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A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

#2
Their mirrors are forcing my mobile browser to open the video file instead of downloading it. That's not very helpful. I'm surprised they didn't offer a torrent for the video, that would actually help me (and help them on costs/mirroring).

EDIT: Another user provided the solution: press-and-hold/long-tap the video in the new tab to get an option to download.

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

#4

Their mirrors are forcing my mobile browser to open the video file instead of downloading it. That's not very helpful. I'm surprised they didn't offer a torrent for the video, that would actually help me (and help them on costs/mirroring). EDIT: Another user provided the solution: press-and-hold/long-tap the video in the new tab to get an option to download.

It immediately starts playing for me when I press the download button (Safari on iOS), with the amount downloaded showing in the bar at the bottom like YouTube (edit: and saving it to iCloud Drive through the share sheet works as intended).

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

#5

Their mirrors are forcing my mobile browser to open the video file instead of downloading it. That's not very helpful. I'm surprised they didn't offer a torrent for the video, that would actually help me (and help them on costs/mirroring). EDIT: Another user provided the solution: press-and-hold/long-tap the video in the new tab to get an option to download.

What browser are you on? Safari -> hold touch over link -> Share.. -> Save to files. Or click the video to start playing it and then hit the share -> save to files.

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

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post #4

Their mirrors are forcing my mobile browser to open the video file instead of downloading it. That's not very helpful. I'm surprised they didn't offer a torrent for the video, that would actually help me (and help them on costs/mirroring). EDIT: Another user provided the solution: press-and-hold/long-tap the video in the new tab to get an option to download.

It immediately starts playing for me when I press the download button (Safari on iOS), with the amount downloaded showing in the bar at the bottom like YouTube (edit: and saving it to iCloud Drive through the share sheet works as intended).

I'm not talking about loading/caching, I'm talking about downloading to watch offline later.

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

#7

Their mirrors are forcing my mobile browser to open the video file instead of downloading it. That's not very helpful. I'm surprised they didn't offer a torrent for the video, that would actually help me (and help them on costs/mirroring). EDIT: Another user provided the solution: press-and-hold/long-tap the video in the new tab to get an option to download.

What browser are you on? Safari -> hold touch over link -> Share.. -> Save to files. Or click the video to start playing it and then hit the share -> save to files.

Firefox on Android

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

#8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What browser are you on? Safari -> hold touch over link -> Share.. -> Save to files. Or click the video to start playing it and then hit the share -> save to files.

Firefox on Android

let the player open, long tap on the video, click save video

Re: A mobile phone that respects your freedom [video]

#9
The phone is relatively thick compared to typical modern smartphones, which I assume is primary due to the separation of the cellular radio onto an M.2 card. I wonder whether it would have been possible to avoid this by putting the M.2 card to the side of the mainboard with an edge-to-edge connector, or re-embedding the components into the mainboard. I imagine flattening out the design would also help to distribute heat.
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