KOReader can be installed on almost any e-reader, even Kindles. Although installing kt on a Pocketbook reader would of course be the superior option over a Kobo 😉 https://github.com/koreader/koreader

It does have a learning curve though, definitely aimed at powerusers

On Samsung phones you take a screenshot and then tap the “T” icon for screenshot OCR, it will let you click any QR code on the screenshot.

Google Lens is also an option if you have that installed

I could surely just buy a VPS somewhere where it is allowed and then route through a VPN from there?

That would also be significantly less private than using a public VPN. This method would only prevent your ISP from seeing what you do, but if someone figures out the public ip of your VPS and connects it to your identity, then you’re just as exposed as when not using a VPN at all. The big advantage of public VPNs is that you share a public IP with dozens or hundreds of other users on the same server.

Using Tor would be the better option for privacy, but comes with its own issues. Also, please don’t abuse the tor network for piracy

Not 15 year old laptops. Like that’s 32nm Sandy bridge or even older

I can tell you live somewhere with cheap electricity

So you are suggesting captchas? I used to make a living running a bot farm and whenever my bots would be promoted with a captcha I’d have it solved by a service like 2captcha for the low cost of 0.3cents per captcha

Check out the Huawei Watch Fit 3. Amazing battery life even with AOD, very accurate fitness tracking, and it’s cheap af

Do you mean internal SD card slot? Because pixels absolutely support external sd cards

Very exiting. I’m looking forward to the day I can finally ditch Plex

can you print your own PCBs

As long as its only dual layer, no problem

and microchips

No 😢

So you’ve only had 2 phones in the last 10 years? Impressive

There is also the fact that Google used to have a public git with the beta source code of upcoming Android releases, but have recently stopped publishing that source code

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/

Germany has that law and it doesn’t change anything. Although part of the reason why might be that no one actually brings their devices back, instead just throwing them in the trash

Don’t most modern Phones randomize their Mac Address for every wifi? My Samsung does by default, you need to manually disable it so you don’t get thrown into the captive portal every time you reconnect to a public wifi

Setting up the server to be externally accessible was easy to me since I have lots of experience hosting stuff both from home and from VPSs. Although not as easy as with Plex of course, which will even automatically forward the ports for you if you have Upnp enabled in your router.

It’s the clients that are the issue. They are not as easy to use for less technologically inclined people, my dad already struggled with the switch from Netflix to Plex. And for many of my users there isn’t even a Jellyfin app available, like for older Samsung smart TVs for example

I host a plex server with at 90TB library for my family and friends, which are about 50 users atm. Jellyfin just isn’t idiot-proof enough that it can replace Plex for me, I don’t want to play tech support for all the users that can’t get the client working on their devices

its pretty fucking easy to use jellyfin on any device

Not easy enough for the majority of my Plex servers users to figure out on their own. I would love to switch away from Plex, but until the clients become as idiot proof as Plex I have to keep using it. Luckily I bought a lifetime plex pass a long time ago for GPU transcoding

Lower power use of LEDs just means you can have a larger operation with the same electrical connection.

Also dehumidifiers/air conditioning makes up a big part of the energy use as well. The plants transpire a ton of humidity into the air, which has to go somewhere, and the lights create a ton of heat (even LEDs), which has to be lowered as well.

During flower your lights will also be turned on for exactly 12 hours, and then turned off for exactly 12 hours. That’s an extremely easy pattern for a modern smart meter to recognize. Although that could be hidden somewhat by having a lot of small tents and staggering the timing of the lights, so they don’t all turn on and off at the exact same time. Makes working on the plants a lot less convenient though, since you must never open the tent while the lights are turned off, as light exposure during the dark period can cause hermies, which will ruin your harvest

OK, do you want me to tell 50 users of my Plex server that they can no longer use their shitty 10 year old smart TV to watch my movie library, and instead have to pay money buy a chromecast dongle, and then get a completely different UI and lose all their view progress on TV series? They’d just go back to paying for Netflix.

And yes, I have users that struggle even with the Plex app. My father can’t figure out how to use his dumb-phone to call a contact, and is only able to accept incoming calls. It took months to teach him how to use the Plex app, switching him to a different one will take just as long

Yes. I have a lifetime Plex pass, and I donated to Jellyfin as well. Looking forward to the day I can uninstall Plex and no longer worry about them potentially giving my data to Media companies so they can sue for piracy

The problem with Jellyfin is that it’s not a viable alternative for people hosting a Plex server for their family and friends. If you are the only 8ne using your server it’s fine, but Jellyfin doesn’t have working apps for every platform, and the ones that have a Jellyfin client available are not nearly as user friendly.