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by fsflover 1mo ago
> Also, if you include taxes it's not sub $200. There is a $150 edition: https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-beta-edition-linux-smar... It is forever in beta, because the company develops no software at all, o
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by fsflover 1mo ago
This is illegal.
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by fsflover 1mo ago
> GDPR: "legimate interest" It doesn't allow spying though. It allows, e.g., to save your session if you intentionally logged in.
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by fsflover 1mo ago
https://pine64.org/devices/pinephone/ https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/https://pine64... I have one. It's slow but the feeling of owning your hardware is well
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Have you considered Pinephone then?
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by fsflover 1mo ago
I agree that these problems are less outrageous than those for Google, but my links show much more than simply storing things on iCloud.
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by fsflover 1mo ago
> people think they will get better privacy/security with a /e/ fairphone when it's actually much worse than an iPhone Does /e/OS illegally collect users' data for ads and sends a lot of telemetry to th
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by fsflover 1mo ago
You can run postmarketOS on it, although some features are not supported yet: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairp...
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by fsflover 1mo ago
There are no megacorps that care about your privacy. Regarding Apple, see these: Apple fined $8.5M for illegally collecting iPhone owners' data for ads (gizmodo.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34299433 Keepin
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Ban all advertising, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269
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by fsflover 1mo ago
(2025)
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Or iPhone storing all previous unencrypted notifications including Signal messages, if you didn't switch it off: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716490
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by fsflover 1mo ago
> I wish a similar distro would be made based on KVM There is an Issue for that: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7051
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490702
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by fsflover 1mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Facebook is intentionally designed to be as addictive as possible. It's not just FOMO, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24579498
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Thanks for the correction. Indeed, Linmob refers to them as "GNU-like mobile Linux", https://linmob.net/
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by fsflover 1mo ago
What is so complicated in Linux compared with Android?
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Everything you said is true, which is why supporting alternatives that are open by design is essential. Even if they are have less powerful hardware.
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Thanks, these are reasonable arguments.
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Why not use GNU/Linux if you want "Linux level customization"? Mobian, postmarketOS, PureOS already exist and work on phones.
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367568
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by fsflover 1mo ago
Despite all these, GNU/Linux phones exist and can be daily drivers for technical people. And you can download their schematics, too. Sent from my Librem 5.
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by fsflover 1mo ago
> > Operating systems aren’t really equipped to work with the user to ensure that a microphone stays a microphone, and doesn’t spontaneously turn into a keyboard that hits Win+R Some operating systems can protect you from that. See:
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by fsflover 2mo ago
Can all the Linux servers also be pwned in no time? This is a huge exaggeration. This requires the users to know what they are doing and running -- with this I agree. But it's doable today.
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by fsflover 2mo ago
It might be sufficient to say "I disagree with Google's ToS but want the code".
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by fsflover 2mo ago
> We need something other than Android postmarketOS, Mobian, PureOS, and many more already exist. Support them, if you think it's important.
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by fsflover 2mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299675
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by fsflover 2mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358814
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by fsflover 2mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358814

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