Possessing a digital device has nothing to do with consent. I’d rather not argue with someone so ignorant about reality they believe that privacy is a black and white issue. Goodbye.

I hope that your kids aren’t gay, trans, or part of literally any minority. If they are, I hope they aren’t hunted down by the MAGAts that buy the data you supplied Google with about them willingly before they could even be mature enough to form an opinion about it to be able to consent.

I dont like the idea of google watching what my kids buy. Edit for context: I dont like the idea of this being used to advertise to children. I dont like the idea of my child being used as a data point. I dont like the idea of a crazy ex who works at google using this to figure out what your kids are doing. I dont like ANY of the consequences of what this implies. Give your kid cash or a gift card. They dont deserve to have their Privacy rights violated before they can consent.

why. literally why. what purpose does this serve?

And LineageOS, MuerenaOS, CalyxOS, GrapheneOS, iodèOS, so on and so fourth, will still be using unencrypted SMS because, say it with me,

RCS IS NOT AN OPEN STANDARD.

just force your friends to use signal. I literally stopped talking to the ones that wouldnt switch. My privacy is more important to me than going out for a beer, especially now.

Thats the day I buy a Pinephone and go Full schizo with Mobian

because tactile controls are old fashioned and clunky /s

Custom ROM :p

yeah thats what I meant to say. Ive had a long day. If you can provide me a reference on extracting the flatpak from my system I wouldnt mind doing it for you though.

They only provide a flatpak.

Theyre kind of just black boxing what theyre actually doing. The reason the devs are giving is so it doesnt get blocked by roblox like Grapejuice, Vinegar, and the other one did. I dont entirely trust it myself but I do use it because the alternative is having the overhead of waydroid drop the frames real bad. I dont spend money on the platform so, I have nothing to lose other than my username. They do say that they use the Android libraries of the app in some way but you really just have to take their word on what theyre doing.

Immich is way better

I agree with you but also have you tried Heliboard, FlorisBoard, or FUTOKeyboard, Theyre all very decent FOSS* keyboard projects. I like HeliBoard myself.

*FUTOKb is Source available

SD Card also. dont forget the SD Card.

Don’t know why you’re being downvoted, you’re right. Bitwarden exists, theres no reason to use GPasswords Unless you don’t know/care about Googles abusive practices.

I understand why you said this but the statement in itself is very out of touch

https://youtu.be/jIzrzK50T9M

What’s your usecase /gen

WHO NEEDS THIS???

Its a good thing as long as that cable works with whatever proprietary fast charge they have*

So… Theyre doing what the CalyxOS contacts app has been doing for years? lol

I don’t like the new Android logos. The whole space thing for like, 3 versions is a bit overdone.

As long as it’s all wired correctly it should be fine.

Pixel 4a fits most of these requirements but its almost 5 generations out of date and has no SD Card, + the extra security requires you to install a custom ROM like Calyx, Graphene, Lineage etc. and the hardware vendors no longer support them, so you dont get hardware updates, only OS.

You can use /e/OS or Muerena or whatever its called now on the 4a though. It kinda looks like iOS

What’s the alternative that would render them not a clown emoji?

As far as I can tell by skimming Wikipedia, no. Its based on something called OpenHarmony, which itself was based on something called LiteOS Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenHarmony

Edit: Looks like HarmonyOS used to be based off of Android, but has transitioned to OpenHarmony extremely recently. “It replaces the OpenHarmony multi-kernel system with its own HarmonyOS microkernel at its core, removes all Android code and supports only apps in its native App format.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS

So while you would’ve been correct a few months ago, it appears this is no longer the case. I can see why my comment would’ve seemed stupid at first.

Fella GrapheneOS is still android.

speaking of chick fil a, they’ve blocked my entire .com domain from making an account because I ordered using mullvad once. what a garbage system.

Carrion by the Divest team works pretty well as a FOSS spam blocking solution in my experience. Another factor is I changed my number a few years back and I dont give it out to anyone unless necessary. I bought a “free” Sim from a company called FreedomPop for when I need to give out a number and I dont want to share my real number. I keep the Sim off Unless I need a verification text.