It’s easiest to just register a domain name and use Couldflare Tunnels. No need to worry about dynamic DNS, port forwarding etc. Plus, you have the security advantages of DDoS protection and firewall (WAF). Finally, you get portability - you can change your ISP, router or even move your entire lab into the cloud if you wanted to, and you won’t need to change a single thing.

I have a lab set up on my mini PC that I often take to work with me, and it works the same regardless of whether it’s going thru my work’s restricted proxy or the NAT at home. Zero config required on the network side.

This shouldn’t even be a question lol. Even if you aren’t worried about theft, encryption has a nice bonus: you don’t have to worry about secure erasing your drives when you want to get rid of them. I mean, sure it’s not that big of a deal to wipe a drive, but sometimes you’re unable to do so - for instance, the drive could fail and you may not be able to do the wipe. So you end up getting rid of the drive as-is, but an opportunist could get a hold of that drive and attempt to repair it and recover your data. Or maybe the drive fails, but it’s still under warranty and you want to RMA it - with encryption on, you don’t have to worry about some random accessing your data.

And refactor the code a bit to be on the safe side - change the name of the project and remove any references to litigious companies. And use an anonymous handle + VPN/proxy chains so they can’t sue you.

Honestly it boggles my mind that devs contribute to emulators like these using identifiable names and traceable IPs, when everyone knows how these greedy corporations operate. Did no one learn anything from the Sony vs Geohotz case, or all the subsequent takedown against emulators? Why do these devs keep falling into the same trap again and again?

Or just disable image uploads completely. We got by on Reddit without any built-in image hosting functionality for over a decade, so Lemmy should be fine without it as well - especially considering that we don’t really have many image-heavy communities, besides the NSFW instances. I mean, storage costs money you know, and with Lemmy being run by volunteers, it makes even more sense to get rid of image hosting to save costs.

NONSENSICAL STATEMENT INVOLVING PLANKTON

Okay, so everyone’s saying it’s cute and all, but is there an actual practical use for this, as a grown-ass adult? I mean, sure it’s pocketable and all but if you’re thinking of portability, that would require your phone/tablet case to have a stand of some sort, which may not be an option (especially if you’re commuting). So either this thing has a very niche use case or I’m missing something…

Cool, but can you spot the difference between I and I?

Sorry but your wording is a bit confusing. Are you saying that Proton have port forwarding but it’s difficult to set up? And is Mullvad developing a new client or is it Proton? And how does IVPN fit into the picture, do they not have any of these limitations as Proton/Mullvad?

Galaxy Fold 4, de-Googled as much as I can feasibly. Ideally I’d love to run GrapheneOS on here, but that’s not gonna happen cause they only support Pixels. I could switch to a Pixel Fold, but I also like the multitasking in Samsung ROMs. Maybe one day, if Google adds stuff like floating windows, I might make the switch.

Make sure you’ve enabled PEX, DHT etc, also update your tracker list using the lists here: https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist

Problem 4: Rupert Murdoch

Yep, same here. IIRC it fails because it’s expecting me to enter a custom package name, but then there’s no field at all to enter a package name. I’ve gone thru the settings multiple times and couldn’t find that option so I too gave up.

Anyways, NewPipe works well enough for me, and if there’s some issue I could always load it in a browser.

Depending on where you live, you could buy music (both individual tracks and albums) from 7Digital. It’s only a website so no need to even install an app. And in case some track/album isn’t available, you could use a VPN to buy it.

Doesn’t work for me. Pretty much every link either says “This feature is coming soon. We’re currently working on it! Thanks for your patience.”, or it says that it’s not available in my country. :/