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Thanks Samsung, that is a great reminder for all iOS users that they still get the best experience in the market (not to mention privacy)!
The incessant Apple (iOS) / Google [and manufacturers] (Android) sniping is truly a sight to behold. People going out of their way to declare (or at least make clear with varying degrees of intensity) just exactly which feudal overlord they're ready to "bleed for" (i.e., give money, personal data, and free promotion to). People who often act as if they have an appropriately suspicious view of corporations in just abo…
So yeah, people tend to fall in line under a flag through a lifetime of indoctrination and threat of financial or physical violence...
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Which phone comes with GrapheneOS in the market? For off the shelf phones, Apple is still one of the best option for privacy on the market. Market is being able to buy a phone as is, not install a 3rd party OS.
If they're the best the market has to offer, we ought to start demanding better competitors. Apple is a cardholding PRISM member with proven backdoors in their OS. They're also a noted pushover and were fine instating total iCloud surveillance when China asked nicely. It's a victory if you want it, but utterly pyrric when both of the options on the "market" are useless for privacy.
Any legitimate competitors will follow the law in the jurisdictions it sells to, which is why this requires political solutions first.
The incessant Apple (iOS) / Google [and manufacturers] (Android) sniping is truly a sight to behold. People going out of their way to declare (or at least make clear with varying degrees of intensity) just exactly which feudal overlord they're ready to "bleed for" (i.e., give money, personal data, and free promotion to). People who often act as if they have an appropriately suspicious view of corporations in just abo…
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I use my phone as little as I can bear. Barebones GrapheneOS, Fdroid for most things, browser for bank/maps, and four days of battery life. Every proprietary Android ROM is a downsell for me.
That's fair, but your use case is far from any average users out there, and probably would scare most users away from Android entirely.
Can't try this on Android. Wtf.
I worked on a project similar to this for Windows Phone for Nokia about ten years ago. Wonder if it ever saw the light of day :)
The incessant Apple (iOS) / Google [and manufacturers] (Android) sniping is truly a sight to behold. People going out of their way to declare (or at least make clear with varying degrees of intensity) just exactly which feudal overlord they're ready to "bleed for" (i.e., give money, personal data, and free promotion to). People who often act as if they have an appropriately suspicious view of corporations in just abo…
Said " flags ", typically, have the ability to tax, control, imprison and murder you either domestically or send you into a meat grinder in the name of "national security" etc.. So yeah, people tend to fall in line under a flag through a lifetime of indoctrination and threat of financial or physical violence...
In any case, at this point in human history especially, I'd argue it's time to consider "the group" to be ALL humans - "by default". There are nuances, and I'm out of time for commenting further right now, but, that's my take on it.
Hopefully, this comment is of some use to you / someone / etc. - hope y'all have a great day!
IMO it's fine. I had a Galaxy S9 a few years ago for two weeks (had to return it because of hardware issues) and it felt nice to use, smooth and modern. I've used many kinds of phones in my life, dumb phones, Symbian, Windows on PDAs and smartphones, Android from 1.6 up until now, and even though I'm firmly team Apple at this moment, I have to say that not having a dedicated "back" button or gesture and only occasion…
Swiping left to right from the leftmost edge of the phone onto the screen will execute the "back" function with or without the presence of a "back" arrow at the top-left corner.