marx

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[–] marx@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Might be one of the best actors alive tbh. He was ridiculously good as Boyd Crowder.

[–] marx@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Doing exactly the same. Graphene without play services or play store. Use f-droid, acressent, or obtanium for as much as possible and aurora as a supplement for stuff I can't get FOSS.

Got lucky that I happened to have a pixel already before deciding to degoogle.

Don't miss it at all. The only mild inconvenience is there's no substitute for google pay, but that's far from a dealbreaker.

Otherwise my experience is frankly better. Less bloat, more control, my battery life has gotten better somehow (not sure why, fewer services running in the background maybe?), and feels good to use and support FOSS projects. Definitely wouldn't go back to stock.

[–] marx@piefed.social 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It was enough to get me to unsubscribe and move to tuta for email, pcloud for storage, and mullvad for VPN. I still have a free proton account but they will need to really regain my trust to get me to resubscribe.

Regardless of the walkback, it takes a real egghead to 'accidentally' praise an obviously corrupt fascist. Even from the narrow perspective of 'what is best for their business' it was moronic. You really think the guy in bed with Peter Theil, Palantir, Musk, etc etc and loves dictators who "rule with an iron fist" is somehow good for your privacy company and your users?

The statement revealed this dude as either at worst a fascist or at best a dipshit. Neither option is great for CEO of a company that requires very high trust from its users. Do I want to rely on and pay for products from the company he oversees? No not really.

[–] marx@piefed.social 5 points 14 hours ago

Also needs to be a clear distinction between democratic left and authoritarian left.