I almost did the same, just my phone is not a pixel, so i had to resort to some other custom ROM. And I still just use good ol’ firefox with proton VPN most of the time.
P.S. I also blocked our TV from accessing the internet as well. Ex. Codeberg is a GitHub replacement, and on mobile Grayjay/LibreTube works great for youtube.
I have noticed that I interact a lot more in Lemmy than I ever did in any social media. Let it be Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter… I am used to be the lurker, but here for some reason things are different. Wonder if more people feel like I do.
When you send a dm to anyone, you dont mind if anyone can read it? Or you are watching some 18+ stuff, then when you are on a totally different website, and that thing is advertised to you, is it really different?
And also if online, people know who you are, then they know who you are irl.
I actually agree with you, that right now its not that bad, but the slippery slope is very much real.
Have you seen the Web Integrity API? That was bad, REALLY bad. You would not have been able to circumvent the marketing.
I dont trust them with my data, because leaks happen, just look them up, basically every company had leak(s) already. But i guess you dont mind if others get this data from you.
Someone was the prime suspect of a crime, because he searched something on Google Search. Like what?! (It wasnt anything illegal they sewrched for.) Also there are so many other ways to catch these predators, you dont need to look through every citizens messages, because these people will know how to use other means of exchanging illicit content.
At the end, we might just agree to disagree. No hard feelings. Cheers!
The best subscription model I have seen so far is for the JetBrains products. They call it the perpetual fallback license.
Quote: “A perpetual fallback license is a license that allows you to use a specific version of software without an active subscription for it. The license also includes all bugfix updates, more specifically in X.Y.Z version all Z releases are included.”
Yeah its so freaking sad. It could be such an awesome platform (in some sense it already is) but of course Google has to put their greedy little fingers on it.
The worst part is that it has tons of literal bloatware. I tried ArrowOS without GApps on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, and it was fast while sparing the battery! It had the original battery and I couldnt believe that it could last 2 days easily with light usage.
Then I tried PixysOS and damn, 3GB of RAM was barely enough.
Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no “Editor’s Picks” on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here....
Its crazy how polarizing the Linux experience can be. Was it a desktop or laptop? For me it was just a few clicks (Manjaro then Endeavour) on the first try and be done with it on my desktop PC. Also with dual booting.
Hopefully next time you will have more luck! “Sadly” I cannot go back to windows now, I got Linux-pilled. Linux just treats my right without any Microsoft ads.
I am trying to slowly de-Google-ify myself by moving to open source apps, I wanna ditch google notes and evernote. I tried obsidian, standard notes, and joplin, I liked using obsidian on PC and standard notes looks nice on android but obsidian you need to pay to have sync and standard notes doesn’t do markdown unless you pay...
Syncthing is such an awesome app, it basically allows the usage of so many apps which just use plain files instead of the Cloud™. Obsidian, Signal, Aegis Auth, Grayjay to just name a few.
It should be fine I think. On Linux you can have multiple Desktop Environments installed (ex KDE Plasma & Gnome as well.)
I tried Hyprland a few months ago like this. I had Plasma installed then installed hyprland as well. During login with SDDM you can select which DE to launch.
Edit: On github it says you should install it alone to make sure. I dont know then, maybe it works? I am still new to Linux as well.
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I'm really getting over the enshitification of the internet. (lemmy.world)
What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?
I didn’t read this series when I was a kid, but I finally got around to reading Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber....
Do you interact more in Lemmy?
I have noticed that I interact a lot more in Lemmy than I ever did in any social media. Let it be Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter… I am used to be the lurker, but here for some reason things are different. Wonder if more people feel like I do.
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Apps that shouldn't be Subscriptions
What is the most useless app that you have seen being given as a subscription?...
YouTube (file.coffee)
Weather app asking for permission to manage calls (lemy.lol)
Favorite Lemmy Client
What is your favorite client for Lemmy?
Linux in the corporate space
I made this post because I am really curious if Linux is used in offices and educational centres like schools....
Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS (arstechnica.com)
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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?
Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no “Editor’s Picks” on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here....
I'm Done With Windows, Are you? (youtu.be)
Looking for Notes App for Android & Linux
I am trying to slowly de-Google-ify myself by moving to open source apps, I wanna ditch google notes and evernote. I tried obsidian, standard notes, and joplin, I liked using obsidian on PC and standard notes looks nice on android but obsidian you need to pay to have sync and standard notes doesn’t do markdown unless you pay...
Niri Debuts As A Scrollable -Tiling Wayland Compositor Inspired By PaperWM (www.phoronix.com)
Hey folks,...