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This makes me glad that when I reflashed my phone a few weeks ago, I left out Google Play.

tetromino_ 2y ago
In other words, you're in the 50% of the population who don't get unsolicited d*ck photos sent to them. But do consider that the other 50% may have significantly different preferences on this matter, and that those preferences may drive tech company product decisions.
- Y_Y 2y ago
  What population are you talking about that a full half of them get sent {deck,dick,dock,duck,dyck} photos?
- theandrewbailey 2y ago
  I don't follow your logic. How would one's membership in a big tech ecosystem determine whether they get unsolicited pics? Or whether they feel they can jump out of those ecosystems? > But do consider that the other 50% may have significantly different preferences on this matter Or am I reading it the wrong way? 50% of people want to get those pics? That's either news to me, or I run in different circles than you do. Either way, I don't feel that I'm evangelizing about it, I'm not telling everyone that they should do what I'm doing. I'm merely telling my experiences and what I've done.
  - mos_basik 2y ago
    @tetromino_ is expressing a prior that women are sent dick pics more frequently than men. From that they infer that women might actually like a feature that blurs out dicks automatically (at least, more than men would). From that they infer that your expressed dislike of that feature means it's likely you're a man. From that they infer that you're not used to thinking like a woman, and encourage you to try doing that to see if you think it makes Google's actions make more sense. (now, the real question - did I get "whooosh"ed, or did you?) EDIT: To be honest, I don't particularly like the sarcasm of @tetromino_'s comment and I don't think your original comment deserved a response like that. But seeing two responses apparently totally miss @tetromino_'s point was too much for me to ignore.
alok-g 2y ago
Would like to understand how this is done. Is this flashing some unofficial Android version? What hinderances does this cause -- can you run typical apps? The apps I use most often are WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Uber, Outlook, etc. Thanks.
- theandrewbailey 2y ago
  It heavily depends on the phone you have. I used LineageOS on an older Moto, but if you have a Google Pixel, you might want to try GrapheneOS. I followed the steps on the wiki, involving running fastboot and adb commands to load the images. As for app stores, I primarily use F-Droid, but also have Aptoide. I don't use any apps that require the Google services frameworks, but if you need that, maybe MicroG will suffice. https://www.lineageos.org/ https://www.lineageos.org/ https://grapheneos.org/ https://grapheneos.org/ https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/ https://en.aptoide.com/ https://en.aptoide.com/ https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/
  - alok-g 2y ago
    This is awesome! A good weekend project for me. :-) I see an old phone I have supported on LineageOS. I am assuming once the alternate OS is flashed, there is no way of going back to the original? Or would a factory reset get the original back?
    - theandrewbailey 2y ago
      It completely blows away everything on the internal storage (but not SD cards), so no going back without reflashing from another device. You might want to have a stock image from the manufacturer handy just in case. I struggled with a "Baseband: <not found>" error for an entire day (preventing calls and sms) until I flashed an image that worked. Though if you want the real Google ecosystem back, instead of going back to stock, try reflashing LineageOS and add in the MindTheGapps zip. MindTheGapps includes the real Google Play Store and other components, just like most Android phones. The LineageOS flashing directions for your phone should mention when and how to do that. You'll have a phone with Google, but without BS apps that you can't delete (aside from simple phone, sms, contacts, camera, etc apps), and should run faster. https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps/

In other words, you're in the 50% of the population who don't get unsolicited d*ck photos sent to them. But do consider that the other 50% may have significantly different preferences on this matter, and that those preferences may drive tech company product decisions.

Y_Y 2y ago
What population are you talking about that a full half of them get sent {deck,dick,dock,duck,dyck} photos?
theandrewbailey 2y ago
I don't follow your logic. How would one's membership in a big tech ecosystem determine whether they get unsolicited pics? Or whether they feel they can jump out of those ecosystems? > But do consider that the other 50% may have significantly different preferences on this matter Or am I reading it the wrong way? 50% of people want to get those pics? That's either news to me, or I run in different circles than you do. Either way, I don't feel that I'm evangelizing about it, I'm not telling everyone that they should do what I'm doing. I'm merely telling my experiences and what I've done.
- mos_basik 2y ago
  @tetromino_ is expressing a prior that women are sent dick pics more frequently than men. From that they infer that women might actually like a feature that blurs out dicks automatically (at least, more than men would). From that they infer that your expressed dislike of that feature means it's likely you're a man. From that they infer that you're not used to thinking like a woman, and encourage you to try doing that to see if you think it makes Google's actions make more sense. (now, the real question - did I get "whooosh"ed, or did you?) EDIT: To be honest, I don't particularly like the sarcasm of @tetromino_'s comment and I don't think your original comment deserved a response like that. But seeing two responses apparently totally miss @tetromino_'s point was too much for me to ignore.

alok-g 2y ago

Would like to understand how this is done. Is this flashing some unofficial Android version? What hinderances does this cause -- can you run typical apps? The apps I use most often are WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Uber, Outlook, etc. Thanks.

theandrewbailey 2y ago
It heavily depends on the phone you have. I used LineageOS on an older Moto, but if you have a Google Pixel, you might want to try GrapheneOS. I followed the steps on the wiki, involving running fastboot and adb commands to load the images. As for app stores, I primarily use F-Droid, but also have Aptoide. I don't use any apps that require the Google services frameworks, but if you need that, maybe MicroG will suffice. https://www.lineageos.org/ https://www.lineageos.org/ https://grapheneos.org/ https://grapheneos.org/ https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/ https://en.aptoide.com/ https://en.aptoide.com/ https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/
- alok-g 2y ago
  This is awesome! A good weekend project for me. :-) I see an old phone I have supported on LineageOS. I am assuming once the alternate OS is flashed, there is no way of going back to the original? Or would a factory reset get the original back?
  - theandrewbailey 2y ago
    It completely blows away everything on the internal storage (but not SD cards), so no going back without reflashing from another device. You might want to have a stock image from the manufacturer handy just in case. I struggled with a "Baseband: <not found>" error for an entire day (preventing calls and sms) until I flashed an image that worked. Though if you want the real Google ecosystem back, instead of going back to stock, try reflashing LineageOS and add in the MindTheGapps zip. MindTheGapps includes the real Google Play Store and other components, just like most Android phones. The LineageOS flashing directions for your phone should mention when and how to do that. You'll have a phone with Google, but without BS apps that you can't delete (aside from simple phone, sms, contacts, camera, etc apps), and should run faster. https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps/