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Was this title intentionally written in a way as to make people think he had died?

Yes, it is still OK to use those services. The law is aimed at the messaging/social media businesses, not individuals, and is vague enough that they won't have to do anything around their E2EE until there is viable technology available to square the circle of allowing for the checking of illegal abuse content while not functionally destroying E2EE. So potentially never.

This is what I use. Not amazing, but given it's possible to use Messenger through it as well if needed, it's better than nothing.

I'd been on the waitlist for more than a year, but finally on. I downloaded the app a little while ago to keep tabs on my progress through the waitlist and they definitely have been speeding up the process of getting people onboarded to be fair.

SlimSocial is the only one that I've found that still works, though might require some messing with the settings to get Messenger working through it.

Matrix bridges are an option for those willing to put the effort in and self-host. I might get round to doing this at some point.

It's not open-source, but I've settled on Beeper for the time being as the simplest option to get all my messages in one place.

Just did a quick check on mine and everything seems to be working normally.

I recently bought a compatible non-OEM battery for a very old laptop as the original battery was completely shot and it would only work plugged in, and it really has made it usable again. I guess there's always the risk that it has been sat on a shelf for a while, but if the price isn't bad and you can afford to, I think it's probably worth giving it a go given how degraded your current battery is.

Always worth seeing if there's an online store with a decent return policy if you're concerned about getting a dud, rather than somewhere like eBay!

Edit: I definitely understand your feelings about the wastefulness of laptops though, but at least a replacement battery is likely to keep the laptop going for longer.

I have mixed feelings. I don't mind the slower pace currently, though very much want more active communities here so more people feel there is a decent alternative to reddit. The more communities that people see inactive when they join, the more likely people will give up on Lemmy.

However, I agree with those who say it's important for people who want to see Lemmy succeed to contribute by commenting and making posts. I was a lurker on reddit, but we can't treat Lemmy at such an early stage in the same way as a website with a large and established userbase.

As someone who has spent a lot of time travelling in Ceredigion, and know how far it is end to end, the new boundaries are absolutely ridiculous!

This looks really nice. Was using Prognoza for a while, but ended up back with the BBC Weather app here in the UK as I couldn't find a good open source app that showed allergy/pollen information.

This does seem to show allergens for some areas, though not all. Possibly a bug given the provider (AccuWeather) does provide it for each area on their website. If that's fixed I'd probably be able to use it exclusively.

Edit: Allergens are now showing up for my area, so looks like I can replace my current weather app with it!

Thanks for pointing this out, I had no idea about this app, but looks like the perfect thing to easily get people to contribute to OSM! I had wanted to previously but always found it a bit of a chore and a bit complicated just looking through the main site.

I need a reason to get out where I live and explore, so this is the perfect excuse!

I've currently settled with Liftoff. I got very used to Jerboa and was perfectly happy with it, but the last few updates broke it to the point of unusability for me.

Liftoff isn't perfect, though its pretty good. My biggest gripe is that as far as I can tell there's no button to go straight to the top of the feed, which is really annoying when you've been scrolling for ages and have to scroll all the way back up. Hopefully that will be added soon.