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First of all, to anyone downvoting my Comments about /e/ being a piece of shit, because...

  • they advertise themselves as degoogled, but instead let you connect to Google/Microsoft/etc services

  • replace all the propriatery not at all Secure Services from Google, with.... Drumroll please.... Propriatery and not at all Secure Services from themselves and actively encourage it.

  • They are For-profit

  • and being MORE out of date then even Fairphones stock roms.

... I told you so. Dm your Instance admin, pay them to send the DB entries of your Downvotes on a Thumb drive (or anything else from SSD to 3.5 inchHDD, depending on your preferences), and shove it up your rectum.

But a TL;DR:

/E/ is not Private. They just switch one bad comany to another one.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

/e/os plays all of your voice capturs on the PA system in the los angeles city parks.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, since OpenAIs chatGPT is known to sometimes leak info, that could just happen some day

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[–] infjarchninja@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I am a right muppet. I recommended e/OS a few days ago.

heres me old 12 year old Samsung S4.

Its got the e/OS, recovery-e-2.2-r-20240719418592-dev-jfltexx running with android 11

Those were that days. 16gb with 2gb ram, a fucking powerhouse, and more importantly, no fucking ai shit

I should say its my kitchen timer.

No more udates.

Working like a charm, battery last a week.

looks like I wont be using anymore of e/OS roms.

Half my family have e/OS installed.

I will be busy removing e/OS, and that ai shit with it, over the next few days.

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What the fuck are you talking about? You can find the source codr of the e/os apps here: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/

There is nothing proprietary about them.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can find some source code there. Has it got anything to do with e? Maybe. Maybe not.

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[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Use GrapheneOS or AOSP GSI if you're not on Pixel.

[–] int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

never heard of AOSP GSI, I'm on CalyxOS rn but I might temporarily switch because they're unmaintained while doing their audit.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

so, GSI is just android with fast updates and the possibility to only have foss or have no apps? that's not what I need, I want a system with microg or nothing instead of google services, only foss apps but ideally no apps preinstalled(that, GSI can do) and also privacy features like microphone and camera blocking. I think I'll just use lineage, or install a real linux on it.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

More people need to use and support UBports.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

It isn't even April 1st.

[–] blackfire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

In the thread they give their reasons and they are believeable. If you don't want to use what's offered SWAP IT. The default is for gen pop who want a useful phone with no threat model other than wanting less google. If you want something else then use that stop raging that is is somehow totally out of order how dare they. Its childish.

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