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721.
by fsflover 7mo ago
This is what F-Droid does. However Apple doesn't allow you to use it, and Google is slowly following their lead, too.
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by fsflover 7mo ago
You may like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34269772
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by fsflover 8mo ago
What are other benefits for people who don't really care? I could never convince such people of the importance of privacy.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
People should stop lamenting Google Reader and start using RSS. There are numerous threads about it on HN, e.g., https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45459233
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by fsflover 8mo ago
It's 404 for me.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
PureOS
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by fsflover 8mo ago
But how do we achieve such society?
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by fsflover 8mo ago
This is completely missing the point of why one needs privacy. Lack of it harms journalism and activism, making the government too powerful and not accountable. If only activists and journalists will try to have the privacy, it will be much
729.
by fsflover 8mo ago
By supporting Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
We don't know. They seem to have this capability though.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> With Android apps running in little windows (not MS windows). It's amazingly useful, it's a bit like Microsoft's old convergence idea but it actually works. Can you run ordinary desktop apps though? What is useful about
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by fsflover 8mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367379
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> There is no good phone-slash-laptop There is: https://puri.sm/posts/my-first-year-of-librem-5-convergence/
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Niche product, non-standard components, strict requirements of free drivers with GNU/Linux support: https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Weak hardware can work quite well with optimized and non-bloated software (which doesn't constantly phone home). For example, maps and Youtube work smoothly on Pinephone with SXMo. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/t
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by fsflover 8mo ago
There is no security in a vacuum. Security depends on your threat model. I use Firefox with NoScript and never run untrusted apps on my Librem 5.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
GNU/Linux phones already exist. See: Librem 5 and Pinephone.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
100% law enforcement is harmful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352848
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> I feel like I don't know what to do about the internet for the next 5-10 years. Switch to decentralized, e2ee alternatives, support https://eff.org
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by fsflover 8mo ago
https://publiccode.eu
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by fsflover 8mo ago
For that we have downvotes, not flags.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> For some isolated and rollbackable option, your only options are Silverblue and Guix for the hard way. How about Qubes OS? Also the parent never said anything about isolation and roll-backs. Nobody mentioned Silverblue except you. The
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by fsflover 8mo ago
You registered an account to make thus comment, which breaks the Guidelines?
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by fsflover 8mo ago
See also: https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/google-loses-110-million-... and https://www.theverge.com/news/665560/google-search-ai-mode-f...
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by fsflover 8mo ago
It doesn't harm individuals, unless you speak against the government and they don't like you. Then you are in trouble, since it becomes very easy to find you or find something against you. This is how it harms the freedom of speec
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> difficult installation process and the significant performance costs So it was a failure in implementation.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Famously, GNU/Linux solves practically all problems of normies and yet it's usage is 5%. It's not easy for them to install a new OS, and you can't buy preinstalled GNU/Linux in a store.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
No, it couldn't, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Will you enlighten us?
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by fsflover 8mo ago
What are you talking about? This blog has many good, not flagged submission here.

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