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Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative

#491

Post by tentacleuno » Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 2:59 AM UTC

FieryBinary wrote: post #480

emptysongglass wrote: post #479

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have the ear of strcat, I urge you to to talk to them about this kind of paranoid conspiracy thinking that leads them to directly accuse me (and others in this thread) of being a co-conspirator in a vast plot to undermine GrapheneOS. It's fantastic thinking and it damages the reputation of what is otherwise a gift to the community. I have been on Hacker News a long time, posting on everything from sex worker r…

>If you have the ear of strcat, I urge you to to talk to them about this kind of paranoid conspiracy thinking that leads them to directly accuse me (and others in this thread) of being a co-conspirator in a vast plot to undermine GrapheneOS. It's fantastic thinking and it damages the reputation of what is otherwise a gift to the community. It's not conspiratoral thinking. It's plainly obvious if you go into the Calyx…

> The point strcat brought about impersonation was that a person from the Calyx community went and impersonated the Bromite developer, attempting to start conflict between Bromite and GrapheneOS.

The chat logs[0] say different.

I don't see how one person joining a room on Telegram somehow implicates the whole project in some sort of conspiracy to attack / spread misinformation about Bromite or GrapheneOS.

[0]: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/discussions/1186#discussi...

Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative

#492

Post by FieryBinary » Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 9:22 PM UTC

tentacleuno wrote: post #491

FieryBinary wrote: post #480

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If you have the ear of strcat, I urge you to to talk to them about this kind of paranoid conspiracy thinking that leads them to directly accuse me (and others in this thread) of being a co-conspirator in a vast plot to undermine GrapheneOS. It's fantastic thinking and it damages the reputation of what is otherwise a gift to the community. It's not conspiratoral thinking. It's plainly obvious if you go into the Calyx…

> The point strcat brought about impersonation was that a person from the Calyx community went and impersonated the Bromite developer, attempting to start conflict between Bromite and GrapheneOS. The chat logs[0] say different. I don't see how one person joining a room on Telegram somehow implicates the whole project in some sort of conspiracy to attack / spread misinformation about Bromite or GrapheneOS. [0]: https:…

You can easily see that this person was welcomed in the rooms. No one went against it and the CalyxOS developers started going along with it.

Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative

#493

Post by FieryBinary » Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 1:09 AM UTC

FieryBinary wrote: post #492

tentacleuno wrote: post #491

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The point strcat brought about impersonation was that a person from the Calyx community went and impersonated the Bromite developer, attempting to start conflict between Bromite and GrapheneOS. The chat logs[0] say different. I don't see how one person joining a room on Telegram somehow implicates the whole project in some sort of conspiracy to attack / spread misinformation about Bromite or GrapheneOS. [0]: https:…

You can easily see that this person was welcomed in the rooms. No one went against it and the CalyxOS developers started going along with it.

* the founder Nick participated in it, the developers didn't.

Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative

#494

Post by tentacleuno » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 9:53 PM UTC

FieryBinary wrote: post #492

tentacleuno wrote: post #491

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The point strcat brought about impersonation was that a person from the Calyx community went and impersonated the Bromite developer, attempting to start conflict between Bromite and GrapheneOS. The chat logs[0] say different. I don't see how one person joining a room on Telegram somehow implicates the whole project in some sort of conspiracy to attack / spread misinformation about Bromite or GrapheneOS. [0]: https:…

You can easily see that this person was welcomed in the rooms. No one went against it and the CalyxOS developers started going along with it.

He was told to stop talking. Not sure what else there is to say.

Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative

#495

Post by rodolphoarruda » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 1:13 PM UTC

atatatat wrote: post #325

rodolphoarruda wrote: post #122

Most of the de-Googled or Linux based mobile OSes have their installation restricted to Pixel phones. Why? Is there any option for old Motorola phones?

Throwing them in the trash due to entropy of security.

Thanks for sharing that. I didn't know the concept of entropic security until now.

Re: CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative

#496

Post by tentacleuno » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 4:35 AM UTC

biodranik wrote: post #488

FredFS456 wrote: post #282

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How does Organic Maps compare to OsmAnd?

In OM, we have faster renderer, more compact maps and focus on easier UX for general public. All app’s features are free. And we plan to increase the frequency of map updates, and of course add more features.

Did you guys ever solve the massive TTS problem? I would use Organic Maps if not for this. It's a bit of a safety concern when you need to look at the map all the time.