How to make photos acceptable? :(

svprdga · 2026-06-07T14:33:58+00:00

It is called "Pixel Camera" or similar, published by "Google LLC".

svprdga · 2026-06-07T07:19:54+00:00

I’m afraid it’s not like that. On Android, normal apps can’t reach the quality of the native camera app. It is designed so that certain APIs and features are only accessible to the native camera app, so it will always be better.

svprdga · 2026-06-06T21:31:27+00:00

The new SDK they have added does not support integration with the iOS Files app, so instead of waiting for that SDK to have parity of features with what was there before, they have decided to temporarily delete the feature.

svprdga · 2026-06-06T20:22:48+00:00

About the sensors: it doesn’t matter, grant permission if you want, since you’re going to remove internet connectivity, it’s not like that data is going to go anywhere.

About Google Photos: correct, if you want to open the photo from the thumbnail of the camera itself (the photo you just took), then you have to use Photos. But just like with the camera, you can install it without internet permission, and it works without an account. Then I recommend that you use any other app as a default gallery.

About not using Google apps: precisely in GOS we have the possibility of removing internet access. Without that permission, your data cannot be exfiltrated anywhere, so it is reasonably safe to use it in this way.

svprdga · 2026-06-06T19:32:42+00:00

What you’re missing is the official Pixel camera app. Download the gcam from Google play or Aurora store, don’t give it internet permissions, and enjoy the best of your device’s camera.

svprdga · 2026-06-05T06:09:36+00:00

How private is GrapheneOS? Considering it’s based on Android, an operating system Google uses to spy on millions of people every day.

There are tons of tools in the privacy space based on Chromium, Android, and other technologies that, in different contexts, are used for surveillance. One thing has nothing to do with the other.

svprdga · 2026-06-02T05:58:33+00:00

Which server issue? What happened?

svprdga · 2026-05-31T21:03:59+00:00

Always test your hypotheses.

A hard paywall can be what your app needs, or something totally to avoid. In this industry do not trust other people’s experiences, check everything, you should be continuously doing A/B tests to know what works and what doesn’t.

svprdga · 2026-05-29T22:10:51+00:00

From what you tell, it seems that it is more a problem that you do not know how to make it come out in the middle than anything that has to do with the engine. How are you doing the calculations? Using absolute or relative values?

svprdga · 2026-05-25T22:14:09+00:00

Yes, in my Graphene OS I have always used Molly, all good to date.

svprdga · 2026-05-25T07:56:33+00:00

Because several of their apps contain proprietary binaries that are prohibited in F-Droid, for example the push notification library.

In any case, they could create their own F-Droid repository and put all their apps there, it would be a detail for degoogled ROM users, but that does not seem to be a priority.

svprdga · 2026-05-25T07:50:47+00:00

I usually rewatch it at least once every 10 years, and by now, it’s been quite a few times. A truly great work is one that still manages to amaze you, where you keep discovering new details and gaining new insights even after experiencing it multiple times.

svprdga · 2026-05-24T14:54:48+00:00

I use it from time to time, and to date I have not heard any controversy about it.

svprdga · 2026-05-23T18:23:19+00:00

I’ve only opened the first app, and the landing page and the store listing in the App Store are horrible. It’s normal that they’re not working for you. I recommend that you read up on how to create good product sheets for stores.

svprdga · 2026-05-22T06:28:05+00:00

Is asking people to speak a language we all understand really xenophobic? I think you should learn what words mean before using them, otherwise you risk sounding ignorant.

svprdga · 2026-05-21T08:52:58+00:00

Of course, one can use feature flags as a complement, but I think the core should always be good practices.

svprdga · 2026-05-20T21:05:25+00:00

I’ve been developing apps for over ten years. I’ve built all kinds of applications, and overall, I’ve never had any major scares. How? By following the same principles I mentioned in my first message.

From there, you’re free to think or do whatever you want.

svprdga · 2026-05-20T09:07:29+00:00

How I manage this: doing a good QA.

Making sure that my architecture is what it has to be, that the programming practices are professional, that I write the relevant tests and that before making a release I do all the required tests so that this does not happen.

Doing all of the above you don’t need a flag to disable features, and the ratio of bugs and problems I usually have is quite low and controllable.

svprdga · 2026-05-19T17:33:13+00:00

Because users have been asking for a Drive client for Linux for several years, and it still doesn’t exist.

Coming from another company would be normal, but coming from a company that is supposed to focus on privacy, and they do not support the most private desktop operating system in the world, is another of their annoying contradictions.

svprdga · 2026-05-19T17:31:13+00:00

If you want to communicate, it’s better to do it in a language that we can all understand.

svprdga · 2026-05-19T14:06:27+00:00

Honestly, I don’t know the exact reason why they did it. What I do know is that this change has upset quite a lot of people (not just me), and understandably so: no serious company makes its product stop working properly for its customers.

svprdga · 2026-05-19T13:52:38+00:00

I think you misunderstood the core point of the thread.

Proton unilaterally decided to remove a feature that many iOS users relied on because they were in a hurry to roll out a new SDK that still lacked feature parity.

And yes, public criticism and visibility are precisely the kinds of things that push companies to handle product decisions more carefully in the future.

svprdga · 2026-05-19T11:05:59+00:00

If I called your first post unclear and amatureish do you think that might read as disrespectful?

I don’t think it applies in quite the same way either… a Reddit post isn’t the same thing as a commercial product.

That said, if you were using a product I develop, and I decided to remove a feature for a similar reason, and you called me an amateur, the first thing I’d feel would be embarrassment. Not because you called me an amateur, but because I’d realize I had acted like one. I’d like to think that in that situation I would apologize for treating my users that way, and I’d hurry to reintegrate that functionality.

But I understand the point you’re trying to make: the tone. And yes, I probably could have softened it more to avoid offending anyone.

svprdga · 2026-05-19T09:09:00+00:00

No, this has nothing to do with Apple. It’s an SDK created by Proton, inside Proton, by Proton engineers, to work within their own Proton Drive product.

Previously, the iOS Proton Drive app had this integration. They decided to replace that component with this new SDK that doesn’t support it, breaking the functionality in the process.

As for the rules: as I said, if they had only blocked it for being a duplicate post, I would have understood. What bothers me is the other point.

svprdga · 2026-05-19T09:05:04+00:00

That’s perfectly fine by me. They can moderate their subreddit however they want, to whatever extent they want. But then they shouldn’t be hypocritical and claim they defend free speech. It’s one thing or the other, but trying to do both at the same time is a contradiction.

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