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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Thanks . Tried it out but the widget I Wowz ‘Current 2’ does not display the barometric reading when I place on home screen.

    Only displays two of 4 meausurements on that particular widget.

    The measurements I would like displayed on my weather widget are

    1. Barometric Pressure
    2. Relative Humidity
    3. Dew Point
    4. UV Index
    5. Air Quality
    6. Basic measurements like temp, wind speed, etc.
    7. Severe weather alert indicator

    Bonus would be precipitation chance percentage. When Ilookeed through WEOWOW options didn’t see one where I could customize to get my list of wants on one or twowidgets setup.

    I am willing to pay as in one time payment for this weather widget.







  • Samsung phones have so many quality of life improvements over the default Android experience that I don’t think I can get away from them just from software alone (why do you have to scroll down twice to change the brightness on normal Android it’s the most important function in the quick menu)>

    Only have to scroll down once but using two fingers. I am using Android 12 Motorola UX. I assume that stock Android would be similar.


  • I’ve had several Samsung phones over the years and do not like how bloated their apps have become like Samsung Notes, Samsung Health, and such. I liked their software experience when S5 was released much better. Remember Milk Music? 🙂

    The only reason to buy a Samsung these days is their top shelf hardware but primarily in. their flagships. Also had hardware issue with last Samsung flagship device I owned and then awful tech support from Samsung to boot.

    Moto has really upped their game especially in their Moto G 2023 5G models.(U.S. here) I’ll be sticking with Moto mid-range going forward.




  • Most of the people that I know who have Iphones do for family chat or teens and college age because everyone in their circle does.

    But IPhone owners have no call to be looking down on android users.

    Some of the greatest apps, PowerAmp and Photo Studio Pro do not have iPhone versions. Also IPhone runs behind Samsung in innovation. I mean IPhone finally added widgets but the functionality on IPhone pales in comparison to Android.

    Also can’t change defaults in IPhone for launcher, music, dialer, and pretty much everything except, browser, and email.

    I could never own an IPhone because they think they know best for users. With Android I have autonomy over my device.

    Some areas of this country do not get reliable cell signal that is where an FM tuner can still receive emergency alerts but no not IPhone because they disallow their customer base from having and essentially force their power users to utilize their cloud services because once again they fail to offer expandable storage as an option. Shaping their own market but it essentially is anti consumer.

    Despite these things Apple is relatively successful with these business decisions (especially in the US) but Samsung Ultra has eclipsed the IPhone Pro with the 23 version and IOS is still playing catch up with Android.



  • Im thinking there will be another wave of users when the major 3rd party apps are ready. In the meantime, I am frustrated in the fact like my 4 favorite niche apps have like ghost towns for communities. That includes one that has like 2.4 million followers on Reddit.

    I mean if there are so many tech people here why isn’t there more discussion for instance in an Android Apps community on Lemmy?






  • So true but the game changers are on the way Boost for Lemmy, Sync, and I think one I am missing. Hundreds of thousands if not several million potential Fediverse users .

    These apps asked for preregistration for their upcoming Lemmy versions and some users may be maintaining Reddit until their app is ready . Some I am sure signed up for Lemmy, KBin, etc.and were discouraged and stayed with Reddit.

    I am almost certain over the the next several months the user base will increase but will it increase enough to get decent engagement levels on more of the niche communities.

    That is the sizeable advantage has at the moment.