yanonymous2

That's great, but we should find a different name for "photos" that change image information in the process.

Compared to installing Windows, which often lacks drivers for the network adapters, installing Linux is a breeze.

Good luck getting those Windows drivers without a working internet connection. And good luck explaining your solution to the average, non-technical user.

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The main problem is that custom privacy-focused Android versions have to be made compatible for every device and devices come and go all the time.

At some point, hardware progress will be so minimal and devices so easy to manufacture that small companies can offer their own high-end phones and can build for them some years without really being much behind the competition.

When that happens, custom ROMs can really lift off and I don't think we're so far away. One or two more generations of smaller chips and better batteries. We're already at the point where the only innovation is adding more cameras.

It depends on the court. IIRC, that ruling came from the Landgericht Hamburg, which has become a bit of a running gag because of their copyright friendly rulings.

It still depends on whether the protection is considered effective.

In the case of this addon, the paywalls are often just overlays that you can also remove manually with a few clicks.