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Cons: no chance of an unlocked bootloader in the US

Not bad. I'll take that if it loads without javascript. I'd like my instance to have a web UI that I can use without JS

I see. Is there a way I can use regular expressions to search? I.e. "*SUP236*"?

Am I a loser if I stick to POSIX?

I don't need any of that. All I need isa privacy-focussed ROM which allows me the ability to install MicroG in a different workspace without bundling it in the base image. I think I'm being misunderstood

TBH if you're OK with 12TB then shucking drives can be a good deal for TB/pound. 12TB usually guarantees the IronWolf/Exos/Red Pro drives

In theory that shouldn't be possible unless the app runs as root. Although I'm sure somebody out there has a zero day for it. Yeah I don't know, I don't give any application permission to use location services, and the ones like maps I set it to "Ask me every time". I hope that's good enough for now

They're both rock bottom, and that's the best I can give. However, I will accept a concession in that my argument is more geared towards trying to escape Big Tech surveillance as a whole, not from any specific company. I admit that was a bold move from Apple but that's our perception of the situation; you don't actually know the discussions that happened and their inner workings because both companies aren't transparent in their dealings

I believe they are equally bad, just that Apple takes the effort to present better optics of their actions whilst Google doesn't care.

I've settled for using Thunderbird for POP + Recoll for search. I can't believe how good Recoll is; in my opinion this is even better than Gmail's search in their Web GUI. I will be using Recoll for a lot more things now, but my immediate need for search has been fixed for now. Though running Thunderbird just for downloading emails does seem a bit overkill. We'll see

If I don't give them permissions to use Bluetooth and cut off their access to WiFi (VPN based firewall), is this threat prevented or am I a fool?

Basically, you trust Apple to not be as bad as Google. I hope you realise how flawed your assumption is. Capitalism doesn't consider morality in its wake