My god Russia is going downhill… I mean, continuously digging deeper.

You don’t have the option of having a phone with decent specs and replaceable parts

For now it is indeed an issue. It may get better as EU imposes easily replaceable batteries for instance.

You have to have really good knowledge in tech to have private services that are on par with what the big companies offer

Well yes, because technology is complicated by nature. BigTech inject billions in making stuff simple and UX pleasant precisely to attract layman customers. Privacy-focused tech companies have less money, put a lot of effort in privacy tech, and are less mature UX-wise than classic bigTech. Customers also want more privacy, but have a hard time paying for anything. At some point the customer has to come to terms with coherence. Vote with your wallet.

You have to put up with annoying compatibility issues if you install a custom ROM on your android phone

No you don’t necessarily. LineageOS works perfectly on my Oneplus 6T.

You cannot escape apps preventing you from using them if you root your device

Yes you can. Magisk Root + Universal SafetyNet Fix v2.4.0-MOD_1.2 (by kdrag0n, modded by Displax) + editing the deny list properly.

Cars are becoming SaaS bullcrap

Use public transport when possible. Rent cars when really not possible. Problem solved.

Everything is going for a subscription model in general

I understand it’s frustrating. At the same time we either expect a constant stream of updates, or everything-IT requires regular updating if only for security purposes. Companies have employees to pay. Do you work for free?

The value in data is less in the medium than the actual information. Information is by very definition intangible. Data is therefore not physical.

the 2 common culprits in all these horrible stories are: 1) human stupidity 2) gun proliferation. solving the first would require eugenism. solving the second is a big american no-no. So don’t call it horrible, just live with it. It’s just a normal by-product of american culture.

but the mentality of the whole platform is very USian centric nevertheless.

lineageOS + magisk + revanced + gCam feels like the only logical way to go for privacy and control.

I had not heard of that new shit. Randomnly went to theverge, and and saw they are forcefeeding this new Threads to everyone as the “top articles”. Almost 100K posts already, 35millions accounts activated. People just don’t learn.

I too like to play my games on “Powerpoint” performance settings.

The core issue is not the technology imho. It’s the people : their rampant narcissism that has become the new norm since facebook, and the urge to alway post useless crap about themselve everywhere, then suprise-pokemoning when they realise it may not have been the brightest of ideas.

Hi there, would love to be included in the android beta testing please !

when the first topic in the "Serious Stuff" is "US politics", you know it's yet another US-centered thing. getting tired of this navel-gazing.

There certainly is a lot of dick references.