Don’t quote me on this (I could be horribly wrong). Voyager doesn’t seem to use cookies rather it relies on Index db and local storage. Local storage stores your credentials for your accounts (jwt tokens), and index db stores your preferences. If DDG only is preserving cookies and wiping the local storage and index db (again I haven’t tested DDG) then that would give a possible explanation on why you are getting logged out and potentially why any settings are getting reverted.

Edit article explaning difference between storage types:

https://medium.com/@lancelyao/browser-storage-local-storage-session-storage-cookie-indexeddb-and-websql-be6721ebe32a

Edit 2 It looks like ddg is clearing data and only preserving first party cookies (which isn’t used for voyager):

https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/privacy/web-tracking-protections/

Thanks for the suggestion for catbox.moe. Initially I was using imgur due apple shortcuts integration and api for tasker. However after trying out catbox.moe I relized their api is FAR more simpler than imgur to use (no junk json). Also unlike imgur it doesn’t redirect to an ad filled site on mobile 🙂

Same

While I like spotify for music there are three things that bug me about it:

• Anker.fm ads. Just a rant I hate anker.fm auto injection ads. If you try sleeping to a pod cast it wil go from normal volume TO SHOUTING ABOUT STATEFARM OR DUNKIN. While this issue also occurs on third party podcasting apps spotify dynamically injects a banner ad into podcast art and hyperlinks the ad. I might be overeacting (I hate these kind of deeplink ads). To be clear I don’t mind host read ads like linus sponsor shoutouts but dynamic ad injection is awfull.

• No chapter support

Podcast republic is a good alternative (assuming your just planning to use it on mobile/web)

Np

In the case of this instance (lemmy.fmhy.ml) it appears to be self funded by the admins

Q: Can I donate?

A: We appreciate that people want to support us, but we never have and never will accept donations. We maintain this project because its fun and we want to help others, not make money.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/comments/xrxen7/faq_support_thread/

However currently for others instances donations seem to be the primary method of funding (beehaw has a nice cost breakdown)

Edit FMHY link to beehaw post:

https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/509214

Beehaw direct link to post

https://beehaw.org/post/920683

https://beehaw.org/post/428209

Spotify since I use ios and android. I also prefer there algorithm more and integrations (discord, samsung watch, etc).

Lemmy is actually interesting as there could be four implementations (or five if you consider none).

• Standard instant push notifications (you get them in app and out of app)
• Push notifications only while app is open in forground (example lemmy web ui only has notifications when tab is open)
• Polled notifications (notifications that occur after preset interval).
• A combination of the above three (ex: polled notifications in background push in forground)
• No notifcations at all

Just some thoughts

Whats wrong with having an option? I’m not saying it should be manditory 😉

^This

Additionally some times I just open lemmy (and Reddit in the past). To check inbox. Push notifications disables that need (no notifications = conversation hasn’t progressed much = no need to open app 😉).

I love wefwef/voyager. This might not be a normal feature people use but I love wefwef’s deep linking feature (on android). I have a push notification system for lemmy which detects incomming emails from lemmy and uses ntfy to send reddit sync like push notifications. In wefwefs case I can set ntfy to open voyagers inbox directly. Voyager is also nice since opening a unread message (or interacting with it) auto marks it as read (which I don’t believe other clients do for some reason, I could be wrong though).

Maybe lj could go down the swift backup route where purchases are tied to a Google sign in to avoid play services? You could buy the app from Google play via web, download it via aurora, then validate via in app login.

https://swiftapps.org/faq#whygoogle

Down side is lj would need a verification server (although he has servers for Reddit sync Imgur which he could repurpose for billing).

Disclaimer I am not a dev just a rando lemmy, Lemite? (Idk what to call a lemmy user)

Second question would the US gov consider google “to big to fail” and just inject a ton of money to restore it (or give enought time to break it up)?

Kinda curious 😉

I doubt people will pay for a windows subscription. Most will stay on 10/11 indefinitely and Microsoft will probably backtrack pretty quickly (look at windows 10 to 11 migration) 😉

Same

I use a combination of a MacMini Oracle cloud, probably not best long term solution but it’s free (while it lasts).

Stuff that runs on Oracle:

• caddy proxy (mostly used for Mac reverse proxy)
• couch db (obsidian live sync plugin)

Stuff on Mac:

• blue bubbles (iMessage relay for Android)
• Plex (for photo backup)

Aside from that not much else 😊

What kinda bugs me about youtube premium is that even if you pay you still get ads via baked in sponsors. I know creators have the right to do what they want with there content but I wish as a user there is an economical opiton to truely block ads.

Currently there are two paid models:

1. Nebula like services. I kinda wish more platforms like this would popup since atleast when you use them you truely get no ads (no baked in nor platform injected). While they have a lot of creators a lot of creators are missing from the platform (its mostly education/tech focused).

2. Patreon/Floatplane. Now this is typically the more popular option with creators as it guarantees a reasonably stable cash flow. The problem is as a user if you have to subscribe to multiple patreons for adfree content it can easly get to the cost of a cable bill (assume each creator charges $10 per month if you have 10-20 creators your follow you could be looking at a minimum of $100-$200 a month just to enjoy adfree content).

A kinda caviot is idk how much it costs in time/labor for production of youtube videos for major channels like linus. It could be that services like Nebula/Vessle would never be able to cover production cost hence why a patreon model is used. Even youtube ads if I recall only was able to cover about only one of their employees saleries (a lot but not enough to sustain the company).

I hope this post didn’t come of as selfish/greedy.

Not sure if your into light novels, recently I’ve been addicted to Acendence of A Bookworm.

There is a self host sync plugin for obsidian (I’m assuming you just want to self host not any other specific reasons)

https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync

I currently use it with a self hosted docker instance of couchdb

https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync/blob/main/docs/setup_own_server.md

Edit alternativly their is Joplin (but not sure about how you used obsidian/zotero)

https://joplinapp.org/

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/server/README.md

https://github.com/tborychowski/self-hosted-cookbook/blob/master/apps/notes/joplin.md