The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.
Hey, Sunshine, if you’re interested, I highly recommend contributing to OpenStreetMap if/where you can. The built-in iD editor for desktop web is phenomenal and very easy but powerful, and the third-party Vespucci app for Android on F-Droid works very well. OpenStreetMap is still missing data in relatively large cities (let alone probably out in rural areas), and that especially includes sidewalks, residential buildings, addresses, and contact information. Even just making sure the information is complete and up-to-date the next time you visit a business, park, etc. (and marking the ‘Last Checked Date’) is profoundly useful. I’d be free to answer any questions you might have!
ngl for a second I thought “what a weird way to start a comment” before I checked and realized her username was sunshine lol
Am I just not using it right or is it impossible to look up just a normal address? I love the idea of open maps and have contributed a few places, but the UI is difficult for me to figure out.
I will keep my old Apple iPod classic, since it is paid for and does not track me. I never thought I would regard it as such a treasure since it is the one way I can listen to music without worrying about being attacked by 4 billion parasites.
Back to flip phones? Or what alternative are you guys looking at?
Google and Apple are a bunch of bootlickers imo to the Trump administration.
It’s Ubuntu Touch/Mobian/Sailfish/Postmarket OS/Graphene OS from here on out for me.
Fairphone with /e/OS
To the point of replacing Visa/Mastercard: it would be great if the EU could continue in line of SEPA and create an EU payment processor. Now, I want to be very clear, it should be owned by the member states’ governments, and profit (if any) should go into the EU budget. No neoliberal bullshit of “oh we’re going to put out a contract/give out loans for anyone to set up a payment processor and the market will decide”. It should be a state owned payment processor, to finally stop the likes of Mastercard, Visa, etc. from leeching off every single consumer transaction in the economy.
Is crypto the answer?
Crypto is often a scam.
No. It is never the answer.
How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
Consider switching to !organicmaps@sopuli.xyz
Also, make an account on OpenStreetMap (OSM), which is what Organic Maps uses for data. OSM is the Wikipedia of maps. You can use Organic Maps or any other OSM editor to add anything that’s missing and correct anything that’s wrong or out of date, then see your changes in the next map update.
Does anyone know an app that has the same features of Google maps about the info of local stores/restaurants/bars etc?
I use OpenStreetMap.org on the PC, it has info about shops.
OSMand on the smartphone.
And brouter.web for planning bike commutes.
I am downloading Organic Maps. Supposedly, it runs off openstreetmaps.
JCB is a japanese alternative to the American credit card payment processors.
It didn’t participate in visa and MasterCard’s collusion to boycott and bankrupt manga, anime and art sites.
I really wish JCB was in Canada. C’mon Japanese friends make a deal with Mark Carney to strengthen our economies together.
Wait what, what happened with Visa and MasterCard and manga sites?
They have been sanctioning sites like pixiv for years, and last year also were the reason Ken Akamatsu’s (Love Hina author) manga archive site for out of print manga was shutdown, and why sites like Melonbooks (one of the largest in japan) only can accept JCB payment now.
Visa and MasterCard have a history of sanctioning anything that has anime and manga adult content, and I’m not talking about loli, just any adult content.
That’s really shitty
GrapheneOS is a good alternative to iOS/Android, although still Android-based
Are there lots of reports with security applications not liking Graphene OS?
I’d like to migrate, but i need to make sure my banks and job authenticator can work on it.
I’d love to get a secondary phone for these, but then it still yas to be on an up-to-date phone so I can’t simply use my old one.
Check if your banks work ok in a web browser, that’s kinda my method for most things that really don’t need an app
I can’t give them up for work tho 💀
It can be hard to convince others to switch over to foss alternatives in that setting but as long you’re doing the right thing yourself that’s all that counts.
Keep supporting the developers building better software and the businesses will eventually take heed to their work.
Yeah now do steam next… I didn’t think so
Good Old Games is a great drm-free alternative as they’re polish 🇵🇱
I long ago gave up on Twitter, prior to it becoming X. I was briefly on X but closed that account. Facebook I still have an account, but from what I understand it cost the Zuk more to have a barley active account then have a closed account, but it will probably be closed soon. Reddit is something I am trying to get rid of but it keeps sucking me back in, I have however removed myself from all the groups that are not Canadian centred. The only reason why I have a google account is for youtube, I got off of all the other services because of ads and all of that. I moved all of my subscriptions to things to Apple’s hide my email so I would get less junk mail. I also got a pihole setup on my LAN to see less ads so less google ad sense. I was never really a windows user so that is not a problem for me. I was fine with Apple Maps but now if I need a map I use open maps or whatever it is called. I have decided that I will not buy another apple thing, rather get things updated/repaired at shops local to me.
I have gone through my web services and cancelled everything that is not Canadian. I have moved my blog off of square space and onto Hosthero with a .ca address and I use it to create all my emails for things I may signup for. Unlimited emails so that I can signup for unlimited free trials to things, like I did with Apple’s hide my email!
Yes I agree ARM needs to be accepted a little more so Linux computers using it can be used as better (non Apple) desktops. Payment methods need to be developed even more in Canada outside of interact. I will have difficulties moving away from iOS because of FaceTime and messages.
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I like how it took the threat of annexation to mildly inconvenience yourselves.
