Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
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Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
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Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#2This looks like a great project ;)
Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#3I understand and welcome more alternatives to Lineage but what's wrong with their user interface?
If you want to make a better Lineage, I think having built in default app stores like Apkpure, encrypted system proxies, isolating apps from each other in better ways... Aren't those more worthy privacy oriented things to work on?
Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#4I understand and welcome more alternatives to Lineage but what's wrong with their user interface? If you want to make a better Lineage, I think having built in default app stores like Apkpure, encrypted system proxies, isolating apps from each other in better ways... Aren't those more worthy privacy oriented things to work on?
None of those will get you media attention, a successful kickstarter and funding, though.
Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#5Judging by the name I thought this was a 4chan board.
Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#6> We decided to adopt “/e/” as a textual representation for the symbol of “my data is MY data”
Discussion appears to be here: https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e...
I appreciate the reason for the name change, but if the goal is to target laypeople, /e/ is not obviously pronounceable or meaningful for my mom or kids/teens.
Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#7> We decided to adopt “/e/” as a textual representation for the symbol of “my data is MY data” Discussion appears to be here: https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e... I appreciate the reason for the name change, but if the goal is to target laypeople, /e/ is not obviously pronounceable or meaningful for my mom or kids/teens.
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Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#8> We decided to adopt “/e/” as a textual representation for the symbol of “my data is MY data” Discussion appears to be here: https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e... I appreciate the reason for the name change, but if the goal is to target laypeople, /e/ is not obviously pronounceable or meaningful for my mom or kids/teens.
Totally agree, and I think it’s extremely important to have better branding if you’re actually trying to reach those user groups
Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#9> We decided to adopt “/e/” as a textual representation for the symbol of “my data is MY data” Discussion appears to be here: https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e... I appreciate the reason for the name change, but if the goal is to target laypeople, /e/ is not obviously pronounceable or meaningful for my mom or kids/teens.
And it's very difficult to search for
Re: Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ first beta
#10> We decided to adopt “/e/” as a textual representation for the symbol of “my data is MY data” Discussion appears to be here: https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/leaving-apple-and-google-e... I appreciate the reason for the name change, but if the goal is to target laypeople, /e/ is not obviously pronounceable or meaningful for my mom or kids/teens.
Which is why the section in the article continues:
> We understand that this textual representation is not ideal for talking about the project and searching about it.
> We have decided to hold off on change to the name for the beta release. Along with the v1 stable version, we will introduce a new name for the mobile system that will be easy to remember and to adopt.
So: They are aware and have a plan.