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mrjfilippo @lemmy.ca
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Please recommend a no-sim messenger
  • There are quite a few. In order of preference, I used/tried:

    • XMPP (Android-Conversations; Windows-Gajim)
    • Element/Matrix
    • Session
    • Discord
    • Slack
    • Twinme
    • Teams
    • Skype
    • Facebook Messenger
    • Instagram DMs
  • Epub Site
  • To answer directly, MAM is a great private tracker for many reasons, including their epub library. Bibliotik is supposed to be good but harder to get in.

    For other options, have a look here.

  • Is it worth upgrading my e reader?
  • In hindsight, that's what I'd go for. You could have audiobookshelf, tachiyomi or any of your favorite android reading apps. But the Kindle does what it does well, and for relatively cheap. Maybe in 5 years I'll reconsider, if my kindle ever dies!

  • Tracker Tier List
  • You know, I think I was too generous for YGGtorrent. Lately it has been hard to connect it to autobrr and Prowlarr. More of a B tier tracker. I heard good things about HD-Only but it's been difficult to register. Qctorrent and t411 were the good days.

    On the other hand, TL has been a pleasant surprise. I had an account with them for 5 years but forgot and never bothered until recently. It constantly has choice, retention, and decent monitoring. Many TV shows I have also release fast. What stands out is that it's been very easy to build up my ratio. AR has been similar to TL but it's taking me three times as long to build up ratio.

    Avistaz is specifically for Asian content. Very good for hard to find stuff and their request community is excellent.

  • Tracker Tier List
  • There's a 5 year old Reddit thread where the creator shut down NBL and called out some Redditors and trackers he had beef with, but some didn't even know why. Seems like he would go on tantrums and easily ban people too.

    Just poor ways to manage whatever issues he had. Don't know much more.

  • Tracker Tier List
  • Yes, retention is very good on ANT and NBL. If it wasn't of the past drama of the site owner, they would be A tier trackers on everyone's lists IMHO.

    It's a fun compilation, happy to contribute something to it. Happy to give more info if need be.

  • Tracker Tier List
  • Additional trackers and my ratings. Curious to see anyone's take on them.

    I highly appreciate a well organized tracker that also accommodates the *arr suite. Also if it's the best in its category, even if it doesn't hit the mark on other factors.

    If drama doesn't affect normal use of the website, then it's not a big factor for me. I only seriously got into the private tracker scene 2 years ago.

    Should we include public trackers?

    S tier

    A tier

    • Anthelion (ANT) - Movie
    • Avistaz - Movie/TV
    • Nebulance (NBL) - TV
    • Jpopsuki - Japanese Music
    • Sportcult - Sports

    B tier

    • Aither - General
    • Alpharatio (AR) - General
    • BtArg - Spanish General
    • Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT) - Movie/TV
    • Hawke-Uno - Movie/TV
    • HD-torrents - Movie/TV
    • Only-encodes+ - Movie/TV
    • RUtracker - General
    • Sharewood - French General
    • Secretcinema - Movie
    • Xspeeds - General
    • YGGTorrent - French General

    C tier

    • 1337x - General
    • eztv - TV
    • Speed.cd - General
    • torrentgalaxy - General

    D Tier Avoid?

    • thepiratebay - General
  • SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tv running Android OS
  • In Smarttube, go into settings and link device or something similar (edit: remote control). On your phone, go into settings and link TV and input the code Smarttube will give you.

    It acts more as a remote, you need to have Smarttube already opened. It's not perfect, it's a decent compromise.

  • Google Podcasts shutting down in 2024 for YouTube Music
  • Tried both and settled with AntennaPod when there were rumours of Google Podcasts shutting down a few months ago.

    I now value more export/import features. I also enjoyed AntennaPod's queue options more.

  • TOTP Token?

    I'm trying to log into Boost but I don't see a way to input my TOTP. Is it just me?

    Edit: Just saw it's been asked already and it's coming in the next beta. Thanks to sboulema for kindly answering my question.

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