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Sylvia

#Catima 2.32.0 is out!

This is a minor release which fixes the #Stocard importer (again), adds an accessibility feature to switch between the displayed card with the volume keys (when enabled in settings) and contains some small polish like adding some icons to the add dialog box.

Coming soon to an app store near you :)

#Android #IzzyOnDroid #GooglePlay

28 October at 17:46 | Open on chaos.social
Sylvia

It's so frustrating to see Microsoft copy inventions from the Linux world and act like they're new. Ads in the start menu? Come on, we had that in Ubuntu back in 2012 already, you're late to the party *again*.

26 April at 10:03 | Open on chaos.social
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Daniel Gibson

@SylvieLorxu @korenchkin

To be fair, it's not really new on Windows either. Not sure if that was already introduced with Win8, but Win10 definitely had ads for stuff from Windows Store (like Candy Crush or Disney+) in the start menu

Screenshot of Windows 10 start menu, that lists "Disney+" under "Productivity" (I never installed that) and Pinterest, Spotify and some mobile-game-likes under "Play" (I didn't install any of that either)
26 April at 22:38 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
Stefan

@SylvieLorxu
Being late to the Party is Microsoft best Product strategy so far. 😅
@IzzyOnDroid

27 April at 5:11 | Open on quasselkopf.de
Justin Croser

@SylvieLorxu don't remind me of that abomination. That's when unity started going downhill.

27 April at 8:15 | Open on fosstodon.org
Sylvia

Okay, this is officially the dumbest reason anyone ever gave Catima a 1 star review.

Not being able to find a feature that already exists that I put a huge button for happens every now and then, but that's forgiveable, because I'm not an UX expert and I'm probably building my app flow in a slightly confusing way.

But using some permission viewer and screaming an app is insecure because it *exports a permission to ensure other apps need to ask permission to access your data* is just stupid.

A 1 star Catima review on Google Play. The user wrote: DANGEROUS. Odczytaj swoje karty i ich szczegóły, włącznie z notatkami i obrazkami -.READ_CARDS. Niegrzeczna aplikacja. This gets translated to: DANGEROUS. Read your cards and their details, including notes and pictures -.READ_CARDS. Naughty application. Developer explanation: You're misunderstanding. The READ_CARDS permission is a permission created by Catima so you can choose if other apps can read your Catima cards. See Settings -> Privacy -> Allow other apps to access my data. It is currently used by Gadgetbridge to ask permission to show your cards on some Amazfit and Bangle.js devices. It gives you MORE privacy.
12 Oct 2023 at 8:24 | Open on chaos.social
Sylvia

I really really hate it when people use tools they don't understand and hastily come to completely wrong conclusions and then punish others for their lack of research.

I'm sure this person meant well but they're only causing damage like this.

And it happens so often that people who mean well cause damage by not knowing what they're doing.

It's frustrating.

12 Oct 2023 at 8:25 | Open on chaos.social
Sylvia

Bad news

#Google finally released more info about their new #GooglePlayPolicies:

Personal accounts must give Google legal name, legal address, email and phone number.

Google will publish legal name, country and email for developers.

Organization accounts must give the above info and a D-U-N-S number.

Google will publish legal name, address, email and phone number for organization accounts.

Google is effectively going to dox every single trans dev on #GooglePlay.

support.google.com/googleplay/

Bad news

#Google finally released more info about their new #GooglePlayPolicies:

Personal accounts must give Google legal name, legal address, email and phone number.

Google will publish legal name, country and email for developers.

Organization accounts must give the above info and a D-U-N-S number.

New developer verification requirements from August 31, 2023 To boost trust and transparency on Google Play, we're expanding developer verifications as part of our Play Console requirements policy. To create a new Play Console developer account for an organization after August 31, 2023, you'll now need to include: - A D-U-N-S number for your organization: Provided by Dun & Bradstreet, a D-U-N-S number is a unique nine-digit number that is used globally to identify businesses. Google will use your D-U-N-S number to verify your organization. - A contact phone number and email address for Google Play users: These will be shown on Google Play so that users can contact you. You'll need to verify them by receiving a code. To help you prepare for these changes, we recommend reviewing your Dun & Bradstreet account to make sure that it's up to date with the latest information about your organization. Developers with existing Play Console accounts will also be required to provide this information soon. We'll give existing developers plenty of notice to verify their accounts, and we'll send an update about these requirements later this year.
Creating a developer account for personal use When creating a personal account, you must provide the following information: - Developer name; can be different from your legal name - Legal name - Legal address - Contact email address - Contact phone number - Developer email address - Developer website Your developer name will appear on Google Play and can be changed any time. Your legal name and address will be taken from the Google Payments profile that you linked to your developer account during account creation. You will need to verify these identity details before publishing on Google Play. Google will display your legal name, your country (as per your legal address), and developer email address on Google Play. If you decide to monetize on Google Play then Google will display your full address. Your contact email address, contact phone number, and developer email address must be verified using a one-time password and remain operational for the duration of your developer account.
Creating a developer account for an organization When creating an organization account, you must provide the following information: - Developer name; can be different from your legal name - As per your linked Google Payments profile: D-U-N-S number, Organization name, Organization addres - Organization phone number - Organization website - Contact nam - Contact email address - Contact phone number - Developer email addres - Developer phone number Your developer name will appear on Google Play and can be changed any time. Your organization name and address is taken from the Google Payments profile that you linked to your developer account during account creation. You will need to verify these identity details before publishing on Google Play. To help improve transparency and user safety on Google Play, Google will display your legal name, legal address, developer email address, and developer phone number on Google Play. Your contact email address, contact phone number, developer email address and developer phone number must be verified using a one-time password and remain operational for the duration of your developer account.
3 Aug 2023 at 18:46 | Open on chaos.social
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Legion495

@SylvieLorxu Classic Google move.
They are already doing weird shit at the moment...

4 Aug 2023 at 7:22 | Open on chaos.social
Steffo 🐲

@SylvieLorxu oh god wtf o.O
I mean, I already have to dox myself because of my website ("Impressumspflicht"), but now this too?! God I hate google.

4 Aug 2023 at 7:25 | Open on fellies.social
Trash Panda

@SylvieLorxu@chaos.social My apologies, maybe I don't understand... Wouldn't that be doxxing even cis devs?

4 Aug 2023 at 7:28 | Open on den.raccoon.quest
Sylvia

chaos.social/@jaseg/1107813072

26 Jul 2023 at 21:30 | Open on chaos.social
Sylvia

This is your occasional reminder that F-Droid really isn't slower in publishing updates than Google Play.

Pushed the update to Google Play, tagged for F-Droid immediately after. So Google Play even got a slight headstart because Google Play got notified, F-Droid had to detect the update itself.

Yet Catima 2.19.0 is live on F-Droid, but still waiting on Google Play.

Google Play bonus: they're currently yelling at me to fill in a Data Safety Form I filled in and they approved months ago.

Google Play Console: Catima 2.19.0 still in review
F-Droid: Catima 2.19.0 available to all users
17 Aug 2022 at 21:03 | Open on chaos.social
DELETED

@SylvieLorxu
Bzgl der DataPrivacy-Section habe ich heute auch geschrieben: social.tchncs.de/@Beowulf/1088 :mastolaughing:

17 Aug 2022 at 21:51 | Open on social.tchncs.de
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