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Version number 68469120 still works. People can enter that one in #Aurorastore and hopefully it is still cached.

If your camera still works, install an app like https://github.com/ghmxr/apkextractor and extract the #APK, share with others!

Otherwise checkout #APKPure or #APKMirror

Look for version 9.9.106.77...

#Google #GrapheneOS #Pixel #Enshittification #GoogleCamera #LineageOS #Privacy #Android

And the same applies for all Google Mobile Services that Google provides with its version of Android!

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4328

#tech #DMA #DigitalMarketsAct #Google #Android #Apple #Amazon #Facebook #Meta #TikTok #Bytedance #GooglePlay #EC #EuropeanCommission #microG #AppStore #aptoide #UpToDown #APKmirror #APKpure #iOS #androiddeveloper #androiddevelopment #opensource #privacy #ESG #competition #eos #Murena #publicspaces #ospo

@murena @e_mydata @gael

I'll also note that on APK Mirror, v. 8.1.1.0 has more downloads than any release of Pocket dating back to 7.64.1.0, in September of 2022.

Which would suggest some possible level of agreement that it is in fact preferable to other releases.

#Pocket #GetPocket #MozillaPocket #ApkMirror

OK, this is getting fucking ridiculous.

I've installed and reverted three versions of Pocket so far trying to find one that performs with a tolerable level of annoyance. This is hours spent managing a fucking application's brokenness instead of being able to read and research.

Hint: It's not 8.5, 8.3, or 8.2. Currently trying 8.1, from February, though I swear I'd updated since then (I usually check for updates on apps weekly). I'll update parent when I find it.

OK: 8.1.1.0 seems to revert both behaviours. That's the 17 February 2023 release here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mozilla-corporation/pocket/pocket-8-1-0-0-release/

Meanwhile ... the Google Play reviews discussion is illuminating, and the natives are not happy as of April, 2023:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideashower.readitlater.pro (Archived as that's a dynamic page: https://web.archive.org/web/20230708225314/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideashower.readitlater.pro)

Also #ApkMirror is a motherfucking godsend for situations such as this: https://www.apkmirror.com/

#Pocket #GetPocket #MozillaPocket #ApkMirror #FuckingFuckAlreadyMozilla

So, Pocket, the article-archival tool that keeps getting worse the more you use it, has just become immeasurably worse.

I've reverted from version 8.6.x to no, not 8.5, not 8.4, not 8.2, but 8.1.1.0 from freaking February of this year to revert these completely fucking brain-dead changes.

The TL;DR: link is https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mozilla-corporation/pocket/pocket-8-1-0-0-release/

That's what you want to install and freeze on until Pocket catches a motherfucking clue.

I've had a long an unhappy relationship with this feature and app. Its sole claims to my continued use are that it holds nearly 5 GB of content hostage, and that it, unbelievably, seems to be the best of what is an immensely shitty application space. See my now-six-year-old rant virtually all of which remains valid: https://web.archive.org/web/20190512092903/https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/5x2sfx/pocket_it_gets_worse_the_more_you_use_it/#

Most recently, Pocket has lost two features:

• A "page flip" mode, which though itself hugely flawed, is better than scrolling through articles, especially on e-ink devices.

• The ability to view all articles either in the (hugely preferable, very useful) #ReadabilityJS view, or in-app in a "web view". The latter now revert to your device's default Web Browser app on mobile devices.

The problem with that latter is that the task of annotating and tagging articles (my principle remaining justification for Pocket) is made vastly more tedious --- and it's already more than adequately tedious in previous Pocket versions. To the point it's not even worthwhile.

Fortunately, I was able to hunt down a prior version of the app (using the APKMirror app), and I will not be upgrading Pocket beyond the most recent version I can find which still supports both Page Flip and Web View modes, as noted above 8.1.1. from 17 February 2023. (Few if any of Pocket's "improvements" over the past five years have had any value to me whatsoever, so this is little loss.)

There is of course a Relevant xkcd: "Software Updates":

https://xkcd.com/2224/

I would so like to see a useful document-management solution for tablets and e-ink devices with the ability to managed both offline and online (Web-based) content.

Boosts and re-sharing this on other platforms is strongly encouraged.

Edits: I'm updating this toot as I'm finding out more. In particular, what version(s) of Pocket are NOT affected by these changes is not yet clear.

#Pocket #GetPocket #MozillaPocket #Mozilla #ApkMirror #EInk #DocumentManagement #xkcd #xkcd2224 #kfc #webfs #docfs

So, #YouTube closed/neutered their #YouTubeGaming app too, which is a shame, as I used that to record gameplay footage, and I can't find that functionality in the normal YouTube #Android app. There's "Go Live" in the Android app (for which my channel is not eligible apparently), and a "Record" function, but that just records camera output.
I know there's the #PlayGames app, but recording there often stops prematurely.

So, thanks to #APKMirror, I just downgraded to the June 2018 version.

#rant