kent

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[–] kent@feddit.dk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been using OVPN with port forwarding for a couple of years, it works great for my use cases.

I haven't used other providers, so I can't really compare to others though.

[–] kent@feddit.dk 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] kent@feddit.dk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

True. That requires a paid plan.

[–] kent@feddit.dk 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's not really a Proton Mail limit - if the mail is too big, it'll just be rejected by some other mailserver on its way, even if Proton allowed it through.

And Proton would get a lot of support cases from people asking why the mail they sent to a Gmail account was returned...

[–] kent@feddit.dk 3 points 2 weeks ago

Damn their oily hides!!

[–] kent@feddit.dk 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's in "Settings"->"Apps", select you app then, "App battery usage" - When enabled, you can press the text and choose between "Optimised" ('Optimise based on your usage. recommended for most apps.') and "Unrestricted" ('Allow battery usage in background without restrictions. May use more battery.') - At least that is how it's organized on the Pixel 8.

[–] kent@feddit.dk 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ahh, yes - you're right, I was mistaken the "Allow background usage" with the "Unrestricted" background usage.

The Pixel settings are a bit 'funny': it's an on/off toggle for "Allow background usage", but when it's enabled you can actually click on the settings text itself, and go into a submenu, where you can choose between "Optimized" and "Unrestricted" ("Optimized" is the default for apps that are allowed background usage).

Thanks for all your help!

[–] kent@feddit.dk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks. I might just do that.

I was wondering if the system is doing some kind of app profiling, and if it automatically will remove the permission from the apps some time in the future? Like it does with other app permissions on unused apps...

 

I noticed that all the apps on my Pixel 8 has the "Allow background usage" option enabled. Didn't this use to be an opt-in setting?

I'm worried that something got messed up when I had to do a copy from my Pixel 8 (Android 15) to my old Pixel 5 (Android 14) and back to my Pixel 8 again (I had to factory reset my Pixel 8 before sending it in for repair).