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America is so fucking weird!
“There's no saving America -- we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. Burn it down! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed!”
— Senator Armstrong.
Time to make the mother of all omelettes. Can't fret over every egg!
I wish I could degoogle my android phone. Sadly, it would mean many of the apps I use would stop working..
As far as I understand, only F-droid apps would work on e.g. GrapheneOS - is this wrong? I believe there would be issues with
- Local chatting app
- Local map app (As good as OrganicMaps is, it seems to have limited support in route finding)
- Local banking app
- Local investing app
- Apps for university affairs
- Zoom
I feel so sad that I am locked to the platform..
EDIT: Just checked, seems like everything is reported to work except for local banking app. Sadly, it is too convenient to ditch..
How do people feel about e/OS? I just started playing around with it on an old phone and it seems to work with most apps, including banking and Google apps (their store has an optional Google login).
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F-droid works on any Android phone, doesnt need to be GrapheneOS. I have installed in on regular installs plenty of times.
i know its not as easy / inconvenient, but is there any way to use the companies website instead of the app? For example, i usually log into my banks website to check things or to make a transfer between accounts. Yes you cant scan a check or make desposits, but i also not use a lot of companies App's in the first place. I just dont understand why everyone needs apps - do you really need an app for your ISP?
Yeah, I meant that most apps are not available from F-droid.
Local messaging app does not support web version. Silly/outrageous, I know; guess they want iron grip on the data. What can I do though, when everyone uses it.
You do not use banking through mobile at all? Seems that would be inconvenient at times.
You can get by for most apps with MicroG which is a cut down implementation of play services but some apps will absolutely refuse to run on a non-factory Android image.
Last time I was on a custom ROM I got most things to work to some extent but some jush didn't work e.g. NFC payments via Google Pay.
IIRC there's legislation being discussed in the EU that could compel Google to offer hardware signatures for custom ROMs in future.
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IIRC Google shows different names and borders depending on the location you're accessing it from. They just follow whatever the local government thinks is right.
There's no thought in our government, so they're already messing that one up. Also, it's just the president who cares (and I guess some people who voted for him).
I'd imagine a majority of people here aren't calling it the new name (or even know the name changed).
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In Portugal, it appears as “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”
In Germany, it is still "Golf von Mexiko".
Edit: when you zoom in, it is the same as in Portugal.
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Slow your horses there partner. That sounds an awful lot like facts and logic. We don't do that stuff here, so quit using that brain of yours. Take the outrage bait and join in on this circlejerk.
Yes, big international companies bowing down to local authoritarian governments.... nothing outrageous going on there in the world. This definitely hasn't helped dictators remain in power or target citizens, jerk away!
Use that logic to form sarcastic, misconstrued, and dangerous viewpoints and throw facts out the window! How fun!
Lad. Google has always done this.
You access Google maps from different locations and you'll see names and border changes.
Because, and this might surprise a sheltered yanks such as yourself. There's a whole world outside your borders, and different cultures call different locations different names.
You guys have got way bigger fish to fry than this.
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Using the website from outside of the US shows it with its proper name, but then the asshat version in parentheses.
I have no use for a map service that isn’t sure about the names of places.
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Just checked. You can even select it, but cannot report an error at that location. But you can leave reviews, so…
Degoogled since 2018
hardcore mode, google domains blocked by DNS
YouTube scrap data
GrapheneOS with used Pixel
“degoogle” - uses Google phone
It's a funny irony but a Pixel with GrapheneOS is the gold standard for mobile device security. Buy it secondhand and cut out their profit.
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Where are you located? I'm still seeing the correct name and I'm in the USA
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this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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