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Isn't this what Blloc Ratio is trying to acheive? (not affiliated) https://www.blloc.com/ https://www.blloc.com/

owenversteeg 6y ago
Wow, this looks incredible. Has anyone done an analysis of its security/data privacy issues you might expose yourself to by using this? I'm very skeptical of something that is basically reading data from every app I have. I'd worry that this provides a single weak point that can be compromised (obviously a bad update could just scrape all your data, but also presumably it'd open up more surface area to vulnerabilities?) If it is secure enough to trust with my personal data, that'd be a wonderful solution to my current jumble of apps!
- kseistrup 6y ago
  At the bottom of the front page: > No cloud processing, no 3rd party services, no compromises. Ratio computes everything on your phone.
  - selfhoster11 6y ago
    That's basically a pinky-swear guarantee of privacy. Unless it's auditable, we only have their word to go by.
- vbsteven 6y ago
  I have bought a device from them (Z18 which comes with their own Android flavor and the ratio launcher) and my personal experience wasn't very good: updaters that don't work, their community support board that is not very active, I had to download and flash a ROM from a dubious website using some obscure Mediatek tool just to get a recent version up and running. It was a bad purchase and it doesn't inspire much confidence about their other products. I have spent several days over the last year or so to try and get an alternative open source Android distribution on it but no success yet. I wish I could install LineageOS on it so I can at least have a functional device.
krageon 6y ago
This website is almost world-shakingly irritating and after scrolling through it I'm still not exactly sure what it's supposed to be. Do you know?
- selfhoster11 6y ago
  Not the parent, but it seems like a "unified inbox" for messaging linked together with a bunch of digital minimalism features. I'd go for that quite eagerly, but I'm concerned about handing over my digital life to a third-pary app that's not open source.
  - krageon 6y ago
    I've briefly tested it, it seems nice. Other than that I have the same concerns.

Wow, this looks incredible. Has anyone done an analysis of its security/data privacy issues you might expose yourself to by using this? I'm very skeptical of something that is basically reading data from every app I have. I'd worry that this provides a single weak point that can be compromised (obviously a bad update could just scrape all your data, but also presumably it'd open up more surface area to vulnerabilities?) If it is secure enough to trust with my personal data, that'd be a wonderful solution to my current jumble of apps!

kseistrup 6y ago
At the bottom of the front page: > No cloud processing, no 3rd party services, no compromises. Ratio computes everything on your phone.
- selfhoster11 6y ago
  That's basically a pinky-swear guarantee of privacy. Unless it's auditable, we only have their word to go by.
vbsteven 6y ago
I have bought a device from them (Z18 which comes with their own Android flavor and the ratio launcher) and my personal experience wasn't very good: updaters that don't work, their community support board that is not very active, I had to download and flash a ROM from a dubious website using some obscure Mediatek tool just to get a recent version up and running. It was a bad purchase and it doesn't inspire much confidence about their other products. I have spent several days over the last year or so to try and get an alternative open source Android distribution on it but no success yet. I wish I could install LineageOS on it so I can at least have a functional device.

krageon 6y ago

This website is almost world-shakingly irritating and after scrolling through it I'm still not exactly sure what it's supposed to be. Do you know?

selfhoster11 6y ago
Not the parent, but it seems like a "unified inbox" for messaging linked together with a bunch of digital minimalism features. I'd go for that quite eagerly, but I'm concerned about handing over my digital life to a third-pary app that's not open source.
- krageon 6y ago
  I've briefly tested it, it seems nice. Other than that I have the same concerns.