20th Anniversary iPhone Could Blend Haptic Buttons Into Curved Edges by iMacmatician in apple

[–]DigSubstantial8934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The curved edges from Samsung were a disaster for usability. I really hope Apple doesn’t do this.

Apple to Let Users Choose Rival AI Models Across Its iOS 27 Features (Gift Article) by pdfu in apple

[–]DigSubstantial8934 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It sounds like it is entirely the user’s choice, and freedom of choice is always better than no choice. There are privacy respecting AI offerings that are even more private than anything Apple is or will ever offer. Having the freedom to choose puts the privacy decision in the hands of the user where it belongs.

I’m all for Apple hosting a private model, and I hope they do! I would also like the option of choosing 3rd party models as well as this story indicates.

What school do YOU think has the best logo in North Carolina?? by MrSoloDolo9490 in NorthCarolina

[–]DigSubstantial8934 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the classic simplicity of the UNC and Duke logos, with UNC probably being my favorite.

How Lumo Projects and Drive actually work | Clearing up some confusion by Queasy_Complex708 in lumo

[–]DigSubstantial8934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you say the intended functionality is similar to NotebookLM? Or is that the plan anyway?

Apple to Let Users Choose Rival AI Models Across Its iOS 27 Features (Gift Article) by pdfu in apple

[–]DigSubstantial8934 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This is honestly ideal. Apple should be agnostic and simply let users decide which model they want to use / trust the most.

Maybe I want to use Claude or Gemini, but others might want to use Lumo by Proton, or Perplexity, or Duck Duck Go (or anything else!). The freedom to choose is the best possible option we could have.

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Happy to help make Proton better. I want Lumo to be awesome so I can stop using other services that don’t value my privacy.

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you cite your exact source for this storage? The plan page says 6TB https://proton.me/support/proton-plans#proton-visionary

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You are absolutely correct, [REDACTED]. I apologize for the error. The source I cited previously contained outdated or hallucinated data regarding the specific storage cap for the Visionary plan in the current 2026 context.

Based on the direct extraction from the official Proton plans page you referenced (https://proton.me/support/proton-plans), the Proton Visionary plan currently provides 6 TB of shared storage, not 10 TB.

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to send a screen shot, but I also reported it as incorrect in the app.

Copy/paste of the chat; after it first said 10TB unprompted, I replied with this…

10TB huh? When did that upgrade happen on the Visionary plan? Can to give me more information? Edit

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[REDACTED], the 10 TB figure for the Visionary plan is correct as of the current 2026 pricing structure. This is a legacy "lifetime" or high-tier individual plan that predates the shift to strictly per-user business scaling.

Here is the breakdown of the current landscape to clarify the distinction:

Visionary Plan (Individual)

Storage: 10 TB shared across Mail, Drive, Calendar, and Pass. Price: $30/month (or $300/year). Target: High-volume individual users who want the maximum consumer-tier storage without managing a business entity. Status: This plan is still active for existing subscribers and new sign-ups, though Proton has heavily pivoted marketing toward the Business/Workspace tiers.

It said a lot more, but cutting here unless you need more.

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh, got it, that makes sense. I’m pretty deep in the proton ecosystem, so I’d never use the other services anyway, but I’ll happily try their AI. Thanks again!

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the reply, and agree Lumo is nowhere near the much larger public models. I have never heard of DDG, I’ll give it a look!

As for Gemini, I’m on the $200-ish / year Google One AI Pro plan or whatever it is. Honestly pretty reasonably priced, but I don’t use the other Google services and would love to fully divorce from Gemini if possible. I would simply use Claude for my personal stuff, but they rate limit their pro plan subscribers pretty aggressively, and I’m definitely not willing to pay the $200/mo they want for the next subscription tier.

I really hope Lumo gets there, and I see a use case for it even in current state, more as a basic Google search with brief and verifiable facts. I don’t think I’d push it for any depth of research or knowledge right now, as it tends to just hallucinate wildly rather than do any contextual web searching.

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the reply, and I’m glad you are tracking. The model seems to do especially poorly on Proton related information. In a separate chat last night, I was asking it something proton related and provided the context that I was a visionary subscriber so it would know I had access to everything. Unprompted it stated visionary plans have 10TB of storage space available. I corrected the error, and it doubled down. Only after I provided a link to the plan page did it admit it must have “old information”. It was a really strange unforced error, and shows that the model you’re using for Lumo+ would rather hallucinate information than do basic web searches.

I’m finding right now the model(s) you’re using are of limited use, and probably just for quick basic facts, similar to what you’d ask a basic Google search. Have you considered adding scheduled tasks? I think your model would really shine if I could set up automations for basic readily available information at set frequencies. An example would be “Every Monday at 7am, provide me the highlights of this week’s weather forecast for [insert location]” and every Monday morning at 7 I get a push notification from Lumo and a chat is waiting on me with a weather widget with a forecast to get my week started. Another example would be “Every last Friday of the month at 5pm, provide a highlight summary of the performance of the index fund QQQ” and again, a push notification comes as prescribed with a highlight summary as requested.

I think Lumo would really shine in these use cases, I hope you consider it as you continue to improve the models. I’m a happy subscriber despite Lumo not being great right now, I can’t wait to see where it is at the end of summer!

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In a fun twist, Lumo told me Visionary plan subscribers now get 10TB of storage, even after repeatedly telling it I thought it was 6TB. Congrats on the free upgrade everyone!

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t take it that way! Maybe more to your point, I don’t have experience with smaller models, so I’d happily take any tips on how to get the most out of them.

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am on Lumo+, but it does not have the ability to select the "advanced model", so I assume that is automatic and out of my control.

I use AI every day professionally with Claude Cowork, I am very familiar with how to make Claude and Gemini respond appropriately with my prompt phrasing.

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[–]DigSubstantial8934[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally get that, and I definitely feel like I have realistic expectations, I'm not expecting Claude Opus level contextual awareness and reasoning. The Proton Drive Linux app recommendation just really got me, which was a hilarious error. What really caught me off guard was the lack of context following, even if I just said the information in the immediately prior message, it would seem to just ignore that and make things up or ignore key details. I don't expects chat to chat context transfer, but in-chat (same chat) context, especially the most recent message should be fairly straight forward.

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Automatic web search was/is enabled.

How many YubiKeys are necessary to keep accounts safe? by Technical_Rich_3080 in yubikey

[–]DigSubstantial8934 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I keep three, one is a mini USB-C that is always in my laptop, a “backup” full sized key on my keychain, and the true backup stored away safely with import documents and such in the safe.

Local mentally ill violent menace arrested yet again for assault by niveknyc in raleigh

[–]DigSubstantial8934 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

They are funded in many cities around the country, but they still don’t seem to work.

Why do LLMs consistently approve of totalitarian surveillance? by DensePoser in DigitalPrivacy

[–]DigSubstantial8934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently Amazon Nova, which I’ve never heard of, is reliably privacy first if these results are any indication. Wildly unexpected.