 Did you know that #XScreenSaver (yes, the collection of screensavers for X11) is available on Android? And that #Google requires it to have a privacy policy in order to be available in the Play Store? And that the maintainer chose to crowd-source a privacy policy where every item starts with "Unlike Google"? It's become a great list of all the privacy violations Google did and still does. And I thought that it's gonna be long, but it's even longer than I imagined. 45 comments
To state the obvious:      @scy @residuum @TimWardCam XScreenSaver may be used in Android-powered TVs and screens that stay on for hours. A bit of a niche use case, but a case it is
@TimWardCam @residuum @scy As I read the privacy policy, one possible usecase is as a live (animated) background on the homescreen … @TimWardCam @scy it's the xscreensaver code, usable as an android live wallpaper. Which is usable as the background to your app launcher  @TimWardCam @scy Android has a screensaver feature, and they can be set as live wallpapers as well.  @scy Unironische Frage, weil ich bin wirklich so dumm: Wozu würde ich bei einem Android-Handy überhaupt einen Screensaver brauchen? Wenn ich's benutz, isses an und wenn nicht, ist der Bildschirm aus. @Codeschubse Ist im Thread schon beantwortet: Wegen der Ästhetik oder aus Nostalgie, nicht als Bildschirmschoner per se, würd ich sagen. @scy Ich sag's dauernd aber ich mach's nie: Ich muss mir dringend angewöhnen, erst den Thread zu lesen, bevor ich Leute belästige. Sorry. 😬 @Codeschubse Noch kam die Frage erst zweimal auf, aber ich hab das Gefühl, ich werd sie heute noch öfter gefragt werden ;) @scy Zum Erhalt meiner (wenigen verbliebenen) mentalen Gesundheit, hab ich das "du sollst keine Kommentare lesen" wohl so verinnerlicht, dass ich unbewusst ausblende, dass hier im Fediverse die Kommentarspalte manchmal durchaus sehr wertvoll ist. @Codeschubse @scy kommt darauf an, Kommentare lesen bei Welt.de oder youtube, besser nicht. Im Fediverse: Unbedingt!  What user data does Android's "sleep" collect?  @scy jwz seriously glows considering that the solution was just to link to the f-droid version rather than encouraging more usage of the played store; https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jwz.xscreensaver/
 @scy  @scy what does this part mean - "..will honor deletion requests if you email us asking to delete all none of your user data that does not exist."   @scy What's not gonna be long is how short will it stay before google bans it "for inappropriate privacy policy" 😈🤡  @scy But will it (unlike Google) never give you up, let you down or run around and desert you? |
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@scy What's the use case for an Android screen saver?
On my phone, I want the screen switched off when not in use, to save battery.
I have a tablet which is in use in the kitchen as a #HomeAssistant dashboard - this is permanently plugged in so no worries about battery life. But it exists so that we can see things at a glance, so we don't want a screen saver there either.