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I continued Witcher 3 after a long time. Trying to stop thinking of it as a chore to complete, and instead live it like an adventure where I can go and do something funny for a while without worrying if I get any progress.


I can confirm, OBS Studio is perfect for recording Microsoft Teams sessions. Other parties are not aware of the recording unlike Teams built-on recording.

Probably works for every similar application as well.


Of course. When you run a monopoly, you get to make your own rules.

EU should force Google to open Android back up.



Steam should have an option to send feedback to publishers: “I didn’t buy this because of [select all that apply]”.


Oh, the story mode is not finished yet? Any idea if they have a goal date?






Sorry to hear that. Sail the high seas with no worries. You can still contribute to digital preservation of games by seeding. But don’t worry if you can’t do that.

I hope things get better for you!



I should probably get around to continuing Witcher 3. I just have a mental issue with quests and choices blocking other quests that I just end up reading the wiki. Help me.


First at least make sure the poor sod does not have a family!


I concur. I hope this goes to court and the judge throws those patents out.


Stop wasting time on useless features, Google, and give us back call recording.





Samsung takes security almost as seriously as Google, but they deliberately cripple their devices when you unlock them to install another OS and don’t allow an alternate OS to use important security features

What does the crippling and security features refer to?


The Play Integrity API is less about security and more about Google asserting their monopoly.

They do not want truly open source Android platforms to gain popularity, because there would be a high chance people would want ad blocking, which is a direct threat to their profit margins.

I hope EU takes regulative action to force Google to allow GrapheneOS, LineageOS etc. to be able to run the same apps without issues.


Is No Man’s Sky still “a mile wide and an inch deep”? What are the basic gameplay loops?


If you hate XCOM’s PRNG hit percentages, you may want to try or watch Hard West. It has somewhat deterministic luck mechanic, that prevents idiocy that happens in XCOM. The game itself is a bot buggy, though.


Oh, it has Denuvo. I hope they remove it later.


And GrapheneOS has call recording btw

Thank you for the information. Unfortunately it does not seem to have automatic call recording yet:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/2083

Which apps do you mean?

You answered this already: apps that use the Play Integrity API. Includes some local banking apps, some random ones and Google Wallet. I wish app developers didn’t use those APIs, but they are probably not aware of the implications or don’t care.


I also have LineageOS 21 and Magisk 27, and WhatsApp works without issues. I don’t remember having to do anything. But I have a different phone.

Maybe the Pixel 8 LineageOS images have some issues?

Did you flash the Google apps image?


pkg search syncthing shows that it’s packaged, version 1.28.0.

Any experiences with running cron jobs in Termux? Is it reliable?



I’m looking to upgrade my phone as well. One important thing I want is call recording, and that really narrows the options.

Samsung phones can record calls, but you need to use SamFW to change the CSC. LineageOS does not support recent models.

OnePlus phones have better hardware specs, but I think nowadays you have to root with Magisk and use BCR for recording. That breaks banking apps. LineageOS supports some OnePlus models, but not 12.

Pixels don’t have native call recording? But GrapheneOS works on them. Again, many apps are broken.

Fairphone might be interesting, I should look into that.


If you are asking for help in english, change the locale to english before sharing error messages or screenshots.


Someone would have to maintain it. And someone would have to make sure it’s not Jia Tan.



How’s the ex-wife? Can you afford alimony without a job?


There was something magical about Little Big Adventures.


I have now tested CSC changing with SamFW, and changing to SEK (Ukraine) enabled native call recording in a Samsung Galaxy device. The change persists even after inserting SIM card.

You can automatically record calls. No audible notifications to the other end. Files are saved to /storage/emulated/0/Recordings/Call/, so you can use other apps to copy them elsewhere.



If you self-host, do you get TOTP support and sharing, or do you need to also pay for a subscription?


American banks?

In Finland the bank apps I have used use either SafetyNet or Play Integrity APIs.

And plenty of random other apps break for LineageOS or rooting as well.


Unfortunately using a custom OS like GrapheneOS or LineageOS breaks Play Integrity API checks, and some important apps like banking apps use that.

Fuck Google for closing Android.


I used to think like that and only used pass. Then I stopped worrying and decided to trust the crypto.

You can keep your 2FA tokens in a separate app.


What’s your favourite free Android app?
Please include a link to homepage/Play/F-Droid.
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Native call recording in 2024?
Are there any recent Android models that have native call recording enabled in EU? I will root the phone if necessary, but considering that Google is closing the platform down even more by making custom/rooted ROMs fail security checks, I would prefer to avoid that.
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