the war on computation
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Praying for some stronger ROM support for foldables. As soon as ATT lets my phone go free (2 year contract) installing one would be the first thing I do, except my phone is a Razr Ultra 2025 and I can't even find much for the Z flip let alone the razrs.
For now though mullvad stays on with dns blocking and I just keep to Fdroid and Aurora store if needed, not sure what else I can do
Same. I've never seen any alternatives available for my Z Flip. I'm thinking I'll go with a Linux phone next time I need a new one. I don't care anymore if they're "ready" or not.
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I do the same. I'm close to just delete my samsung account because I don't really need and/or use it.
I stopped using a Samsung account a long time ago. Never used it with my current phone. It doesn't seem to make a difference.
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Tech professionals often seem to believe that anyone without their level of knowledge doesn't want to/can't learn anything technical. I run into people like this on Lemmy often, and it's frustrating. Everyone I know who is less tech savvy, including elderly people, want to learn and understand, they just can't find a source of information that's written for someone like them.
Yup, exactly!
I'm pretty tech literate but I still come across things often within the Linux space that I have only recently been delving into properly that are just not written in a clear, understandable manner and I then have to waste hours researching additional things often many layers deep where each successive thing throws up more unknowns.
I agree it is bloody frustrating! I can only imagine how put off people are that don't have any tech know how to begin with!
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I use my laptop for data processing, but most of my tasks can be adequately handled from my phone. There are days when I don't open my computer when I get home from work.
I don't know how you do it. My phone is mostly used for reading the news. I hate using it for anything more complex, cause all of that is just so much more convenient to do on my linux PC instead with a proper mouse and keyboard.
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Sure it does, if you turn them on. Here's the relevant screen in Linux Mint Cinnamon.
Do note the bright orange warning!
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Do note the bright orange warning!
Yep, because the feature is unnecessary when the updates are lightning fast and unobtrusive, but automatically changing things can cause issues too.
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I was actually looking at moving to a pixel fold but the Gemini shit that I can’t turn off turned me away. The Samsung fold7 is incredibly tempting too, but again, I refuse to use their adware riddled shit.
Honestly having used a pixel 6 for the last few years, I've never seen or noticed the Gemini stuff.
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Honestly having used a pixel 6 for the last few years, I've never seen or noticed the Gemini stuff.
It’s a change Google recently announced. Going forward, you can turn off some of your interactions with Gemini but it will continue running the background anyway, collecting data and shit, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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They authorized the update when they bought the phone from the carrier.
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I use Macrodroid for similar notification handling shenanigans. I even bought it bc it's so beautifully customisable
The owner of Macrodroid has started cramming third party trackers into the app to cash out on it. When I started using the app a few years back, the Exodus privacy report for the app counted 2 trackers on the app, one for ads for the free version and one for crash reporting. Now it counts 30 of them, almost all analytics and telemetry. This is an insanely high number. Considering the amount of access and permissions Macrodroid needs to function, this is terrifying.
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The owner of Macrodroid has started cramming third party trackers into the app to cash out on it. When I started using the app a few years back, the Exodus privacy report for the app counted 2 trackers on the app, one for ads for the free version and one for crash reporting. Now it counts 30 of them, almost all analytics and telemetry. This is an insanely high number. Considering the amount of access and permissions Macrodroid needs to function, this is terrifying.
ugh, thanks for the heads-up!
