Subnostr

Does Apple’s built in translate app not have any api or way to be used for nostr? On device would be a nice option. You can highlight text and select “translate” but it’s too many clicks.

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We can, but we tend to keep the overall natural style that Android provides: safe font sizes, same colors, same Material icons etc. Changing it generally breaks more things than it fixes. So, we try to avoid it until it's truly necessary.

Got it! But grapheneOS’s style is pure black 😎 all the cool kids use graphene, join us join us (also check DM) thank you!

You can’t just make your app whatever colors you want?

I guess idk at all how it works for android. iOS the app sees if the phone is set to light or dark and it’s up to each developer to define what light and dark looks like for their app (I think…) but like on GrapheneOS the default wallpaper is this true black I was hoping for for amethyst, just from an aesthetics perspective.

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I don't think there is this mode in Android. The default black background is 0xFF121212

You can’t just make your app whatever colors you want?

#[0] here’s what I mean with dark vs pure black modes, from Apollo app on iOS, but same concept.

Side note #[1] what happened to confirming before uploading pics? Didn’t seem to make the update. Also would love to be able to upload while replying not just a new note. Need pic preview while drafting note too.

It’s already in dark mode but I mean another even darker mode, sometimes they call it “midnight” where the pixels are actually off instead of just a very dark grey/black but backlit still. Currently the amethyst background isn’t black-black

Or “pure black”

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Yep, just turn your phone's settings into dark mode.

It’s already in dark mode but I mean another even darker mode, sometimes they call it “midnight” where the pixels are actually off instead of just a very dark grey/black but backlit still. Currently the amethyst background isn’t black-black

#[0] is there an dark mode for amethyst that’s actually black, so OLED phones can have most pixels off?

#[3] with dark mode the lines outlining quoted notes and separating notes in the timeline are almost too faint to see, need to be more visible for clarity

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jb55

No, using #[3] a new auto translate feature + deepl

Can we get more frequent App Store releases? #[4]

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mempool

Now it’s up to our friends at Umbrel, Start9, RaspiBlitz, myNode, RoninDojo, and Citadel to make it available on their Raspberry Pi full-nodes distros.

#[4] plz :)

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jb55

Damus used to have this! But I removed it since it was so slow in the early days. I can look into readding .

Please :)

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Weekend project for Android Devs.

I will give 1M sats to 3 PRs (1M each) that significantly increase the rendering+navigation performance of #Amethyst without cutting features.

For every 1M sats donated to this post, another PR will be accepted.

Let the weekend begin.

Have you tried asking chat gpt 4? (Serious question)

Would be cool to have nostr used for software, publishing hashes of each release.

So for #[5] somehow you’d post hashes of each Envoy release to nostr (one note+replies?) and Obtainium could have a “nostr hash verified” section when you add an app so it will additionally check a specific nostr note/thread for the most recently posted hash signed by #[6] npub, must match hash of APK update before installing.

So both dev keys and nostr keys would have to compromised to trick Obtainium then. Any obvious pitfalls here? #[4]

Other than complication. But ppl who want simplicity get iPhones so

So it basically comes down to the initial downloading of an app right? If that’s signed correctly with the developer’s keys, then it can’t be replaced with a malicious version later no matter the “app store” you use right? (Excluding f-droid b/c of wonky signing policies)

So for most users Google Play is the right answer, but there are tradeoffs to consider.

Obtainium seems to be a powerful option here if you’re comfortable finding the source location yourself (only risk remaining is that the dev keys themselves are compromised which also would risk the other app stores?). This seems most like a desktop, download software from source, but with a nice consolidated updater.

Idk for me it feels like getting most software through Obtainium would be ideal and fallback to Google Play for apps that aren’t listed anywhere else. I’d only do this with a fully anonymous Google account tho (is this even possible anymore?)

Would be cool to have nostr used for software, publishing hashes of each release.

So for #[5] somehow you’d post hashes of each Envoy release to nostr (one note+replies?) and Obtainium could have a “nostr hash verified” section when you add an app so it will additionally check a specific nostr note/thread for the most recently posted hash signed by #[6] npub, must match hash of APK update before installing.

So both dev keys and nostr keys would have to compromised to trick Obtainium then. Any obvious pitfalls here? #[4]

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Exactly, there is a good balance that has to be hit IMO as vulnerabilities and open doors to malicious app installation could be more harmful than anything else in many scenarios, especially if you have any reason at all to be targeted.

So it basically comes down to the initial downloading of an app right? If that’s signed correctly with the developer’s keys, then it can’t be replaced with a malicious version later no matter the “app store” you use right? (Excluding f-droid b/c of wonky signing policies)

So for most users Google Play is the right answer, but there are tradeoffs to consider.

Obtainium seems to be a powerful option here if you’re comfortable finding the source location yourself (only risk remaining is that the dev keys themselves are compromised which also would risk the other app stores?). This seems most like a desktop, download software from source, but with a nice consolidated updater.

Idk for me it feels like getting most software through Obtainium would be ideal and fallback to Google Play for apps that aren’t listed anywhere else. I’d only do this with a fully anonymous Google account tho (is this even possible anymore?)

Care to explain? This goes counter to privacy guided and advice I’ve seen up to this point

Also #[2] DM’d you a few questions a bit ago about your last podcast appearance, did you see those?

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Google Play.

I'd only use Aurora if I couldn't use Google Play properly, like with CalyxOS.

Care to explain? This goes counter to privacy guided and advice I’ve seen up to this point

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Simplify your setup:

- Always on VPN

- Google Play compat

- Use the Google Play store as much as possible (more secure, but of course FOSS tradeoffs)

- Use Google Camera w/ network disabled

- Use Google Keyboard w/ network disabled

Whittle down from there if you don't need all that functionality. That still provides excellent privacy and security if you limit apps.

Google play store versus Aurora? Isn’t Aurora the same basically but they’re using different throwaway Google accounts for you?

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I have practically *zero* issues on GrapheneOS - what are your core issues? Mine just works pretty much as well as stock Android.

Have you tried the Google Play compatibility layer? I've been testing that and highly recommend it if you want a more seamless experience.