustotal if I’m especially sceptical.

Key Messages rocks. Comes with built-in badword filter and some other nifty config.

Not open source though.

Yep it’s still a beta, that will be coming soon.

Lemmy Ultra = Sync Ultra

Lemmy Adfree = Sync Pro

The old app was simply too cheap, that’s that. One-off purchases for $2 are hardly sustainable for individual developers.

Adfree is 20 bucks, how is that insane?

That’s for ultra. Simple adfree is 20 for a lifetime.

Ultra is another subscription with different benefits altogether.

Adfree is the regular pro version, which is way cheaper. Make sure you double check before you recommend pirating software.

That’s pro. Ultra is something else entirely.

$20 is what it takes to remove ads. Ultra is another subscription with different benefits altogether.

The actual blockers were fixed in the first couple days, if not hours. We are now at beta 23 within just 10 days since the internal testing began, lj has been working like a madman.

Which launcher is that? I love Nova, comes with all the gestures I need.

Those poor trees.

IMHO whenever you actively need something and the owner either doesn’t make it available or the price is prohibitively expensive, it’s justified. That especially includes papers, books and other tuition material that’s been paywalled or made expensive as hell without any actual reason, even more so if the author gets next to no compensation.

Downloading series and movies that aren’t being streamed anymore, by all means.

When it comes to current movies, it depends on what’s available. Unfortunately most streaming platforms don’t have Chinese subtitles, and my wife often struggles to fully follow the original audio and the English subs often disappear too quickly.

For software, my personal stance is that if you use something every once in a while, pirate away. If you use it regularly and/or generate income from it, then pay your dues.