You might want to check out Kazeta, it’s a project with similar goals
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Technology@lemmy.world•Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese CarEnglish
4·3 months agoI had a look at the original report by BYD as the site linked by the other commenter didn’t include the information and seemed AI generated (some numbers were actually a bit of, though not by much). According to it the 1.86$ billion are the only directly paid subsidies BYD received in 2025. All other subsidies were loans with favorable conditions, which aren’t directly relevant (The report is 300+ pages long I may have missed something) Source. Currently Germany supports all EV purchase, so the 2.4$ billion should not be counted, but according to the BAFA this is planned/considered to be made exclusive to EU made cars. Source (German). The 6.4$ billion should IMO be counted against the 1.86$ billion as they are both direct founding, and apparently the only direct. While a bit lower this still places VW in the about a billion dollar (925$ million). Additionally, even though the subsidies are universal the EU has placed a tariff on Chinese EVs since 2024 that ranges from 27%-47% depeding on the manufacturer. Source. The working conditions and wages at BYD are of course lower than at VW, even if this is partially countered by the lower standard of living in China, however we don’t no how much of the final car the companies actually produce (how much of it is done by them and not just bought premade, likely in China).
Anyway I don’t think this comparison could ever be 100% fair as China and Germany have different economic models, Germany already established its car industry while Chinas is still relatively up and coming etc. I do however think that it is not accurate to say “they are cheaper because government subsidies” as there are many more factors.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese CarEnglish
392·3 months agoMany countries subsidiese their car brands. In Germany exact numbers are not known, because the government works for the companies I guess, but most experts assume that brands like Volkswagen receive about 1 billion euros (or 1.15 billion US dollars) a year. Source A Source B. I’m no expert for other countries, but a quick research lead to the claim that until 2015 Tesla and the adjacent businesses (SpaceX etc.) had received 4.9 billion US dollars in subsidies Source. I don’t think its fair to say that they are cheap just because they receive subsidies, they are just getting what everyone else is.
Not sure. Here is the issue tracker
AFAIK Tusky can display quote posts but doesn’t allow you to make a quote post (yet)
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Technology@lemmy.world•How Vibe Coding Is Killing Open SourceEnglish
41·6 months agoLLMs definitely kills the trust in
open sourcesoftware, because now everything can be a vibe-coded mess and it’s sometimes hard to check.
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Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•How to make Linux Mint recognize controllers with extra buttonsEnglish
3·7 months agoThe problem is Xinput vs Direct input (D mode). Direct input allows low level access to the various buttons of a controller, it is mainly used by Sony. Xinput input is simplified, however it doesn’t allow the same low level access for configurable button. Xinput was developed by Microsoft and is the defacto standard, that’s why a lot of controllers only support it, the 8bitdo pro series is a rare exception.
TLDR its Microsoft’s fault
Make sure that the apps have access to your discrete graphics card. Flatseal allows you to manage flatpak permissions
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Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•How to make Linux Mint recognize controllers with extra buttonsEnglish
3·7 months agoIs it a 8bitdo pro series or ultimate series? For pro series you have to set the slider on the back to D. For the ultimate series they can’t properly be utilized.
Edit: I was wrong, one ultimate series model supports them, the ultimate 2 without switch support. 8bitdo website
Jellyfin is quite capable for music, however Navidrome has a much better client ecosystem. Personally I use the Finamp beta on mobile as it does everything I want and is quite stable, but if you want Android auto/apple carplay you will have to use a client that isn’t as reliable or proprietary (paid.











It works for all DRM free games. A bunch of Steam games are DRM free so they will work, just not all. Here is a non complete list of DRM free Steam games