paradox2011

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[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd argue that's just a license for 4+ users as the only differentiation is the dollar amount. In fact one of Alex Tran's comments in the github announcement was that they simply capped the price at $100 to keep it from getting too expensive for instances with many users. It's definitely licensing based on users, not servers.

I would be much more comfortable if their licensing language was centered on licensing a self-hosted server, not user amounts. Paying for individual users (IMO) is best done as a hosted service with a monthly fee. They're probably a ways from being able to implement that though.

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

EDIT: they've adjusted the language and integration of buying the Immich software. It's much clearer and balanced now. You can find the new info on their github announcements page, or likely in the notes of their next immich release.

ORIGINAL COMMENT
I was really looking forward to them opening a compensation option as I got in after they had taken down donation links, but this is all a bit weird. There is some good discussion happening on the github announcement page. I'll probably hold at version 1.108 for awhile until the dust settles.

I've gone through quite a few FUTO videos since they started sponsoring Immich, and it seems like the issue is that they are essentially an organization of engineers that don't have a strong background in the legalese of licensing (thus the lack of attention to the wording of the original FUTO temporary license). Their intentions and goals are solid from my perspective and the software they promote is fantastic, but it feels very much like an org run by idealistic engineers without much of a PR presence. The best PR they have is Louis Rossman, take that as you will ๐Ÿ˜„

All that being said, I have paid for a few of their other pieces of software that are single user. The part I'm not overly fond of is that it seems to be a payment for each individual user, and not a payment to be able to run the server itself. I'm sure there is rational behind it, but it just feels like this whole licensing element isn't fully baked yet.

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nice, I like the launcher, it's clean.

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, yeah I did see in the github issues that Jellyfin itself was a bit unpredictable in triggering the right information requests from the plugin and that it may suddenly start working just because Jellyfin finally fired off correctly. I guess I'll just be patient ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I haven't run in to any freezing issues either. It sounds like it might be a network issue, do you access the service over your local network or by external DNS?

Not to hijack your post, but do you use tubearchivist-jf-plugin for getting metadata in to jellyfin? I cannot seem to get that plugin to function on my set up for some reason which makes it very hard to view the tubearchivist library on jellyfin ๐Ÿ˜ข

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fiction: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Haruku Murakami
Non-fiction: The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tzu

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

Haha well done! ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've used graphene for over a year, and it's been solid. If you have the sandboxed Google play installed all apps will work fine, and as long as you don't rely on heavily commercialized apps everything will likely work without play services as well (sans push notifications for apps that rely on firebase). RCS will work if you have Gplay services and the carrier services app installed.

One in a while there will be a slight hiccup in the UI, but I've experienced far worse on stock android, so I'm assuming it's normal operating stutters. All in all it's very reliable.

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's amazing, a retcon like that would win me back over to Disney star wars ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I totally agree about the EU, some of the finest pieces of Star Wars fiction are still not considered canon, and that kills me ๐Ÿ˜…. To put a point on my thought about Lucas's contributions, while he didn't write the finest of Star Wars, he did create the fertile soil it could grow in. It was his strange mixture of Taoism and science fiction that intrigues me so much, and I think it created a rich environment for storytelling and a very visually engaging struggle between the light and dark of humanity. Plus, he would actively draw in EU content that he liked, which is actually where the idea planet of Coruscant came from. Not only does Disney actively restrain and manage star wars third party storytelling, it also (generally) has drained the soil of it's imaginative and creative inspiration. I can't imagine much fiction being inspired by the characters and plots of the sequels, but I actually haven't actually looked, maybe I'm wrong there.

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I totally agree with you, the magic of star wars is largely a product of Lucas's mind. Sometimes newer installments capture flickers of that magic, but it's pretty sporadic these days, definitely not enough to build a foundation of nostalgia. Plus, there's little to no philosophical message in the sequels, so their value rests entirely on the action and dialogue, which was kind of lackluster compared to the execution of the previous movies.

[โ€“] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Hear hear! ๐Ÿป

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