GarbadgeGoober

joined 7 months ago
[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Regarding the notifications, if it turns up and you long press on it, you get into the settings and can turn it off. Somehow had to do it couple of times but now since more then a week I don't get them anymore.

Yeah I agree with you, they probbaly thought would be a nice feature to make people aware of tracking. But as nearly every up has dozens of trackers it gets annoying.

For me the summary on the left page is enough.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah thank you very much for enlighten me about Graphene OS, that so far the best description I have seen.

Used Aurora before on Android too.

I probably will wait until they find a way to not be dependent on Google services, as I want them to have no data at all, if I have the chance to do it.

Hopefully there will be more alternatives in the future. But we will see where it will go with Google trying to stop side loading.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Does it mean that you basically cannot use apps then, which require Google Services? Or how does it exactly work there?

Currently trying e/Os and wanted to look into Graphene and Lineage to see the which one works the best. I just don't want to use anything from google.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

I really can recommend Hanwag as hiking boots very durable. I also use often Avocadostore looking for European made shoes.

Unfortunately cannot recommend any specific winter boots, as I my old ones are still solid and not made in the EU.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

I agree never a good idea to switch instantly, if you want a smooth running system. But only if people start using it, they can improve it.

Been using it for over a week now and have not discovered any issues with mine.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

Mir fehlt allerdings der Glaube, dass da etwas in diese Richtung passiert. Die letzten 2 Regierungen gaben immer am Anfang an, dass Sie das Problem anpacken würden. Es wurde jedoch nicht mal annähernd die Ziele erreicht.

Es ist mittlerweile schon so schlimm, dass man in vielen Städten gar keine Wohnung mehr findet, weil das Angebot zu klein ist. Die Leute sind verzweifelt und zahlen jeden Preis.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

First of all thanks for sharing your journey, in a way some of those stories are hilarious.

I could see myself in your stories over the past 15 years working in IT. Unfortunately I came just recently to the conclusion, that the management does not want to improve efficient processes. As this would mean they would be questioned why they have so many employees under them.

I have been responsible for AI in our company and then be told someone else will do it know, because the Board level did not like I told them the state of the art, where we stand with using AI in our corporation and it just not resulting in layoffs straightaway.

So in my own opinion it can really help people become more efficient at work, if they know what the are doing. But what I see no one questions that it actually takes people longer doing their tasks with AI, rather than do it without it. No one seems to question, if AI is needed for this problem or it could be solved in another way.

How will the future with AI looks like?

I dunno where this will go in the future, but I could see AI is destroying the internet as it was, flooding it with so much bullshit. Especially what Elon is trying with its Grok Wiki. In a few years time the internet as we knew and loved it back in the early days will be dead. Somehow I always have to think of the film Surrogates with Bruce Willis, where there was a parallel society from people that did not want AI machines in their life.

Maybe there will be a new internet where people will be using it without ads, paywalls, AI garbadge... Which is kind of what the fediverse is already.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Ah sorry hätte natürlich sagen sollen, dass ich insgesamt 9 Monate unterwegs war und daher in 2 Jahren weniger Steuern zahlen musste.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hier von mir mal paar Antworten zu deinen Fragen.

GKV: Es gibt eine Versicherungspflicht in Deutschland. Wenn du dich arbeitlos meldest, wird das von denen übernommen. Arbeitslosengeld: Bekommst du nach 3 monatiger Sperrfrist bezahlt. Ich denke anfangs machen Sie da noch nicht so Druck, auch wenn ich das persönlich moralisch fragwürdig finde, da es eben für Leute in Notsituationen ist und nicht für eine bezahlte Auszeit.

Du könntest dich auch abmelden beim Arbeitsamt, dann hast deine Ruhe müsstest dich allerdings freiwillig Krankenversichern.

Rente kannst du ebenso freiwillig Beiträge zahlen, Beitragshöhe ist auch wählbar.

Steuern, ich habe damals auf Juli gekündigt, aber mich halt komplett in Deutschland angemeldet und bin Reisen gegangen, da gabs dann in 2 Jahren sozusagen Steuerrückzahlungen.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly, your first point says it all. People will always go for the original.

Instead of having a own program and plan, they just say we onlz deport 50% of what AFD says...

With this tactic we are doomed in Germany and AFD will win the next election.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah WhatsApp was the hardest bit. But was annoyed by so many messages, so now I enjoy the reduced amount with Signal.

[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thanks for your recommendations. Will look into Comaps and Filen.io Actually Comaps looks much more like Maps.me I used before.

Was ditching it after some comments of the CEO, and really like the way Mullvad is working.

No unfortunately still not possible.

 

First of all a huge thanks to this community and Lemmy, without this shithead Trump I would have never known about Lemmy. 😅 It is so nice to enjoy a complete ad-free service, after years of being on Reddit.

I wanted to share my journey how i finally got rid and replaced a lot of things by European alternatives or FOSS Apps. I have to say I was amazed how much Apps I could replace with the F-Droid Appstore.

Maybe some of the things help others to find a European alternative.

  • Desktop OS: Microsoft Windows 11 --> Linux Mint
  • Mobile OS: Android --> e/Os (bought a used phone, which allows e/OS)
  • Web browser: Google Chrome --> Ecosia, Mullvad
  • Email: Gmail --> Posteo, Tutamail (Using Thunderbird as Clien
  • Calendar: Google Calendar --> Fossify Calender and sync with kDrive
  • Desktop OS: Microsoft Windows 11 --> Linux Mint
  • Files: Google Drive --> Infomaniak kDrive
  • Photos: Google Photos --> Ente
  • Notes: Google Keep --> Fossify Notes [FOSS][P]
  • Social Media:
    • Facebook --> Deleted
    • Instagram --> Deleted
    • Reddit --> Lemmy
  • AI Chatbot: OpenAI ChatGPT --> Mistral AI Le Chat
  • Videos: Youtube --> Peertube, but barely using it
  • Translate: Google Translate --> DeepL
  • Maps: Google Maps --> Organic Maps, Here We Go, Koomot
  • Weather: wetter.com --> Cirrus
  • Online payments: PayPal --> Wero
  • Mobile Payment: Google Pay --> Curve
  • Password manager: Proton Pass --> KeePassXC sync with Syncthing across all devices
  • Travel: Booking --> Check 24
  • App Store: Play Store --> F-Droid, Aurora Store, e/Os App Lounge

So the best part about it, I first thought I would miss Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Reddit. But actually it feels quite liberating and browsing the internet without ads.

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