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Cake day: December 11th, 2023

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  • LibreFish@lemmy.worldtoAndroid@lemmy.worldgraphene os advice
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    8 months ago

    On notifications if Google play services is not installed unless the app let’s you configure another server to use in place notifications won’t work that use Google Play services installed on the back end.

    If sandboxed Google play services is installed, assure it has the neccisiary permission to run in the background (unrestricted battery and network) access. Not just the individual apps, but the google apps specifically as Graphene installs thegoogle stuff with standard permissions.

    Same goes for apps that run in the background. If you expect them to be running in the background to auto update or perform another function then it needs to be permitted in the battery settings. Background updates may also rely on Google Play services.

    Edit: to clarify I haven’t experienced any issues myself that weren’t directly related to my decision to not use sandboxes google play services (no push notifications) despite daily driving for years. It’s a particularly old and reliable project in the privacy space, and while I’m sorry you experienced issues that doesn’t make it an unstable project not ready as a daily driver (any more that somebody having issues with Windows/Linux makes those unstable and not ready to be daily driven).

















  • Sorry, but it is tech-y. Not out of reach by anybody who is interested in learning, but ask the average person to self sign their drivers (required for any Nvidea card if you want to game and don’t turn on legacy bios). Or maybe you want the latest version of Spotify on Mint and therefore need to add flathub using the terminal. With help or research, sure, not hard concepts to grasp. Without help though, it’d probably be a dealbrealer.

    And once you’ce done both of those I’d consider you ‘tech-y’



  • LibreFish@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEcosia plants 200 million trees
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    9 months ago

    The big turning point came in 2018 when I signed a legally binding commitment to ensure that Ecosia could never be sold and that 100% of our profits would always go to the planet. Today, your searches enable us to work with partners to plant and protect 1,250 species of trees across 95,000 locations globally.

    Keywords plant and protect. Basically a papermill can plant trees to harvest 20 years later and in the meantime sell carbon offsets for 19 years then harvest and replant.

    Can’t say for sure they’re doing it, but from what I hear just about every tree is eligible for a “carbon offset” and some companies abuse it by saying “this is our tree” as long as it’s not cut down within x months and use it as a carbon offset or a “protected tree.”