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EngineerGaming

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  • When I first installed GOS, wanted to like Vanadium. Went right back into a FF fork+UBO once I saw that while its blocklists did stop ads themselves on TvTropes, it did nothing to the HTML elements that contained them so it left big ugly white boxes visible.

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  • My bank app just has its own NFC payment system, independent from Google, and that works fine.

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  • Yes.

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  • I'm just frustrated that Matrix is more popular than XMPP. Yes, it's about as easy to spin it up, and I was surprised to see it runs fine on my low-end VPS, but it's noticeably more resource-intensive, and I'm especially worried about the ever-expanding storage. I really don't like the "store everything forever" model, I think it should be opt-in or allowing you to set an archival period.

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  • I also recently learned that a lot of people don't erase tabs upon quitting the browser, which feels wild to me... Why not use bookmarks at that point?

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  • Where I am, Telegram's pretty much the primary social media in addition to the primary messenger. While I could avoid Whatsapp (which would've been harder if I were older), I still would've had a very hard time if I deleted Telegram.

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  • I got the impression most people do indeed have nothing to say or think they do. So this analogy irks me, unlike the more universal "curtains on windows/doors in bathroom".

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  • I cover mine against my own mistake - just in case I accidentally turn on (or leave on) a camera during some call.

  • Mullvad or Proton VPN?

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  • I think you're exaggerating. Disabling JS breaks way more sites than an exit node's IP.

    Edit: I meant that "small number" of sites is an exaggeration, not that exit node blocking is uncommon.

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  • To be fair, if your safety depends on whether a particular company cooperates with authorities, you'd better rethink your OPSEC.

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  • Or

    • have funds for and/or access to a Pixel
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  • I meant "Absolutism" not in the way of "actually being superior in one way or another", but rather "considering other options invalid even though they might be good compromises for some people".

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  • I only recently got pushes working on this phone and very happy to have them again - but I absolutely get this. I only have them on in a few places, so they're convenient and not distracting - only on personal messages and on some chats I want to keep an eye on.

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  • The most noticeable change in behavior would actually be lack of push notifications. At least by default - you can set up push without Google (like with UnifiedPush), but not all apps support that.

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  • I absolutely understand why GOS stops updates when it does. And that's precisely why I dislike the absolutism - the user might have other priorities.

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  • Yeah, same. I'm a GOS user myself but hate the absolutism some people have about it. I would've probably gone with Lineage if I hadn't bought this particular phone (and would likely go there anyway after the support ends, as GOS' support is relatively short).

    Edit: where I am, Pixels are also not officially available (although still surprisingly popular despite that, as they're easy to get from unofficial resellers) and expensive relative to average income - like, the latest models would be completely out of my reach, their cost is egregious, and even a generation behind ($300) was still a lot.

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  • But by that logic, the unofficial reseller I buy from has also already paid Google for the phones they're selling now...

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  • Why such an obsession with used Pixels? While $300 for mine was expensive, it wasn't a lottery when buying at least, and its battery didn't come pre-worn. Also I had no trouble buying it in cash.

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  • Not to mention that a device that would pass Play Integrity is precisely the device I wouldn't ever consider doing anything private on. Which would defeat the whole point of Signal. It's already bad enough that it's so desktop-unfriendly while much fewer phones than computers that can run non-privacy-invasive OSes than computers...