Whenever I buy clothes they always end up getting holes quickly, I burn through socks fast, my bags keep breaking, my phones magically shit themselves and my chargers melt. I’m sick of everything being a wear part and I’m wondering where people get things that last.

  • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    other people are addressing clothing, so - regarding your phone and chargers:

    • your phones shit themselves - RAM is a big issue (my phone has 4gb, fucking Android itself takes up 2+) along with apps sneakily running in the background (any food or grocery things that give you coupons are probably doing background stuff consistently)

    • your chargers melt - this is terrifying to read and I will happily scrape together some money for you to buy a nicer charging brick - please do not fuck around with cheapo chargers, your life is worth the extra $5 and I will happily give you the money to buy a safer one

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      6 months ago

      your life is worth the extra $5 and I will happily give you the money to buy a safer one

      ill chip in the extra on top to make it an unnecessarily fancy one for no particular reason bunny-vibe

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      6 months ago

      I didn’t specify this but I’m taking about higher wattage laptop chargers, not phone chargers. Thanks for the offer though. Do you know if Graphine is better for RAM consumption?

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      6 months ago

      any food or grocery things that give you coupons are probably doing background stuff consistently

      Is there any way to tell if they’re doing stuff and restrict them? With or without root?

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        You basically just have to assume that they are doing crap in the background unless you get one of those de-googled custom roms that runs google play crap in a sandbox.

        I gained like 10% battery per day by uninstalling a few of them.

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        6 months ago

        telling if they’re doing stuff

        I think foss apps like Netguard and Trackercontrol would be useful to use if they connect to the net.

        Restrict them

        The same apps can be used to restrict connections.

        Android app preferences can be used to restrict background data and background battery usage too.

        And if you want to remove unwanted apps that can’t be directly uninstalled, you can use the Android debloater.