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@skyblitz@ieji.de @BoloMKXXVIII@mastodon.social @nixCraft@mastodon.social
sandboxing may not be enough. if critical apps depend on closed components like google play services and require unrooted device.
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@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.euhttps://keepandroidopen.org/
developer verification gives more central control to alphabet inc.
third party app installs are still possible in modified android systems.
relying on closed platforms is a bad idea.
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@QasimRashid@mastodon.social
as i need yet another reason to boycott meta inc products. looking that long ... long ... long ... list.
meta inc has those surveillance glasses with ray-ban. do those glasses spy for right-wing outlets !? newsmax ai ray-ban glasses !?
@fdroidorg @marcprux
i don't like to downplay f-droid efforts, or spread pessimism.
still, my unfortunate opinion. android starts to be lost cause, too much gooish google in it, like there is apple control in apple devices.
it is not just closed google components, it is android ecosystem and api's in general. alphabet inc controls android too much.
of course, delaying destruction of open android is still beneficial for short term.
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@nocontexttrek@mastodon.social
this is a good time to put this here:
https://fedi.video/w/db227cec-2b18-4c81-8f46-bad747283479
yeah, produced by u.s. military in the past.
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
77 million voted for this. 80 million let it happen by non-voting.
more or less they knew.
there are those excuses: "i didn't vote for this." "i didn't know this to happen." certain point those are not acceptable.
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@randahl
wait a minute, greenland does not have oil. something doesn't add up.
i need to think about this.
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@bzdev@fosstodon.org @QasimRashid@mastodon.social
i would argue, it is already happening.
short:
i'm not super talented, but as a white european, i'm not coming.
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@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social
i have a mixed views about this.
other part is, americans deserve this due to voting for trump second.
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@QasimRashid
maybe not the last part. was this a plan all along. hiking oil prices help oil corporations and russia. roughly everyone knows that trump doesn't care about ordinary citizens. trump is beneficial to big oil.
last part is little weird though, maybe trump doesn't think after all.
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@covert_czar @scottytrees @lproven
basically yes.
my opinion:
ios was already lost cause by apple's control. google is creating something similar to apple.
for near term, maybe three years. android without google components is an alternate option.
but i think alphabet inc eventually completes android takeover.
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@QasimRashid@mastodon.social
because u.s. will rain bombs anyway, what kind of messages it will give future rogue states.
if you do not co-operate, bombs will rain.
if you co-operate, bombs will rain.
conclusion, every rogue state starts their own nuclear and military program, and it's only guarantee for something anyway.
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@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social
yeah!
and that famous 3 day "special military operation".
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@davidho@mastodon.world
annual ! if my math matches, it is roughly 0.05 % of yearly profit.
orange rash probably bans even this one.
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social @DodoTheDev@front-end.social @jolla@techhub.social
as a precursor, providing mobile browser support is a start. basically inside of a browser. and it is also platform and browser independent.
dedicated apps later.
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@ambiguous_yelp @kde @olivenolje @plasmamobile
short:
linux mobile has roughly three ui options.
1 plasma mobile.
2 phosh.
3 gnome-mobile.
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@QasimRashid
if this would be russia or similar country. pro-government goons would come to persuade the locals.
u.s. is heading that way.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social
ten commandments might be fine, if repukes ... republicans would follow them.
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@randahl@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
theorizing: this might be the reason of recent tariff idiocy.
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@scottytrees
yes, three years is guesswork. three years is some kind transition period for alternate system, that assumes un-googled android, not stock android.
i have basically ditched android already and never used ios. i use linux laptops.
my point is, that after three years, even un-googled androids are impractical.
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@dansup@mastodon.social
too few options. so i decided to vote to allow ai contributions.
some kind of middle option is needed, like "allow ai, but mark it clearly".
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social
my point is not to say that both parties are equally bad.
even with democrats after trump and maga republicans, i don't expect giant change. u.s. system is more or less broken, and democrats can divert only some of it.
some days i feel that democrats are republican lite.
still, parties are not equally bad, difference exists or is it less worse.
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@neil
this might be individual incident, but i have my suspicions.
this is a good time to remind that alphabet inc already has questionable motives, https://keepandroidopen.org/ . apple devices are already locked down.
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@randahl@mastodon.social
it is slightly like an advertisement.
in finland there is formal initiative going on.
@digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social@mastodon.social
https://digitaalinenitsenaisyys.fi/
https://www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/16691
serious disclaimer: initiative has sponsors.
basically, it demands independence from foreign digital and technology services, mostly cloud services.
but those danish petitions sound good idea at this time.
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social
as a generic comment.
apple may not force apple intelligence, but they have one and it is in that awful neo junk.
apple is no better than microslop with its windows sloppification system.
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@jxvvt@mastodon.social @itsfoss@mastodon.social
short and correction:
revert has been blocked, not the changes. birth date field is in systemd. my mistake.
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social
for short term, i support this agenda. delaying alphabet inc's takeover of android is beneficial.
for longer term, android is pretty much alphabet inc's playground where users are just pawns for corporate greed and power. we need to move to other platforms. apple's devices are already closed.
alternatives:
laptop with linux distribution.
linux mobile, not android based.
technical basic phone.
ungoogled android, temporarily.
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
now i got it, why they ... maybe elon musk wanted to shut down wikipedia, and build grokipedia.
pre-emptively.
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@techlore@social.lol
combining whats happening in u.s. politics and big tech corporate sector. it starts to be scary. i don't think alphabet inc is going to back down, it is about control and power and u.s. government is part of it.
for short term maybe:
linux laptop.
ungoogled android.
basic technical phone.
mobile linux distribution.
for long term. move away from android, it starts to be lost cause. apple's devices are lost causes as well.
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@ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot
yeah i agree. let's start from the united states white house.
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@dangillmor@mastodon.social
i found this:
https://www.blockchaincapital.com/
i doesn't say percentages of those companies.
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@georgetakei@universeodon.com
standard joke:
this is offensive ...
to potatoes.
potatoes are more self-aware.
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@evacide@hachyderm.io
trump police ... ice police is out of control arresting whoever they want. ice police is already using questionable and inaccurate ai tools. now pro-trump meta inc is implementing face recognition.
what could go wrong !?
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@m1rk0@social.defcon42.net @nixCraft@mastodon.social
(DIS)honorable mention: apple intelligence.
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@m2c_n3e @Fynn @fdroidorg @marcprux
quite often banking app requires microg or android compatibility layer. basically android somehow.
sailfishos makes more sense without any android vomit. lack of native apps makes sailfishos unappealing.
consider ungoogled android for critical apps, and leave phone home without sim card. primary separate device for main purposes.
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social
google and apple take 30% royalties and also collect data in the same time. 🤮 🤢
temporarily, signal beta forces gooish pay for numberless logins.
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@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social
but, but, but ....
we can't stop talking about war in iran anyway. it may not work as intended.
epstein files need to be released anyway.
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@jxvvt@mastodon.social @itsfoss@mastodon.social
this is slightly more complicated.
one uploader did introduce a age patch, and it got approved,
systemd reverted those changes.
itsfoss should do better reporting though.
my disclaimer: age verification is still a bad idea.
https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179
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@QasimRashid@mastodon.social
loosely related point:
un recently rejected discussion of slavery being the biggest issue for humanity.
i started to wonder how far slavery goes, roman empire, egyptians, further. who started slavery, by whom, to whom.
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@scottytrees @lproven
short:
initial days i thought that android is open platform, somewhere 2012.
at approximately 2020, i got deeply sick of android world's control and closed components. i also learned that bootloader has some catches even when oem unlock is activated.
now i think that android stars to be lost cause.
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@hyc@mastodon.social @dansup@mastodon.social @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org @xmpp@fosstodon.org
huawei uses harmonyos, which may not be compatible with android.
older phones used android.
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@MarkHoltom@mastodonapp.ukhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fascism
wiktionary does not have reference to "corporatism". but definition is good.
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@alfiekohn@sciences.social
whatsapp: trumpsapp
threads: trumpuful threads
instagram: instatrump
facebook: trumpbook
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@fdroidorg @marcprux
google probably asked those developers or half developers who pay huge load of dollars by advertising, or those who are shareholders.