I watch quite a bit of anime and a lot of subtitles seem to be in a format that includes advanced features such as stretching/shrinking text, rotation, karaoke effects and what have you. I think the sub format is actually called .ass or .ssa, but don’t quote me on that.

Anywho, I tried watching some random anime a few years back and was using VLC at the time. VLC detected the subtitles, but couldn’t do anything outside of just displaying them. It couldn’t do the advanced effects. So, I switched to MPV which just worked and have been using it ever since. As I said, this was a few years back and VLC probably can do advanced subtitles at this point, but eh. I’m too used to MPV now.

Actually, there’s still stuff like localmonero and bisq which were non-KYC when I last checked, but your point still stands.

Well, for this meme specifically, because it’s a waste of water and electricity to “create” a meme that already exists.

You’re right, it doesn’t mean that. But they do all suck.

I do have issues with YouTube, but downtime isn’t one of them.

Thanks for explaining. But unless I’m missing something, Conduit doesn’t seem to be quite dead just yet. I got upgrade notifications throughout 2025, the latest two being in December; one for v0.10.10 and the other for v0.10.11.

Wait a sec, I run Conduit on my test machine and seems fine so far. What drama did I miss?

Why not Synapse?

I see. Thanks for elaborating.

That’s not ideal. I hope they implemented images in the protocol itself, because having just text is kinda bland.

Clients display text, like an eBook, or images / media.

Is this new? Last I checked on Gemini, it could only to text, unless you count ASCII art as images.

My bad, I wasn’t clear enough. I actually meant Proton Bridge has no mobile version, meaning you can only use the official app you mentioned, but not any third party apps like K-9 Mail/Thunderbird or FairEmail.

I’ve been on Posteo for years now, they’ve been rock solid. As for Tuta.io, the issue specifically is no IMAP support, which is what third party email clients need to function.

I thought I’d also mention Protonmail, which might look good, but is in a similar boat. They technically do provide IMAP support, but not in a way that matters. If you wanted to connect Protonmail to Thunderbird or, if you’re an insane person, Microsoft Outlook, you’d need another app running on your PC along with your email app called Proton Bridge, which just sounds like a hassle. No mobile version either.

I’d say stick with Posteo. Alternatively, if you want to use your own domain name, I’ve heard good things about mailbox.org.

Dear lord, it even alters the URL. That is so wildly unnecessary.

So, this is like Yunohost or sandstorm.org?

Once they press the letter T, the letter H stops working.

Ideally, to a Linux phone. If not, a regular dumb phone. I’m staying with Android until September 2026 at the latest, so I have time to figure it out.

Forget it. Privacy-wise, Android is a sinking ship, they can do whatever. I’m out.

What do you mean? Thunderbird literally IS on Android (F-Droid, Google Store).

Which sounds impressive until you realize a janitor who worked there for the same amount of time could claim the same.