I don’t really understand this article’s title. Third party app stores are available with their own payment or donation methods already.

Elsewhere, the tech giant is also introducing a new ‘program’ that aims to make sideloading ‘qualified’ app stores an easier affair. Third-party app stores that meet certain quality and safety benchmarks will boast a simplified installation flow, as seen in the image below.

Having ‘qualified’ app stores and ‘qualified’ apps gives Google more control, not less. The third party app stores available can now be blocked on devices.

It’s worth noting that the ‘Registered App Store program’ will begin outside the US first. It will expand to the US in the future, subject to court approval.

The EU’s policies on data is sickening.

Not ideal since you can’t easily sort by folder hierarchy but you can see your root files in All Notes.

Thank you for the explanation.

I will continue to use it and provide feedback. So far, really great.

I nearly take all my notes in markdown. I am always excited to try another open source markdown program.

HelixNotes is super polished.

Thanks!

Interesting. Thank you for the info.

Me again. Last time tonight, I promise.

My favorite features so far, making the edit toolbar disappear in source mode and Focus mode. Quick access is also really useful.

One more thing I don’t like, it was adding a header to my edited notes.

Example:

---
id: "9242199e-992b-4c58-9b4f-85a6949d424d"
title: "Books"
tags: []
pinned: false
created: 2026-02-15T04:32:13.600656+00:00
modified: 2026-02-15T04:32:17.240423+00:00
---

This doesn’t look great in MacOS preview. This might be one of those things that it was simplest to just add this directly to the file rather than creating some kind of database or a bunch of dot files. Again, not a deal breaker for me. Would adding it to the bottom be possible instead?

Thank you.

Hi OP. I am really enjoying using HelixNotes.

I love the way it looks and all the features. I was able to use the same folder I use MarkFlowy and Marknote.

My only critique is the Ctrl key in Windows and Linux menu shortcuts is usually changed to Cmd for Mac. It really isn’t a big deal but I think a lot of Mac users will notice this instantly. I tried creating an note with Cmd + N since is the default for all other Mac apps. I saw the Shortcuts in the Info section and I was hoping you could customize the Keyboard Shortcuts, but you can’t.

It isn’t a big deal with me. So far I am enjoying this more than MarkFlowy and Marknote. If you don’t change for whatever reason, I understand and I will continue to use your HelixNotes.

Again thank you for your work.

Mac user her. I’ve been using Markflowy after MacDown stopped development. I will give this a shot.

Thank you for your work.

Yes, let parents be parents.

But we all know this is about control and not about protecting children. Sickening.

This is sickening. Restricting access should be done at the ISP level and should be opt-in for those with kids. A password can be set by the parent.

We all really know this is about control.

Sorry. I meant half a decade. You are correct.

If you wait for a deal to January, you can probably get a Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus for under $700.

If you want to really save money, you can get an S24 and it will still have half a year of upgrades.

I’ll try this too. Thank you.

Will do. Thanks for the suggestion.

I’ve been having issues with NewPipe. After the second or third video YouTube stopped allowing my device from accessing YouTube through NewPipe. No RSS, no videos.

I don’t know how true this is but I read on reddit that when Russia’s internet went down, r/conservative activity decreased by 75%.

Is it possible to ban a user across all of Lemmy?

Hmm. Interesting. I assumed libel was for anything published. My mistake. Thank for the info.

Celebs should sue for libel.

Evaluations of everything is crazy. Net worth of celebrities with make up lines in particular is crazy. Look how many celebs are worth a billion dollars. To be worth that much, they should be selling at least $50 millions a year of product with no prediction of winding down.

WiFi calling and VoLTE are both VoIP. The only difference is the network protocol.