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fsfloveron Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown

Stop using Chrome and switch to Firefox.

fsfloveron Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone

I switched to a bank not forcing me into the American duopoly.

fsfloveron Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone

My phone runs a desktop GNU/Linux OS with desktop Firefox (or Chromium if installed). If Firefox on desktop stops showing websites correctly, we will have a larger problem than an unsupported niche phone.

fsfloveron Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone

> What am I to do?

Support NGOs fighting for your freedom like https://eff.org.

fsfloveron Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown

So you probably need a political action like supporting https://edri.org or similar.

fsfloveron Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone

It will matter for yourself and for the companies that support user freedom. Sent from my Librem 5.

fsfloveron Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown

https://www.mobian.org/

https://nura.eco/

fsfloveron Ask HN: Do people who use AIs, ChatGPT and Claude stop thinking for themselves?

This looks relevant:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50151036

Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?

615 points by rzk 3 days ago | 811 comments

fsfloveron Ask HN: Which companies do you admire and why?

> Meta. Reason: open source work (although this is love/hate due to privacy etc etc)

Meanwhile: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185218

fsfloveron Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices

> and Linux on the iPad please

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25172883

fsfloveron Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

> Central support status matrix pages are futile for Pine64 devices

They are not futile at all. They reflect the current best-case scenario. If I look at these pages and see no support for futures I need, I have no hope at all that it will work now.

fsfloveron Ask HN: Which companies do you admire and why?

Purism, because they created a usable GNU/Linux phone and offer Linux laptops. They also wrote a lot of dedicated free software for them.

Pine64, because they offer various Linux-first hardware and a cheap GNU/Linux phone.

System76 for their Linux laptops and Cosmic desktop environment.

See also:

Ask HN: What companies are you excited about?

63 points by mholt on Jan 22, 2021 | 79 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25869285

Ask HN: What are ethical companies like Patagonia and some digital counterparts?

48 points by maremmano on Dec 28, 2023 | 58 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38796842

fsfloveron PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 out

Earlier submission with more comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180873

fsfloveron MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space

I think that you should make this more clear on the linked page that you do not endorse Google Play and warn against its use in general.

fsfloveron MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space

> It's beyond unacceptable to accuse us, without basis, that we're flagging all of your comments.

You are right that I have no evidence that this group flagged the comments. I just say that I see such pattern in GOS-related discussion. I did not accuse anyone about "all my comments" though. This would indeed be beyond unacceptable.

I am happy to receive objective answers to the misunderstandings. I do have a lot of misunderstandings, too. Replies from the GOS supporters are often helpful. However they often lack some respect to the alternatives. Words like "atrocious security" do not bring us closer.

fsfloveron MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space

As someone outside of GrapheneOS community and preferring an alternative phone to GOS, I do see flagging and downvoting of my posts on HN. I even stated clearly more than once that I am happy about the GOS development but just prefer something else that you can't get from it.

Nevertheless my (and others') comments are often considered as attacks. Examples of flagged comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565142

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542065

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536149

Other people have noticed that GOS community attacks almost every other alternative, instead of joining forces against Google and co.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564756

The GrapheneOS crowd is constantly accusing everyone in attacks and spreading misinformation about their phones (including in this discussion). Simple replies to misunderstandings and links to earlier reply would be much more polite. At the same time, I also see FUD and misinformation about alternative phones from GOS supporters on HN, e.g., https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855369

fsfloveron There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]

> I don't know where people get this idea that technological advancements always bring quality improvements alongside the price cuts.

Computers, phones, cars - all of this fits this idea.

fsfloveron Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (and science)?

> That is simply not true and just the opinion of people who know nothing about artists.

You seem to be very convinced and yet provided no evidence whatsoever. Here is a source for the opposite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15305476

fsfloveron Zero-Click Spyware Delivered via Targeted Ads: AdFection

It does not support Manifest-v2.

fsfloveron Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

You are probably right, although a number of Europeans on HN confirmed that it's possible to fix this by switching banks. Thanks for the remark. It would be helpful if you could name the country, so I (or somebody else) could verify or disprove your claim.

fsfloveron AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs

> That is going to be the bar.

The bar for what? The parent talks about the start. I already daily drive Librem 5 without waiting for "the bar".

fsfloveron Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

I do not use my comments as a source. I avoid repeating the same comments this way.

In your own words, "please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

fsfloveron Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

Google?

fsfloveron AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs

It might become independent if they manage to fork it.

fsfloveron AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs

Android uses Linux but it has no consequences for users or developers. So this is practically irrelevant.