It’s free for a single user, but you pay a subscription per user for collaborative use.

I’m just a solo enthusiast so it’s free for what I’d use it for.

Edit: I guess to your earlier point perhaps this a step towards enshitification and they might well put more and more tools behind a paywall.

There are a few other options, such as Bruno.

https://www.usebruno.com/

But if you can spare the time to learn curl it’s probably the most versatile.

I don’t think I made myself clear; I am relievd because I thought I was going to lose access to my apps in the next update cycle. The thought of that filled me with anxiety, but now I have more time to prepare.

I’m hoping that something like lineageOS will be unaffected and will be available for my device before Google remove sideloading altogether

Yep, it’s pretty bad, it sets a bad precedent, and has me looking for alternatives.

When it was originally announced I got the impression that Google would soon be removing the ability to sideload apps altogether and as I almost entirely use apps installed from “untrusted” sources this would have been a nightmare for me.

So while I think this whole situation is shit, and will almost certainly lead to Google removing the ability to sideload apps in the future, for me the immediate anxiety has been lifted.

It appears that the “security wait” will be a one time thing when you first allow installing from unverified sources. After enabling it it will remain on indefiniately.

Not quite as bad as I was fearing, but will kinda annoying.

You can find it here: Dim on github

Jellyfin is A-ok for the tech illiterate. I actually think it might be easier to navigate and use because it’s a bit more simple than Plex.

You can use a VPN to negate this check. For now…

I don’t see the issue here, it says Fast Internet Switch. Why would it lie like that?

It has been a while since I used Usenet, so instead of giving you possibly out of date info I will just link to this FYFM section which has way more info than I can give.

In particular I found this guide to be fairly easy to follow.

As for using a VPN: it can’t hurt!

London is already the third most surveilled city in the world with 73 cameras per 1000 people. So yeah, we’re not that far behind.

Carrie Underwood doesn’t surprise me, but The Village People news hurts.

Personally, I love to tinker (especially on my main machine) so I don’t mind the complexities of setting up neovim. However, I do mess around with a bunch of servers, and I like to edit code on those servers, meaning I am often installing/compiling neovim and copying over my config before I can get to work.

What I am liking about helix is the idea that its default setup has what I need to get started straight away.

I am looking forward to giving helix a go.

That’s a good enough excuse for me to try it! Thanks.

Just out of interest, what are the reasons someone would move from neovim to helix?

Same here. Well, actually I moved away from Fedora to Endeavour and it happened to coincide with KDE6. First time on KDE I a long time, and I really like it now.

Same here. I switched to Fedora last year and it’s been so easy…too easy 🤔

Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to answer. I really do appreciate it.

Going off of what you said, I am going to take what I currently have, scale it back, and attempt to get more separation between services.

Again, thank you!