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They? This is my project, it is just me. There is not a single other project that achieves the scope of what DivestOS does for old devices.
by _rdvw 4y ago
They? This is my project, it is just me. There is not a single other project that achieves the scope of what DivestOS does for old devices.
- scarface74 4y agoSo now the answer to security is to trust one lone developer? This is more of a statement to the shit show of modern Android. A company worth $1T+ can’t be bothered to figure out how to support devices more than a couple of years and it’s left up to a random developer.
- wizzwizz4 4y ago> They? This is my project, it is just me. "They" has been an acceptable default third-person singular pronoun since at least the 1400s. If there's something you'd prefer, it might be wise to list it on one of your user profile pages.
- alexchantavy 4y agoI don't think the maintainer has a problem with pronoun choice in the sense you're implying - rather it seems that they are trying to emphasize that they are just one person and have limited time/resources
- wizzwizz4 4y agoYeah, that's clear given the context of who replied to whom. I somehow missed that summm was replying to SubzeroCarnage; in light of the context, what was meant to be me being lightheartedly pedantic comes across as a weird and preachy derail. (Shame Hacker News doesn't let one delete things.)
- _rdvw 4y agoThe comment was in direct response to me, but not addressed to me, so it was they as in "project members" (which there are none).
- IshKebab 4y agoRight but you didn't say you were the project author anywhere so how would they have known that?
- kikokikokiko 4y agoSince the 1400s my arse. It's just an annoying trend among woke evangelists, and makes the english language uglier while conveying less information about the subject in question.
- _piif 4y agoThere is quite literally nothing "woke" about using "they" to refer to someone in a gender neutral way. That term is really overused nowadays. Either way, I suppose "he/she" could be used instead if that really is an issue?
- kikokikokiko 4y agoIt would at least specify that you are talking about one single person, and not more than one, so it is ALWAYS better to use he/she.
- Elinvynia 4y agoNot if you're talking about a nonbinary person :( They is more inclusive! ^^
- wizzwizz4 4y agoNo, this is a matter of historical fact. If you disagree, bring it up with the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary.[0] Or, if you prefer, the editors of the First Folio, a 1623 compilation of Shakespeare's works;[1] not quite as early, but easier for us mere mortals to verify. > For your sake (Iewell) // I am glad at soule, I haue no other Child; // For thy escape would teach me Tirranie // To hang clogges on them. [0]: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200700#eid1288185420 https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200700#eid1288185420 [1]: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Shakespeare_-_First_Folio_facsimile_(1910)/The_Tragedie_of_Othello,_the_Moore_of_Venice/Act_1_Scene_3 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Shakespeare_-_First_Folio_fac...
- stratosmacker 4y agoDon't bother with the naysayers and dickheads. I appreciate you trying to do something here for old devices, and 80% solutions are ok for most of us. (I suppose postmarketOS is similar in spirit) Does building a GSI make sense to cover more devices? Or would that not make sense in this context?
- _rdvw 4y agoTwo of the benefits of DivestOS, the kernel patching/hardening and the vendor blob removal, are not compatible with GSIs as a GSI includes neither the boot or vendor partition.
- nix23 4y agoHey, just thank you very much for revitalizing my Nexus 5, it's a usable device again ;) Great Job and project, thanks again!