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    [โ€“] ipacialsection@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    F-Droid is the more valuable app store anyway. I always check there before Google Play.

    [โ€“] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

    Forged google play, use the aurora store instead

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

    The first time it paused my YouTube video inside Firefox when a call came in on my phone, it blew my mind. And then when the call ended, it just casually resumed the video. I love it. That, the clipboard syncing and easy sharing of files between devices make it absolutely awesome to have.

    [โ€“] prole@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

    I'm not really familiar with KDE connect (and new to Linux in general, but can't see myself ever going back to Windows), could you elaborate on the first part? How does KDE Connect help you watch firefox videos on your phone? Thanks!

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

    And plenty of banking apps consider it as a security threat. ๐Ÿ˜…

    "It's so good that other apps are threatened merely by its presence"

    [โ€“] BearPear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    Hmm. I did not know that. Why?

    [โ€“] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Better to avoid 3 k's where possible.

    [โ€“] MrSnowy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

    The KDE Konnect Kult: Where acronyms shouldn't be used.

    [โ€“] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

    Google Play

    Is that like Aurora Store for google cucks?

    [โ€“] iloverocks@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

    It is very nice but the officle app depents a lot on qt what is really anoing. It would be really nice if I could use a gtk version of it on hyprland

    [โ€“] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    KDE Connect is so good that there is a user-maintained version that works in GNOME as well.

    [โ€“] Noughmad@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    KDE Connect is awesome. I've been using it since it first came out (I think it was a GSoC project) with a variety of phones, and am 100% happy with it.

    BTW, about the naming, KDE stopped the K thing around KDE 4, with apps such as Cantor.

    [โ€“] egeres@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Oh hehe, I had seen KDE connect here and there but never really tried it myself, how are you using it?? What good things does it bring to your lives? :)

    [โ€“] iguanajuice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    It makes sharing files between your PC and phone super easy. And if you set it up right, you can even browse your entire phone's filesystem from your PC as well. Great if you take a lot of photos or download a lot of memes on your phone and want to quickly offload them to your computer. It also lets you play and pause media from your phone, so if you're playing music or watching a movie on your PC and need to pause while AFK, then it comes in pretty handy. Not only that, but it also has a presentation remote and can turn your phone's touchscreen into a trackpad and keyboard; great for HTPCs.

    Those are just the features I use, it has way more than that. imho I think it might have too many features lmao

    EDIT: Also, how could I forget about the feature that I mainly use KDEC for, the battery indicator plugin. It lets you monitor your phone's battery from your computer.

    everytime i missplace my phone this saves me so much time

    [โ€“] baggins@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Tbh it's kind of a terrible app. I can never keep it connected and the UX is just painful. The most useful feature is transferring files, but when uploading to my PC the dialog box always closes itself before I can see where the file went.

    [โ€“] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I can never keep it connected

    Disable battery optimization for KDE Connect on Android. (If you're on Samsung you might be screwed. They did weird stuff with optimizations.)

    Edit: Related: https://dontkillmyapp.com/

    it goes to your download folder

    [โ€“] OR3X@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I never could get it to work in KDE Neon.

    [โ€“] EddyBot@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

    you need to be on the same network which also means excluding VPN on local network (or connect both PC and phone on the same VPN network)

    [โ€“] WereCat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Neat app! Definitely will try it when I get home.

    [โ€“] Darorad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    It's actually fine, those permissions are all for actual features, and you only need to grant if you want to use the features that require them.

    [โ€“] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    Yes, I'm just pointing out there is no tracking. Permissions are fine depending on context of what the app actually does

    [โ€“] Reygle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    I have a cheap "remote" for my PC, so I rarely use it for media or couch watching, BUT

    Take ~50 photos

    Get home

    Two or three taps

    Now they're all on my PC.

    [โ€“] Magnetar@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I use syncthing for that, don't even need any taps after it's set up. Did I mention I love syncthing? Because I love syncthing.

    [โ€“] QuazarOmega@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Could you clap your hands to confirm you really love it?

    [โ€“] Magnetar@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

    Syncthing knows I love it, it needs no proof.

    [โ€“] Treczoks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I wonder when there will be a Windows client for KDE Connect. I really miss it at work.

    [โ€“] BearPear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    There is already one. I remember using it. But I think the linux one works better than the windows because of better integration.

    [โ€“] tool@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    I wonder when there will be a Windows client for KDE Connect.

    Wonder no more.

    [โ€“] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    I am sorry, but it's been in Microsoft store for a while now. There's also offline installer on the download page.

    Edit: Based on archive.org, at least since April 2020.

    [โ€“] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I suggest the offline installer over the Microsoft Store version.

    The option to share files via right click > "Send to" seen below doesn't appear for me using the Microsoft Store version.