it depends where you draw the line.

for me it’s absurd to force me to use a google-rigged device.

for someone else becoming an androidcentipede could be acceptable.

your (you and the other user too) comparisons and depiction of Linux devices and software are the only things in bad faith here.

even more so since we aren’t talking about ideals and philosophies here, but about google actually attempting to “close” Android.

so, once more, where do you draw the line?

personally I’ve already ditched google years ago because it was the right thing to do, now my current phone will be the last android device I’ll use because it’s gonna be the next right thing to do.

there isn’t much to argue here: keep using android and expect worse than this, or ditch it and boycott that turd of google.

the point being “I prefer being sodomized by corporations instead of putting some effort in switching to an alternative”?

well yes, as I already said you totally can, but it’s already backfiring so I wonder where do you people draw the line, assuming there is a line at all.

see my other comment for an answer.

you are mixing privacy and freedom, but generally speaking all alternatives need effort, including the one I already gave you.

be the change you want to see, as they say.

or don’t but then this happens and it sucks more than not having NFC or whatever.

then give up your freedom for the features you are used to, but don’t complain later.

step 1 - buy Linux phone

step 2 - profit!

clickbait gonna clickbait

grayjay is developed by FUTO, which is a shady company tied with fascists.

https://drewdevault.com/blog/Whats-up-with-FUTO/

they gonna bomb themselves now?

well, more like we are putting up a good fight, which makes me happy and a bit optimistic.

at this point they sound desperate.

guess we are doing something right.

I see.

the tech giant you mean is IBM I imagine?

what is the difference between the adoption of systemd and that of X or Wayland?

aren’t those equally “mainstream” and don’t they also leave almost no chance to have an alternative (especially for the average user)?

this is a genuine question because, while I know and understand the sentiment against systemd, I realized just now that in the 20 years I’ve been on Linux many things I’ve used were kinda against “freedom”.

Bring Me The Horizon “Can You Feel My Heart” starts playing

I mean when you suck as a human it is normal, no matter the account age.

“it’s not like I trust a multi billion dollar corporation that’s actively been busy enshittifying the whole internet first and now the whole world, but I trust a group of random people who run a Lemmy instance even less”

that’s either bait or stupid.

I imagine CSAM content will be exempt from this block.