Need? No. But hardware acceleration makes things faster and more efficient.

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Call people? For database software??? I’ll install postgres from my private dark corner tyvm

Revanced still works but it’s a cat and mouse game. Sometimes it will stop working but the next day someone will have found a workaround. Bit of a hassle to patch the new APK each time.

I thought it was libvlc that covers that but no, it is indeed libavcodec which is part of the ffmpeg project. Does anyone here know the relationship between libvlc and libavcodec?

Has anyone here been in a situation where they thought “man, 4g sure is slow. Hope they roll out 5g soon”? I guess they need a feature to put on the box, otherwise people might think their current phone is good enough.

Mom: “We have Linux at home”

Linux at home: Google™ Linux

100% compostable

If it’s Android tv then yes, there is a VLC version for that.

On some days listening to a whole album start to finish just hits different

Smash bros has these as well

No config. It should just work

What a horrible clickbait title, description and thumbnail. I refuse to click this and give it any views

That’s a solved problem. You use an app for setup, like so many other screenless devices.

Unless you have the ability to root it, does it matter? It’s likely a completely custom, stripped down distro anyway.

What ever happened to under-screen cameras? It was the one piece of tech on phones where I was waiting for it to improve.

Well hopefully the democratic process can help us find a decent standard. No violence or authoritarianism required.

One form of harm does not excuse the other. We all have to make some effort on multiple fronts if we want the future to be brighter. Besides, it’s easier to survive as a vegetarian than without technology in modern society.

Batteries don’t explode either. It’s just a really hard to extinguish fire.