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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by godelski on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:46AM (#46523037) 

  > How reliable are cronjobs in termux?
I mean it is no systemd... cron is cron. As long as termux is running they run. Just make sure google doesn't kill it and that it starts on boot. I haven't really had issues tbh.

  > Does they get killed if you're low on memory?
Honestly, no idea. I've never pushed my device that hard. 8GB is quite a lot for a phone.

  > Perhaps you could share these scripts somewhere?
I should have posted with my realname account. I did put them in my dotfiles but I can't share that repo without doxing myself. Is there something you're specifically interested in?

  > Personally I use Nextcloud
That seems like a good route too. Would you recommend this over my setup? I find my current setup pretty easy tbh but hey, nothings perfect and it can always be better, right?
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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by esperent on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:51AM (#46523068)
> Just make sure google doesn't kill it

That's what I mean. How can you make sure of that?

> Is there something you're specifically interested in?

No, I already have a setup that's working for me.

> Would you recommend this over my setup?

Well, it depends. Nextcloud is a full Google Workspace replacement basically, including files sharing, office, notes, kanban, calendar, emails, chat, video calls, photo management. I use it for my business (and it's great) so I just use some spare storage for my own backups.

Probably overkill unless you want the other features.

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by godelski on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @01:11AM (#46523158) 

  > How can you make sure of that?
https://netzro.github.io/posts/2025/Jun/08/setting-up-cronie...
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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by esperent on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @02:10AM (#46523465)
Ok nice, noted in case I need it in the future. Thanks.
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