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  • Phone + OS review: Google Pixel 9a and GrapheneOS

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  • Most of this is false and/outdated information. CalyxOS indeed is temporarily suspended, but all of these OS that you mention and microG deserve praise for everything they do to help people be more private, deGoogle and use open source software imo

  • Phone + OS review: Google Pixel 9a and GrapheneOS

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  • Well you are tied to Play Services if you want to run most apps, which all require Play Services to some degree. I'm not saying you can't use GrapheneOS without Play Services, of course you can, just like AOSP, your phone just won't run most apps (well). My points remains: GrapheneOS only supports Google Play Services while there is a great non-Google alternative available + they only support Google devices when there is a whole marketplace full of other devices. In the area of deGoogling they do poorly

  • Phone + OS review: Google Pixel 9a and GrapheneOS

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  • This is important because microG contains all sorts of cool stuff that will help break Google's monopoly over the Android ecosystem at some point, like UnifiedPush, an alternative to Google's push notification system. That's why they are better. By offering support for Google Play Services but not microG, the monopoly of Google and the continued use of Play Services is supported, which imo it should not be

  • Phone + OS review: Google Pixel 9a and GrapheneOS

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  • What I mean is quite clearly explained in my post above... GrapheneOS only offers Play Store integration, not microG, while microG is a great Google alternative for Play Services. So basically, with GrapheneOS you're not only tied to a Google device, but also to Google Play Services, all 30 or something of them. How is that being deGoogled? As I said, for deGoogling there are better options: those that don't use Google Play Services but microG (most other custom Roms) and those that support other devices than Google Pixels

  • Phone + OS review: Google Pixel 9a and GrapheneOS

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  • I appreciate and applaud your are trying to get away from Big Tech, but... GrapheneOS isn’t really deGoogled—honestly, this post fits better in a privacy or security sub, not the deGoogle one, if you ask me. Most apps on Android today need at least something from Play Services to work. Yeah, GrapheneOS doesn’t come with Play Services pre-installed, but they make it super easy to add, and most importantly: they don’t even support microG, which is the great open-source, deGoogled alternative for Play Services. Oh, and then there is the fact you can literallt only run GrapheneOS on Google Pixels right now... If you’re serious about ditching Google, CalyxOS, /e/OS, or LineageOS are way better options imo

  • How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device

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  • OK it sounds like we agree. But I do prefer custom roms that use microG, it is a great opensource alternative to Play Services. This is precisely what is needed to break open the Android market: alternatives to Google's monopolistic software

  • How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device

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  • So it is true, and not a lie, because as you say yourself "the average person probably needs those things mentioned" Quite a thing to call someone a liar and to then literally agree with them

  • How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device

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  • But you're saying it yourself, notifications won't work, banking apps won't work, and I know there are other examples like the Google location API, so probably maps apps, and I'm sure I'm forgetting many others

  • Hydrogen Mafia: Toyota faces $5.7 billion RICO lawsuit

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  • This article neglects to mention what I am wondering most about: is there any merit to this case, are similar lawsuits staeted in Europe for example? Or is this another example of the US administration, funded by many many oil and gas dollars, going after the commercial enemies of its main financial supporters?

  • How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device

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  • Moreover GrapheneOS requires Google Play Services to use most apps, so you're not only using a Google device but also Google Play services! There are much better truly deGoogled alternatives around

  • My boyfriend keeps showing my nudes to his friends even after I told him to pls not do it

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  • You need to leave him, no good person would do this. Also never send nudes with your face on it, that way sharing is safer

  • How much more progressive are European views as compared to progressives in America?

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  • Let me guess, Republican right? It sounds like you have an ideological reason for keeping things the way they are in the US. What people mean when they say the US has a 2party system friend, is that it is a 2party system in practise, even though not formally. The reason that it becomes 2party in practise, is because of the American first past the post election system and also because its regional representation system. Both keep smaller parties from gaining power and making a threat to the bigger parties. In countries without those 2 systems, like many European countries, democracies commonly have many more political parties in practise, and power switches between them, and there are often coalitions to create a majority. This is both better for minority groups as well as for preventing power becoming entrenched, both of which are good for democracy and freedom. Also your argument that many multi party systems eventually move to 2 parties having lower is really not true, just have a look at all European countries that don't have regional representation and first past the post election systems.

  • How much more progressive are European views as compared to progressives in America?

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  • Wdym that they become 2party systems? I disagree this is a result of regional representation and first past the post election systems. Countries that don't have that, but have more sensible election systems, don't have 2 parties at all. Many of those countries are much older than the US, by the way :p

  • Trello or any To-do list alternative?

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  • How much more progressive are European views as compared to progressives in America?

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  • America needs to move to a multi party system (only possible with direct representation and without regional representation). This would open up so many possibilities for Americans

  • Please help me choose a disto!

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  • Gaming idk but for regular office and personal work: Linux Mint. It is stable like no other OS and has a much friendlier UI than Ubuntu (and not the terrible snap)

  • Why don't police use rubber bullets instead of live rounds? I get if someone is holding a loaded weapon. But wouldn't a rubber bullet have the same effect with out putting holes in another person?

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  • Welcome to the Forum "Many things that Europeans keep wondering about Americans"

  • The "Nothing to hide" argument is (still) a logical fallacy

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  • "It is not that I have something to hide; it is just that I have nothing that I want you to know."

  • Finally made it, journey to european alternatives

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  • Welcome and great job!

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    Murena launches phone with open-source /e/OS and privacy focus (hardware kill switch)

    murena.com /shop/smartphones/brand-new/hiroh-phone-powered-by-murena-pre-sale/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    Fairgreen @lemmy.world

    Murena launches phone with hardware kill switch

    mastodon.social /@murena/115225427452624080
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    What is going on with Jimmy Kimmel...?

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Premium Murena 3 coming...?

    mastodon.social /@murena/115220235589812653
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    Fairgreen @lemmy.world

    Murena is launching a smartphone with a hardware kill switch again

    mastodon.social /@murena/115214570185413562