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Seems it's only available to users on YouTube Premium. I imagine most viewers are not.

I'm not sure the opposition is based on the company behind them. Camera phones are probably accepted because you only pull it out when you can feel for the consent wherever it seem…

Are there places where there are no branches of any bank within reach?

> Me: We need a phone. You: >> I would genuinely carry my Linux ThinkPad with a cellular radio everywhere before [..] PinePhone or Librem 5 If you're thinking of M.2 modems, they g…

> We need a viable Linux slab with a radio. It'd be nice if it was fully free of proprietary device blobs but that's currently a fantasy totally out of touch with the state of avai…

By my statement, I meant that it isn't blind fanaticism towards the brands. Yeah, they fucked up by what I read and I haven't interacted with them directly, maybe they're unpleasan…

I don't think the feelings are so much towards the companies themselves. They've just been the only ones to ship Linux phones that don't depend on anything Android nor significant …

If only they were like half the size. M.2 modems generally can't do calls nor SMS, though. It's just data, AFAIK.

> way more safe than google or even apple app store. Probably because of how people submit directly to the commercial app stores and the app store staff are expected to accept them…

UI-wise, termux can run Xorg and you can modify the interface you use there. You're right about services. Can't run systemd, but they can just run the service programs in the backg…

I get it. Got one. Compromises are many. Speed-wise, it clears the bar for me of being able to watch Youtube on Firefox and use the controls, but yeah it's got bugs and other issue…

> PinePhone is so much slower than Librem 5 They're the same specs. Pinephone Pro has more cores, ram, and storage. > Their specs only seem similar on paper, and only if you don't …

Made in China vs Made in USA. PinePhone specs on table are old. They're currently 3GB RAM and 32GB eMMC at 200 USD for package including hub.

PinePhone (Pro) or Librem 5 > run a desktop Linux distribution (or Windows for that matter) that supports mobile features (calling, SMS, and data)? The above use ARM SoCs. Palm-siz…

This story doesn't involve Mexico at all. New Mexico is a US state.

> The differences between a Mac or Windows PC round to nearly zero in basic GUI operations Which should make things easier to educate OS-neutrally. > and the primary software kids …

You work almost exclusively with the common ground, the common conventions. Teach them file managers, "programs" in a very general sense, windows (being able to resize and position…