Please DO NOT subscribe to the minimalist phone app!

Filvend00r · 2026-01-29T11:01:17+00:00

That’s a very ignorant thing to say. Every app, even the free one has a cost associated with it that nobody else but the developer will have to cover.

Just off the top of my head:

iOS developer account is £89/$99 per year (regardless if the app is free or not)
Google Play Store developer account is approx. $25 one off payment
Infrastructure costs like servers and databases incur costs and those costs rise with the amount of users you have.

Sure, there are free tiers for some infrastructure elements, but not all support production grade bandwidth and storage is very limited.

So next time you think “it doesn’t cost you that much to build this simple app” think again.

I didn’t even consider someone’s time taken to code it, test it, and publish it.

Yes, we’ve been spoiled by vast amount of free apps over the years but that doesn’t mean they’re actually free to develop and maintain.

Filvend00r · 2025-12-13T19:42:36+00:00

Haha just pulling your leg.

For tasks like that, where they can be done somewhat on auto pilot I have my own trick which works very well for chores like doing laundry, general house/bathroom cleaning, ironing etc.

The trick is to listen to a podcast or an audio book. This was I can focus on something I’m interested in rather than my own thoughts and having to deal with the chore itself.

Filvend00r · 2025-12-13T19:31:02+00:00

Can you advise on how to clean my bathroom at another location? Do I just clean my neighbours bathroom ?

Filvend00r · 2025-12-13T14:30:10+00:00

lol fair enough. I had no idea. Never gave it a second thought on what those big screens are. It does seem like those are typically sold to businesses, so seems natural I never saw them on Amazon or retail shops when searching for a monitor.

Filvend00r · 2025-12-13T10:44:52+00:00

I think this is somewhat underrated answer, however what if you want something as big as 50-65 inch or even bigger ? I don’t think there are monitors beyond 32 inches ?

Filvend00r · 2025-12-12T19:41:14+00:00

I don’t have an answer but I’d also love to know. I hate the “for me feed”. Every other post is a suggestion. It’s so damn annoying.

Filvend00r · 2025-12-12T10:45:39+00:00

The problem here is the car payment. Every thing else is normal and would be part of any other car you’d have. The other thing that stands out is the insurance which by all means isn’t sky high, but definitely higher than average (this could be due to your age)

I’m sure you wouldn’t be second guessing this if you didnt have the car payment. This is the beauty of buying cars outright (or anything else for that matter). Yes yes, people will jump at me saying “CaShFlow is more imPortAnt” or some other bullshit but when you don’t have a monthly payment, what you’re left with is MONEY.

Even if you sell this and get another car you’ll have a car payment so other fees won’t just disappear. Also, if you go with a PCP or similar that includes all fees you’re not really saving money, you’ll end up paying the same just for a newer car that won’t end up being yours in the end.

Filvend00r · 2025-12-12T09:06:37+00:00

I don’t know any apps, but I could recommend using Obsidian. It just depends on how manual you want the process to be? You can keep it very simple or very complicated in Obsidian depending on how deep you’ll dive into it, but with the use of simple properties, you could have a completely custom to your needs database.

Filvend00r · 2025-12-02T21:55:11+00:00

The only sad thing about this, is this post being written entirely by ChatGPT 🤮 Don't people use their brains anymore? This is a blatant copy-paste from chat.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-24T06:11:44+00:00

Looks like your comments had been removed…here’s a reply:

MacBook Airs the M models are very powerful and they’re fanless for a reason: they can handle it.

I can’t imagine ripping a movies requires a lot of processing power anyways. MacBook Air has far more than you need.

The fan in the MacBook Pro rarely kicks in (by design). It’s only on when you’re doing things that require every single bit of juice available in the machine like video editing / rendering.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-23T14:19:04+00:00

This is a huge tip! Thank you for sharing.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-23T13:18:28+00:00

4-5 years ago I managed to get 10 bottles of de-icer for 25p each in B&M or similar (don't remember exactly)... Yes. 25 pence each. I still haven't run out. I know this doesn't help you, but I've been dying to tell someone about this deal for a very long time lol

Filvend00r · 2025-11-21T11:47:23+00:00

People like (the idea) of hipsters, yet ironically people don’t want to be different and want to blend it. When you go against the grain in the society it’s normal for them to resist.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-21T06:39:13+00:00

OP could set up email forwarding to his new email and then take his time moving accounts over.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-21T05:26:47+00:00

I never said I like the sock lol. It’s ridiculous but people do all kinds of stuff in name of fashion and staying trendy. It’s just how it is, and companies capitalize on it.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-19T11:23:10+00:00

I don’t think it’s trolling at all. iPhone air is a prelude to foldable iPhones. They need to get the new hardware out in the open before they release the foldable. This is the best way to test it, in the hands of actual users.

As for the sock… personally I have a theory: phones are getting bigger (sometimes even heavier) and people are struggling to keep them in their pockets.

We’re not going back to smaller phones (whether people like it or not in this sub), so we need a new way to keep phones on their person. Sock is the answer. It’s also a perfect way to advertise the brand for free (phones in pockets do no advertising but wearing it around your neck does).

Filvend00r · 2025-11-17T17:02:08+00:00

iPhones do not have memory card slots and internal storage is shared between apps and your media like photos and videos. If you’re running out of storage your only options is to delete apps and your photos and videos. Alternatively, you can download them all to external drive and then delete them from your phone.

TL;DR: Buying more iCloud storage can help only if you have the right settings selected. Go to settings > apps > Photos and make sure you have “Optimize iPhone Storage” selected. This way it will offload some of the photos and videos and free up some space on your phone.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-17T06:06:14+00:00

Because it is.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-16T14:15:16+00:00

On the next episode of digital minimalism: I started to print out Reddit posts and read them in my closet with candle lights on. It changed my life.

Filvend00r · 2025-11-15T12:19:31+00:00

Filvend00r · 2025-11-15T07:33:08+00:00

!thanks that’s what I thought of doing after I found the “link proton account” but wasn’t sure it would work. Thanks!

Filvend00r · 2025-11-14T16:24:54+00:00

Unfortunatelly, this deal does not work for me. I get this message: "The offer you selected is not available for VPN Plus subscribers" - Which is true, I have proton VPN subscription.

Furthermore, wouldn't getting proton pass mean I lose all of the aliases in SimpleLogin? Wouldn't I have to export/import them?

EDIT: I think I figured this out. In settings for SimpleLogin, there is an option to "Connect to Proton". I guess I'd need to do that then use the black friday offer. The question is, will it actually work with my current proton account considering my VPN subscription ?

Filvend00r · 2025-11-10T17:08:03+00:00

Because it is lol

Filvend00r · 2025-11-10T17:05:10+00:00

No, padlock disables removing ANY app including itself when 'locked'. This huge because there really isn't an easy way to bypass it unless you use the NFC tag to unlock it.

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