u/Fingerbob73

Happy to be wrong on this one, but the main reason I think most people consider moving their photos (and files in general I suppose) from the likes of Google to Proton is under the guise of "privacy". But, I'd imagine that most people are in the situation of having 100s/1000s of photos already in Google and surely any data scraping or info about you is already done by Google. Moving your photos to Proton doesn't magically stop Google knowing that data? Sure, future photos will be secured, but isn't this just a case of shutting the door after the horse has bolted for most of us?

In the Android version of Proton Authenticator, it has this screen (see separate reply with screenshot) for if you want to sync the settings across devices. However, if I then try to do this, it prompts me for my proton email and password. Ok. But then it prompts me for 2FA. So, it's asking me to use itself to verify the login of itself. The only way to do that is to back out of the process or (I suppose) copy/paste the 2FA before starting? Seems a weird flow.

So, I have a couple of pies set up that are linked to social pies. Whenever there's an update to the pie, I get a notification about it. I click in and go to View update. This just shows me a list of (I assume) the intended new pie structure percentage per stock. It doesn't show me how it compares to the existing pie setup. If I accept the update, then I can click into the history of the pie and it will show that (for example) fund X changed from 4% to 5% etc. Why can't I see that information before I decide to accept the proposed changes?

Just wanted to quickly mention that today I've had basic rate HMRC tax relief (25%) credited to my SIPP for contributions I made into it during May and up to 6 June. This is of course both expected and comforting to see since the SIPP is newish. I've more due next month (I expect it will again be just after 21st August).

Also good knowing that since I'm a higher rate tax payer, I'll have another 20%+ amount for this due later direct from HMRC. They've already started to positively amend myself tax code perhaps instead of a lump sum.

Most notable on the Google Play Store but have seen it on other apps. Wondering if it is some design strategy to get people's eyes to sweep over the entire app screen?

Why is there such a mixture of application update comments per app? If I ever notice that one or more apps have updates and I click into it to find out what might've changed, it is a mixed bag. Some are really good and state a decent changelog or are just clear about the changes. The vast majority just say "bug fixes and improvements" with no data to explain what they mean. The worst ones try to turn this field into a "witty" comment around puns for their app or that they've squished bugs and polished stuff etc or the same generic message spans several updates.

At least with open source apps, they're far more up front about changes.

Every time I think I just wanna download a game to fill some time, as soon as I start it up I've firstly got to deny pointless notifications then am faced with a crappy pop up saying that they and their 247 partners value your privacy so much that they'll make it infuriatingly tedious to decline. I just then immediately uninstall.

My understanding is that the Romans were numerous, incredibly well organised and disciplined and focused yet they were ultimately unable to fully penetrate the bulk of the Scottish mainland and ultimately chose to fence the Picts in via Hadrian's Wall. However, a few hundred years later the Vikings were able to travel to the Scottish mainland and islands by longship which must've been much smaller than the equivalent Roman Galleys and were more successful at conquering, assimilating and integrating with Scottish people of the time. How could a huge Roman army fail but smaller raiding boats of likely less disciplined Northmen succeed?

Are proton pass aliases only good for throw away emails re subscriptions or contacts that you don't expect to interact with? If I need to reply from the email address I created as an alias, am I stuck having to use my main email to reply unless I also pay for SimpleLogin?