That’s OK. You don’t have to say something about my post. I just wanted to inform you all that on Lemmy there are also haters, keyboard warriors or people that are so depressed that they can’t see anything positive in a post, a question or a reply.

Well @Leraje, that’s exactely what has happend to me. I asked a simple question in another community and get bashed by some people just like you would expect on some other social. Then I said: “I’m out of here” and I unsubscribed and blocked the community. Just to say that there are dipheads here too.

How are things going in the UK right now?

OK. I’m out of this conversation. Nothing can be a positive outcome of this conversation. So I admit: The European Union is working on the behalf of China, with a hidden authoritarian agenda who wants to make all EU citizens helpless peasants. All actions the EU are taking are not real. They just want to screw us up. I’m moving to the US. Maybe I’ll be better off. (note: sarcasm)

OK, I get it. Maybe we can take a backpack and go living in a cave somewhere. Offgrid, away from everything and we reject any kind of civilization, service and trust, because yes… even your best friend can become your worst enemy. Then why take the risk of having friends? I use the proverb: “Care is the mother of the porcelain store.” But I refuse to question every detail in my life. Have a little faith.

Well collegues, I think we must see it as a positive evolution. We can have some doubts for sure, but there are things moving onto a more independent Europe and we cannot be against that idea. So let’s stay positive and we’ll see what direction things are going. Keep buying European !!!

That’s what big tech companies do, they buy small and promissing companies they think that once can become a competitor and then… destroy it. The young startups just take the money and can retire early.

You got the point.

IMO there should come an European law that forces computer manufactuers to offer customers the option between Windows or Linux. This is a way to make Linux more mainstream, but still leaving the final decission to the customer.

OK… whatever. I rest my case and I move on.

Yep. To be clear… for me that’s OK, bc I understand it, but I showed it to my wife and daughter and they were thinking… “that looks complicated”. So… if we would be able to mask the @xxxxx things, it would look more “simple” and clean.

Yes, I have Voyager myself (little mouse icon) and I’m using it, but still I find it quite confusing for non-tech people. I try to explain. I’m a High School teacher in graphic design and crossmedia. I work mostly with teenagers between 14-18yo. They can work very well with the software, but don’t try to explain the technology behind it. They don’t wanna know or they don’t care, as long as the software works and the program does what they want it to do. I also spend years educating adults to work with new technology. When I look at the Voyager interface, I see: Home, All, Local. I see lemmy.wtf; feddit.uk; feddit.org; lemmy.world, etc… Maybe people think that I’m just crazy and/or overreacting, but I can guarantee you that alot of people don’t understand all the tech things behind it. Only 0.1% of the users of FB, Insta, TikTok, etc… have a clue (or are interested) in the tech behind the apps.

Hahaha. That’s great LOL. More than welcome. :-)

YES, indeed @Senor Mono You are right. That’s what’s making a good app… good :-) A simple stupid Graphic User Interface. The fact that we are here on Lemmy means (most likely) that we are some kind of “nerds”, because Average Joe will not come here, unless he/she can use an app without hassle and is able to discover the Lemmy communities with even 10 brain cells (or less). I know, I’m making a parody of it, but in fact that’s exactely why apps like Insta, FB, etc are so popular. To end with a “free version” of Trump’s words… even the uneducated must be able to use it without tariff barriers, LOL. Conclusion to be plain and simple: In my opinion (feel free to disagree)…We need to rethink the GUI of Lemmy and everything will be fine.

the app on my iphone is working very very good. I hope it will work as smooth on my Fairphone 5 too (when I buy the e/OS Murena version in June :-)

I just need an app to: scan the barcode of a product and he returns me EU or NOT EU. That’s it.

it’s BUYcott app. There is an app in the iOS app store (also in Google store) where you can scan products to see what the origin is. They also have a website: www.buycott.com It’s a paid app. I went to their website to see what it’s all about, but … I don’t know. It’s an American thing. They have a project called “Boycot Trump products”, but I still have my doubts about it.

We’ll see. I believe in the blockchain technology, but not in the way it is used as today. IMO it’s like the early days of the internet. Only for the nerds, until they started to build RWA. But again… we’ll see.

You’re right, but they are working on it. You cannot build an alternative for VISA/Mastercard just in one day. Step-by-step we’ll get there. Every country has his own system, every bank has his own system. The only thing they have in common is VISA/Mastercard. It will take a few years, but the US has started something that is not gonna stop very soon. April 2, 2025 is the day that Europe started to disconnect from US dominance.