Chrome is one of the first things I disable on my Android devices, and I hate the idea of signing up for any accounts just to access local files.
But Canon welcomed me with a big surprise, and a fuck you, too!
Trebuchet > Canon
Catapults > Trebuchet
Ballista > Catapult.
(Orbital ion cannon > Ballista.)
Hey fellow canon man - https://lemm.ee/post/60130414
😀😀😀 Looks like I missed the memo on Lemmy 🤭🤭
Dude. I needed to use this app the other day for the remote shutter function, and I was somewhere with no signal and no internet. Only to discover that the app had updated and now required me to create an account to use it. I was pissed.
Same thing!! It sure steamed my broccoli.
mmmm steamed broccoli. drools
How are you transferring these files? I understand it’s less convenient but could you maybe take the sd card out and plug it into a laptop instead?
How are you transferring these files? I understand it’s less convenient but could you maybe take the sd card out and plug it into a laptop instead?
WIFI. Way, way more convenient (before this BS) than taking out the SD card.
But this goes beyond just transferring images. If I wanted to use live view, I have to use the app. If I want to geotag photos, I have to use the app.
None of those features require Canon’s servers, so it’s infuriating that I have to “log in” for this nonsense.
How else are they supposed to gather data to sell to advertisers and train their eventual Ai bullshit?
I’m so over these corporate walled gardens trying suck every last drop of profitability from people.
their eventual Ai bullshit?
OMFG, I just checked the app, and under their “Recommended apps and services” is an AI image upscale option. If this can’t be done on-device, then I guarantee your photos are being used for their gain.
So pulling out the SD card works?
I would hope/assume so. If they ever decided to encrypt the SD card and force you to use the app to decrypt it, I would throw their products against the wall.
Much like every telehealth experience I’ve had in the past 3 years.
Telehealth software is some of the lowest quality slop out there… You would think security and privacy would a factor in this segment… It ain’t 🤡
also one of the things behind the decline private doctor care in general too.
Calling bullshit (not on you, op, but on Canon).
Forward it to Louis Rossman. He’ll make an entire video about it and add it to the wiki tracking these scummy companies.
There is a wiki for tracking these?
This is amazing! Thank you!
I heard he was entertaining the thought of turning his role in Tropic Thunder into a full spinoff movie.
That’s Les Grossman.
Isn’t that the guy who plays chess on youtube?
Les Nessman from WKRP in Cincinnati?
I agree with pretty much all of that guy’s takes, but he REALLY sketches me out for some reason. I don’t know what it is.
I’d say the only thing ‘sketchy’ about Rossman is that he’s a normal human being.
It’s rare to see someone independent in our homogenized society. It makes sense that someone like you would be afraid of them.
Naw dude is just inherently sketchy. His mannerisms and way of talking are two big ones.
He’s the kinda guy that gives reason to the existence of the concept of a face guy. Rossman is not a face guy.
Nah it’s not that. And his “independent” takes are basically whatever is popular opinion on Lemmy (and formerly Reddit when I was on there.)
The youtuber Adam Something is like that too imo
He admitted he used to be openly right wing and he is still very pro-NATO. That’s Ok though, I still like his fuck cars videos.
Implying he isn’t right wing anymore, or just not openly?
I agree with most of the stuff he says, he just doesn’t seem very nuanced and I find the angry tone slightly off-putting. I like NJB tho, probably because he’s just sarcastic at some points for effect.
Is “pro-NATO” the new “both sides”?
pro-NATO is like how people used to say “Lincoln Republicans” to say “Well, I don’t agree with what the party is doing currently but I will continue to vote for them.”
He’s a libertarian with the “Democrat and Republicans are the same picture” vibes to him.
That honestly tracks with how I feel he would be
He’s a new Yorker
He acts like a somethingawful/4chan veteran. Every now and then something along those lines slips out and rubs me the wrong way too.
Like he’s often the good kind of libertarian, but occasionally also the bad kind.
Ahhh but I was a LUEser, a goon, then a heavy user of /b/ (until about 2009.) I don’t see myself in him at all hahaha
I used none of these sites and I’m telling you he seems like the type from the perspective of an outsider, and occasional victim/target of those kinds of sites :P
I’m sorry for your experience D:
I was a heavy user as a teen, and I definitely got into the stupid edgy humor but it was never directed at individuals for me. Then I grew up.
I agree with him on a lot of the tech stuff, but there’s some subtle hints of shit that I can’t consciously place that really bother me.
I really started to notice it when he was looking for a new location - the way that he talked to and about some people and things in those videos bothered me. Likewise, the way he moved to a red state because it meant he could pay less in taxes and shit. There’s something more but I can’t put my finger on it.
I cannot stand him. I agree with the broad idea of his message, but Jesus he’s insufferable and constantly feels like he’s talking down to his audience
Same, not sure why. Maybe I heard something about him I didn’t like, but have since forgotten.
Glad I’m not alone on that. I love reading about him, but I can’t watch his videos.
Maybe cause he’s on the spectrum and you are picking up on that
Is he actually on the spectrum? Or are you speculating?
Well he did do a online test for Aspergers. But I don’t know if he has an official diagnosis or made any official claims, but he seems cognizant of this himself,
I don’t think that’s it… I and almost every single one of my friends are on the spectrum hahaha. It’s something else, like he tastes like a right-leaning secret prepper guy or something. I dunno. Maybe I’m just being stupid and judgy.
He grew up in New York and only recently moved. He’s got that New York attitude. Yeah it’s off putting.
that makes sense
Yes indeed, I just wrote a rant about this in the Canon community on here.
The two edges of this sword: All of the functionality worked in the previous edition of the app without the “mandatory” account. The upshot of this is, if you grab an APK of the previous (3.2.40.36) version of the app it still works just fine sans account, because the requirement is completely artificial and your camera’s hardware has not changed.
That’s what I did for now, but given that I only ever used the damn thing as an overwrought remote shutter button when doing macrophotography (you’ll never guess the subject), I just bought $6 aftermarket remote release and moved on with life.
For added fun and excitement, if you don’t have internet connectivity the app won’t work. So, like, if you’re out in the wilds on a hike with your camera. Nobody ever does that, right?
All apps are crap. This one is extra crap, now. I’ve never used it for geotagging and certainly not for transferring images – not more than once, anyway, because on my phone it takes a solid 15 seconds per image. It would be faster for me to not only take the card out, but crack it open and inspect it with a tunneling electron microscope and type the ones and zeroes into a terminal by hand. I just put the damn card in a reader instead. Always have done.
I use it to transfer images to my computer so I don’t have to pull out the sd card. But the tip with the apk is good, will do that too
Just the tip?
My German came through, its meant as ‘a hint’ or ‘an idea’
Yeah, I’m aware of the idiom, just want sure if tip was used the same in english
The two edges of this sword: All of the functionality worked in the previous edition of the app without the “mandatory” account. The upshot of this is, if you grab an APK of the previous (3.2.40.36) version of the app it still works just fine sans account, because the requirement is completely artificial and your camera’s hardware has not changed.
Thank you for confirming! I do this with the GoPro Quik app, and I’d have no problem doing it here.
I have a Sony compact camera with built-in GPS. The newer models require the app for live geotagging. These are the games I refuse to play.
when doing macrophotography (you’ll never guess the subject),
Close, but it could arguably be something compensating for the same!
Thanks for the heads up. It’s version code 77 when downloading manually from Aurora Store in case anyone else is wondering. Please blacklist Canon Camera Connect after installing it to avoid further updates.
I was wondering what the OP was talking about since I use the app pretty frequently and haven’t had to make an account. Guess that clears it up; I won’t be updating it in the future.
Canon has dropped the ball so hard imo. Most of my other video friends and contacts who use dslrs switched to Sony.
I also use Sony (and Panasonic) cameras, and both their apps just work without an account. That could change at any time, unfortunately.
One thing that could work is to use an older version of the app without updating it. I do this with GoPro Quik, since the “new” Quik app is basically one big advertisement to get you to pay for a subscription to edit your videos.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Sony required an account. But who knows, maybe the camera division is under better management
And another one…
Enshittification at its finest
BS. Same new „features” on iOS. Just uninstalled the app. If I wasn’t so heavily invested in Canon glass, I’d be looking at switching.
I’ve been running across sites that demand I use Chrome on PC too, a non-starter since Google “upgraded” Chrome to prevent adblock use. My solution has been to install User Agent Switcher for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/uaswitcher/. Works on both PC and phone.
The Canon app calls on the Chrome app to be there. It’s more than just the user agent, unfortunately.
So Chrome is sharing way more than the user agent with Canon? That’s just ridiculous. I hope someone with the time will take a good look about what information is being sent.
All I can day is that it would NOT work unless I also turned off my system wide adblocker (AdGuard).
For sure they are doing some shady shit.
Not that it’s worth the effort of jumping through hoops for a fucking file transfer of all things, but I wonder you can do it by spoofing your user agent?
It’s not that it needs a different browser agent, but it looks for the Chrome app, and forces you to have it installed (or enabled, if you’ve disabled it like I do).
For a moment there I thought they’d locked down the SD card or something. Don’t people transfer to their computers anymore?
For file transfer, I prefer WIFI direct connect, unless it’s large video files.
But this app is used for more than file transfer, so you can’t even geotag photos (for example) unless you have an account. Crazy shit, since this would strictly be between your phone and camera.
It’s not like the geotagging was all that great anyway. The phone app sucked battery like an alcoholic with a fresh bottle.
