iDOS 2 will be gone soon

Post by heavyset_go » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 6:54 PM UTC

wintermutestwin wrote: post #219

nicolas_t wrote: post #112

The mobile landscape presents a very difficult choice. Choose Android, get actual access to your device and install what you want but have your privacy completely trampled upon by Google Choose Apple, get marginally better privacy but no ownership of your phone and no possibility to install what you want. I wish we had a reasonable alternative, it's so frustrating to have to choose between two bad alternatives and th…

>the behavior of those companies that completely disrespect and tramples their customer right Here is a "radical" idea: what if we had an Apple users union? What if Apple had to justify their app censorship to that union? What if the union could vote that censorship out? Our current capitalistic model assumes that competition is the solution for the consumer, but the Apple/Google stranglehold is essentially indisrupt…

Post by arsome » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 6:57 PM UTC

only_as_i_fall wrote: post #297

lilboiluvr69 wrote: post #287

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I am very happy with my current setup after flashing my new One Plus 9 Pro with LineageOS for microG ( https://lineage.microg.org/ ). It's LineageOS with application spoofing and comes pre-baked with microG. I'm able to use all the standard apps (Uber, games, etc) without a Google account. I use Aurora instead of the Google Play Store, local maps as my GPS back-end, and my phone only contains the apps I actually used…

It has to be rooted though right? Pretty sure that's a non-starter for anyone who needs to use their phone for work, which is more people than you would think now that so many office workers are remote.

Post by makecheck » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 6:59 PM UTC

munificent wrote: post #288

makecheck wrote: post #279

If they put half as much effort into eliminating real scams as they do in eliminating proven useful software , what a different platform it would be.

There is a sort of numeric tragedy of perception that happens with app stores and other environments where a curator is filtering fraud but also sometimes nuking some good apps in the process. As users, we only have any visibility into three numbers: A. The number of good apps that make it through the filter. (True positives.) B. The number of good apps that are caught by it. (False positives.) C. The number of fraud…

Post by NmAmDa » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

wingmanjd wrote: post #276

andrewl-hn wrote: post #201

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If you use 3rd part clients for Google services - YT, Gmail, Calendar, etc. and run non-Chrome browser (Firefox is very good on Android, and supports many extensions) you can largely avoid Google. However, Play and Location sharing are much harder to block.

I love FF on Android (it's my primary browser there), but there is a serious limitation on what extensions can be installed now. I think you're limited to only a certain curated list of like 12 extensions. Thankfully, uBlock is one of them, but I miss some of my others.

Post by vorpalhex » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 7:15 PM UTC

ubermonkey wrote: post #197

tempodox wrote: post #193

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I remember several articles from the time the iPad came out that phantasized about how the iPad could replace PCs (as in “Personal Computer”) one day, even from Steve Jobs. Today that idea looks nothing but ludicrous. It was Apple themselves that nipped that notion in the bud, no competition required. If you want to do anything other than gaming and media consumption, don't buy an iDevice.

Your bias is showing, as is your blinkered view of what's possible on an iPad. For many, many people, the iPad absolutely DOES replace having a traditional computer. The prediction came true. I rarely bother traveling with a laptop anymore unless I need to present or run demos. My iPad pro + the fancy keyboard case gives me insane portability and battery life plus access to all my files (via Dropbox), native Office,…