sighs....typing this on an S23 Ultra. I can't wait to get a pixel to degoogle.
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I'd recommend CalyxOS as a replacement os.
No google code at all to get full functionality of your hardware (excluding Google pay, but graphene doesn't have that either.)
Anything you need, e.g. swipe typing or advanced camera features, you can install Google's versions and block their ability to talk to the internet via the built-in firewall.
calyxos.org
GrapheneOS is the way.
My locked bootloader snapdragon 8 gen 2 is telling me to fuck myself with a sock filled with broken glass right now.
Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.
- We have drone strikes.
- Personalised face ads.
- worldwide conflicts
- a fight for rare earth minerals
But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS
Don't forget warfare using quadcopter drones, albeit without the machine gun.
I've seen guns, bigger guns, and also flamethrower drones.
I freaking hate the future, man. I’m so sick of this shit.
I have a galaxy. I disabled the Galaxy AI. I disabled the Google AI on my phone, and I blocked Google search AI. I disabled Microsoft AI. I think ATT has one that listens in on calls to warn you of a call being a scam, but I haven't figured out how to disable that. Many of my calls are privileged under atty/client privilege, so have someone or something else in on that risks waving that. I want to disable it, but I don't know how. I tried to disable Yahoo's email AI. But, now there is yet more AI for me to disable?
Dear tech companies, please stop shoving AI down my throat. I really don't want it.
At that point I'd just get a dumb phone for calls and a tablet with data only SIM for the rest.
Why not a graphene phone?
risks waving that.
Use a dumb phone or thereabouts, they're still around.
Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.
Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? ...okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.
Stuff like this always reminds me of the personalized ads in Mass Effect (like here: https://youtu.be/hMdIypwM2KI ). That game has accurately depicted the future.
"They're a business and they need to make money." - useful idiots
Not even useful IMO, just idiots.
Yet more discrimination against faceless people
You get ads, you get ads, everyone gets ads!
- Samprah.
Look under your chair... It's an ad!!
Yay. Because what the world needs right now is more ads
Don't they know how ugly the common people are. I'm not gonna buy something with an ugly guy in the ad. We ain't all plastic surgery Korean like Samsung home base.
I hate everything about this title.
This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.
Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.
It's hard, without UEFI for arm
You could just use a phone not made by a major manufacturer.
I have one from Orbic and it's great.
Do Orbic devices* run anything aside from stock android?
I don't know, but it looks like my phone has something pretty close to stock.
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Are techbros so bland that they really can't think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn't just 'ads'?
...subscription services? For everything?
That's just the money their making itself. When it comes down to what are we subscribing for, it keeps being ads again. They keep deciding that subscriptions make money by removing ads.
Like, why not subscriptions that actually add something gainful? Subscribe to stream your games to any TV, subscribe to get dog food delivered to your house monthly, subscribe to Socks of the Month Club. Those things exist in other industries, but tech?? Nope, it's just ads, or subscribe to less ads.
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Ah, more ads. Exactly what the consumer asked for, right?
I swear, the rest of my life will just be educating my peers on how consumerist rhetoric does not serve their interests.
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