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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Plenty of cash only businesses in the UK that engage in this, although of course just because a business is cash only, doesn't mean they're a tax dodge.

IMO the two things are separate: it should be the tax office that does audits to catch this. It's not very hard to see a vape shop that makes £500 a month with two top model BMWs outside might be dodgy.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (11 children)

I'm finding supermarkets locking their regular prices behind an app or loyalty card is getting out of control. Out of all the major supermarkets, ONLY Aldi has nothing of the sort currently.

Tesco and Sainsbury's will often have a £3 item that costs £6 without their loyalty card. Of course it's £3 in every other shop: it's not a special offer for members, it's a punishment price for those who don't give away their data.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, even the buses and vending machines and car park meters and public toilets have tap to pay. It is certainly very convenient but I think it does encourage spending more, and of course it means literally everything you do is tracked. Luckily I've found that most places still do accept cash but there are definitely a few who don't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Its trivial to run Invidious through a VPN via Gluetun if you use Docker.

When I'm on Invidious, all my requests come from one of Proton's IP addresses, amongst everyone else using YouTube on that Proton server. I'm not logged into YouTube and Google cannot load their ads, trackers and other spyware in my browser.

All they have to go on is the Proton IP, searches, and watched videos

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Invidious will show you related videos to the one you're watching but not the suggested tab of YouTube. I see it as a good thing though, I really don't need another black box algorithm controlling me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I really want to buy a Fairphone but even the new one would be a downgrade from my P7Pro at a high price.

Hoping they can make the next one a bit more competitive with current flagships.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Google absolutely update most roads every year or so. Busy roads multiple times a year. Even my cul de sac in a minor town has photos every 5 years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Wonder if this can be used to power ZigBee smart sensors. My current battery ones last about 2 years on a coin cell

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are a number of GNOME extensions to make it behave almost exactly like KDE if that's what you're after

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

This is where the physical write protect notch on SD cards would be useful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

GrapheneOS is the most secure mobile OS except things like Ubuntu Touch, or using throwaway phones etc which obviously don't support the apps you need to exist in society these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Cheers, currently grabbed Ubuntu, Fedora, GParted, and Kali.

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