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this is literally how Ford marketed their PZEV (practically zero emissions vehicle) cars around 2003. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-09-hy-neil9...

this is how Firefox does it. can't speak for the rest.

an audible example:

https://loops.video/v/dxXFQREMjg

Not OP but I happily throw money at companies that help Linux adoption and more open hardware grow. I bought the steam deck, used it for a while and gave it to a nephew (I'm not big on mobile gaming), I've bougt the Pinebook, Librem 5, and will happily throw Valve more of my hard earned cash for enabling a more open ecosystem. We need to vote with our wallets or Microsoft, Apple, Meta, et al will gladly remove your ability to own your hardware.

if you're not running a relay, you're not truly decentralized. bluesky, in controlling the only working relay, continues to be a centralized platform.

it's good. think of it like adding a different kind of lock that requires a different key (method) to open up first. at worst it's no less secure than before. If it works as intended it's a huge disincentive for anyone collecting encrypted data with the hopes that a quantum computer may break encryption the "old" method in the future.

with Google you at least have the option to de-google with graphene or lineage. no open source alternatives on Apple mobile hardware.

good thing pixelfed supports stories

check out Lemmy https://join-lemmy.org/

like mastodon? from my mastodon account I can interact with pixelfed (like Instagram), peertube (like YouTube) and Lemmy (like reddit).

if you're already using uBlock Origin just enable the EasyList Cookies filter and you'll never see a cookie popup again.

on mobile so can't provide source but look up why privacy badger no longer uses a dynamic "learned" list of trackers to block, the way you mention safari works and instead uses a list that everyone else uses. it basically reduces privacy because your list of blocked sites is likely to be unique among other users (along with other data points) and unintuitively makes it easier to track you across the web.

any suggestions?

Do criminals and launderers not use Microsoft, Google or Amazon apps and services?

im gonna disagree with this take. I've seen thousands of MacBooks come and go from early 2016 all the way through current models and screen burn in is just not something I've ever seen. hardware/firmware bugs, bloated batteries, keyboard keys rubbed onto the screen, etc sure, but display defects from normal usage? not once.

I prefer Google's method of open sourcing their work. it benefits humanity in the long term, where Apples software generally benefits Apple and is only allowed to run on their "blessed" hardware.

Thanks to Google we have patent-free codecs, an open source mobile OS, and they contribute significantly to the Linux kernel, among other projects that are "available to the public".

re: Android, I have syncthing running on a windows, Linux and android phone. I make a change in from my desktop PC and it nearly immediately replicates the changes on my other devices whether I'm on my home network, at work or abroad. works really well.

Signal collects zero user data

it's why my name is like this

if you're paranoid don't use a 4 digit PIN. use a passphrase. problem solved

stood up a Signal proxy on a VM with the following specs:

- Single core 1GHz CPU - 640 MB RAM - 10 GB storage ( default size )

I'd say docker is pretty light.

sounds like a potential privacy disaster of Google Facebook and others can just listen in on erroneously assumed privacy. I suppose the only reason Google/Facebook aren't pushing for it is it allows anyone to collect this data vs just the big players.

DDG offers a JavaScript-less page. don't trust them use that. don't trust them at all? don't use them?

> Those aren't proper audits. And again, bringing up the face that it's open source is a meaningless piece of information since there is no way to verify it's the same software code on production.

> The best thing you could do, if you actually care about privacy and not just $$$, is to open-source the entire search index db and accompanying webserver software, making it easy for users to setup their own local instance of DDG which is truly auditable.

self hosting isn't feasible for 99% of the population. DDG is aiming to be the mainstream privacy protecting search engine, I used them for a while and can appreciate their efforts. if you want something nerdy and and self hosted use a searX instance or host it yourself.

while true, climate change has been helped immensely by bad human political (in)decisions.

hard for some people to leave when they've paid thousands in hardware, apps and media content that doesn't migrate easily to other platforms.

and make it seem like Firefox has less market share? sounds like a good way to kill Firefox even faster, my 2 cents.

Jill, obviously. /s

like DRM?

OnePlus is notorious for preventing apps from working as intended in order to increase battery life. Take a look at https://dontkillmyapp.com to see what you need to do to ensure Signal is working as intended.