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Re: Using only open-source software on Android

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Post by jhasse » Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 4:08 PM UTC

tomcooks wrote: post #80

jhasse wrote: post #59

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That's too cumbersome for me, as 1) doesn't work with redirects (as you said) and 2) only works when the page has finished loading.

I feel the pain, but given the alternatives I'd rather stick to open source even if cumbersome

There are open-source alternatives were this works though :) For example Chromium or Lightning.

Re: Using only open-source software on Android

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Post by Squarex » Tue, May 01, 2018, 10:04 AM UTC

Squarex wrote: post #38

Is there a decent free software Android keyboard which supports sliding? It's the last thing keeping me from going full Google and Microsoft free Android. Right now I use Swiftkey and firewall to keep it from accesing the network.

To answer my own question, I've found out that latest AOSP keyboard supports sliding.

Re: Using only open-source software on Android

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Post by sam_goody » Thu, May 03, 2018, 4:52 PM UTC

tomcooks wrote: post #79

sam_goody wrote: post #40

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I'm use FF a ~$35 one year old Huang, with more than 100 tabs open, and have had no issues. Not so with the default browser.

Care to share the model name? Interesting price

I don't see that particular model now, but a search for $35 phones on Aliexpress [1] (where I bought it), shows plenty of similar enough phones.

Get the AliExpress mobile app and keep your eye on it for a few weeks, and you are bound to get a better deal.

Of course, it will probably copy all your data (including speech and movements) both to Google and 100 Chinese corporations + partnering government agencies, but that kinda comes with the territory.

(Especially as even brand names phones on Amazon, even when they are not using a compromised chpset like Rok, might really be cheapo fakes with the right SKU numbers, that are siphoning off that data as well.)

[1]: https://he.aliexpress.com/category/5090301/mobile-phones.htm...

Re: Using only open-source software on Android

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Post by jhasse » Mon, May 07, 2018, 2:49 PM UTC

mxschumacher wrote: post #70

jhasse wrote: post #67

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Let them try Telegram's awesome desktop clients. It's quite a good argument for many as I hear lots of people complaining about WhatsApp's.

I've been using the Whatsapp Web version since it was released and it has worked flawlessly

Telegram Desktop works without your phone and also is a much leaner native desktop app (written in C++ with Qt).