[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

TL;DR: F-Droid isn't referring to that, but yes, the app requires an API key for a paid service to perform unlimited requests.

Long answer:

When using the expression "non-free", F-Droid refers to something not being free software, where the term "free" doesn't refer to its price (free as in beer), but to it giving its users freedom to do what they want to with it (free as in speech).

However, this application in particular relies on a service called AudD, which is a paid service based on the number of API requests done. So while the F-Droid "anti-feature" list doesn't refer to its price, this app still relies on a paid service and requires an API key upon launch (although it seems you can do a limited number of requests without one).

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks for understanding.

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago

They don't seem to have a lecturing tone in their comment. The only part which you might have a point about is where they say "objectively", but throughout the whole comment they're really just expressing their opinion and showing their experience with smart TVs, which they're entitled to have and might be different from yours.

No aggressiveness intended. Just trying to keep the niceness around.

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The wayback machine has it archived as early as December 2017, no idea beyond that.

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

Using the environment variable QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb should do the same thing, but it likely won't fix your problem. These two methods allow KeepassXC to run on X11, which lets it access other X11 apps (running on XWayland), meaning native Wayland apps still won't be able to use auto-complete.

There's probably no way around this for now, as this is due to Wayland's design, which has stricter keyboard access safety, as opposed to X11 which just let all apps read/use the keyboard all the time.

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

Definitely nice to have, thanks. I have gotten used to Lemmy's UI, which, honestly, isn't that bad, especially when compared to the other site's new UI. But I'm gonna give this one a try either way, as I might find myself reminiscent of it.

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately, it's not open source though.

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I've never had this issue but it might be specific to the game you're trying, using gamescope might help.

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Linus tech tips, despite having some criticisms, had a rather positive opinion of Linux as far as I can remember

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Interesting, it seems to address some of the security flaws F-Droid has; it would be nice to see where this project goes once it's a bit more mature

[-] thehellrocc@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Mick Gordon has lots of great stuff, sucks to see how id ended up treating him

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