Last time I looked at Paperless-NGX it insisted on taking the source files and moving/renaming them so it could manage them itself. In fact IIRC the only way to add files was to give them to the app (or upload via web UI) so it could take them over.
Does it still do that?
I don’t like tools that demand to take over the original files. I’d prefer it if it could watch a read-only folder for new files. Immich for example or Jellyfin can do that.
You can use imapsync to sync all you mails from GMail to your new email provider
Or sync to a local directory and slap Dovecot+Roundcube on top, and you have your own private searchable email archive you can use indefinitely/securely/remotely. Just update imapsync to pull from the new provider when you switch.
I never understood why they don’t support the subsonic protocol.
I mean… you might as well ask why the DLNA plugin has been broken for years. Or why they don’t add a custom HTTP header to the client app so people can lock access in their reverse proxy.
As usual it’s a mix of not enough developer manpower and “I don’t use that so it’s not a priority” i.e. the whimsies of FOSS.
I mean, US is the country that classified encryption as munition in the '50s and tried to ban its export in the '50s and then limit it again in the '90s and then on and off since then. 🤷
Lol Whatsapp as a system app sounds like a nightmare.
The usuall approach established by Samsung etc. is to bundle a few “shim” apps as system apps for Meta. One shim is used by the regular Meta apps to bypass restrictions and talk to each other, one collects data from any app that uses the Meta ad network, and some are there in case you install the corresponding user app (eg. Facebook) to give it system privileges.
I mean it ends up technically the same as having Whatsapp bundled outright, but you gotta give props to a manufacturer so shamelss they don’t even pretend to hide it. 😃
I’ve just started using GarminDB to fetch
.fitand.jsonfiles from my Garmin account.Can I simply tell Dreeve to watch the directory where GarminDB dumps the files and it will pick them up?
Does Dreeve do something with the Garmin
.jsonfiles too? Sleep data for example is in those kind of files, but since Dreeve has a Strava background I suspect it only deals with sports activities?