• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    2 年前

    Software that burns down the server of any website that asks for data they don’t actually need.

  • ono@lemmy.ca
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    Do services count? Because in that case, ride-hailing. A replacement for services like Uber and Lyft.

    • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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      What’s wrong with taxi services?
      From a client perspective Uber and Lyft don’t solve any issue that taxi services don’t. They may be more convenient/accessible by providing an app, but that’s not an unsolvable issue.
      But from a privacy perspective taxis clearly have a leg up since you’re an anonymous customer.

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        Off the top of my head, taxi services lack:

        • Convenient hailing. A phone call works okay if you’re home, where there isn’t much noise and you speak the local language, but a web form is often much easier and less error-prone in other situations.
        • Efficient coverage. Many areas either have sparse taxi coverage, or multiple taxi companies competing in an area, and if the one you call doesn’t have enough drivers available and nearby, you’re stuck waiting unreasonably long even if there are other ride options with better availability.
        • Up-front journey-specific prices. We now have the technology to see what the total cost will be before we commit to a ride. We should be using it.
        • A single point of hailing, where I can submit my location and destination, and be presented with my ride options from all the available providers.
        • Accurate pick-up and drop-off time estimates. Even better with real-time taxi location.
        • Quick arrival.
        • Automated ride-sharing coordination among strangers.
        • Fuel efficiency incentives. Most taxis I’ve taken have been heavy vehicles that guzzle petrol, passing the expense on to the environment and the customer.

        I think most (maybe all) of this could be solved by something like a clearinghouse for taxi rides, effectively federating the various taxi services in an area, with a web app for requests.

    • Pantherina@feddit.de
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      So true! In Germany we have Blablacar and Flixbus / Flixtrain, which have soo much better services to travel cheaply. But its proprietary “install our app” garbage

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    A browser addon that utterly floods advertisers and trackers with dummy data. A single person using it is easy to single out. A thousand start to eat into the profits. 100k should make them go offline (DDoS’ed) with an interesting frequency.

      • Kyoyeou (Ki jəʊ juː)@slrpnk.net
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        Sorry I should have clarified.

        I want to legally buy my movie paying it to the creators, and be able do do whatever I want with my copy with me knowing I bought it just for buying it and being allowed to Own it without it being a DVD, because I don’t want DVDs, because I live in 16m² and I move way to often, while keeping the concept of buying it

  • Player2@sopuli.xyz
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    Not sure if this already exists in some form, but I want something that always records where I’ve been. I am a very forgetful person and the Google maps timeline feature has been very helpful more than a handful of times. Unfortunately, it means that Google knows exactly where I’ve been also…

    I just want to be able to check where I was the afternoon of a random Tuesday three years ago!

  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    A version of WhatsApp that doesn’t require full access to all your contacts to work properly. I have about 10 people I need to Whatapp with - I just want to add those people. Meta doesn’t need to know my Doctor’s phone number.

    • Extras@lemmy.today
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      Not sure if its useful to you but grapheneos has contact scopes that lets you choose which contacts an application has access to.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      You can’t do that because its proprietary software. Also meta makes money from data so it makes sense they would want to analyze your contacts

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    A local personal assistant that isn’t just focused on media consumption or purchasing. I want to ask about my most efficient route or ideal presents for my partner or a medical condition without it being data mined.

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    A good note taking application kinda like Joplin but where I can draw over the text notes without having to draw in a separate program and then Import it as an image. I want to take notes while in class, so it should be fast to begin drawing.

    Features:

    • able to draw
    • Sync with my other devices (Linux laptop and desktop) preferably via my nextcloud instance.
    • Place images where I want and not just on its own line
    • Supports latex or katex
    • Syntax highlighting for code
  • kustom3@sh.itjust.works
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    I’d love a self-hostable tool like trakt or simkl, to track my media consumption, as well as release dates.

  • Corroded@leminal.space
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    An open source app for those bag, key, and wallet trackers. Maybe I just haven’t been able to find one

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      That won’t really work because the trackers themselves need other people’s phones to work so they basically have to be integrated with some large phone vendor’s or phone OS vendor’s infrastructure.

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        I’m not looking for a Tile-like network. Most of these cheap devices seem to work off of just letting you know when you are disconnecting from their Bluetooth as far as I know.