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lmk if you're interested in the tech behind it. It's for my personal use now but could also release it if people are interested. I call it myAlgorithm.
Seconded! I’ve been curious about a self-hosted recommendation engine, I would love to see your implementation.
A few weeks ago there was a post about Kagi[0] which is a paid search engine, I tried the trial and used all my searches, then immediately became a customer and have no regrets. [0] https://kagi.com/
Subsribtion business model annoys me quite a lot. I want be charged for actuall use.
However there are few tools that has no competition yet. Unfortunately. YouTube and Gboard with swipe (for non English lang).
Google Analytics -> Plausible.io Google Drive -> Mega.nz
I've been actively degoogling my life for about 10 years, mostly kicked off by Snowden's revelations. Off the top of my head, here's what's left: • Youtube Too much content there to stop using. I almost never use it while logged in. I never subscribe: I bookmark the channel. • Maps Too useful to stop using. Haven't tried alternatives, but open to recommendations. Business locations and open/close times are must haves…
I also have Youtube left on my list. I also find it a little too addictive. Instead of using a browser, I use RSS to subscribe to the channels I'm interested in. From my RSS reader (newsbeat) I can even directly play the video (via mpv + yt-dlp).
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I'm quite sure the hardware is fine. From what I recall google phones actually have some of the best security hardware. It's one of the reasons GrapheneOS chose Nexus/Pixel phones as official base as well as the long support for those devices. What is the alternative? Running some chinese hardware and chips? I guess iPhones would work but you have no real softwarecontrol over those. And what do you worry about regard…
> "And what do you worry about regarding the hardware if I may ask? That there is some way the hardware bypases the software running on the device and send out information?" Yes, the firmware.
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> "And what do you worry about regarding the hardware if I may ask? That there is some way the hardware bypases the software running on the device and send out information?" Yes, the firmware.
Sorry if that came of wrong. It was a genuine question. I don't quite know what is the alternative to putting some trust into either google devices and an OS like graphene or not owning a phone in the first place. Since I imagine if googles firmware bypasses things that every other chip manufacturer does the same. Wouldn't that be discovered quite quickly by security folks? As in noticing stuff being send on the netw…