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by NotPractical 2y ago
"Principles" as in arbitrary precedents set by bribed politically-motivated lawmakers and judges. No, people are correctly pointing out the fact that this is blatantly unfair. You are claiming that 2+2=5 because a judge said so. I
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by NotPractical 2y ago
The review part is much more concerning IMO and completely exiles FOSS from the platform (free as in the GNU definition -- you should be able to make arbitrary changes to your copy of the app without some asshole from Apple telling you that
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by NotPractical 2y ago
It's not quite as convoluted as you describe, and I don't think Android ever changes that setting on your behalf. The fact of the matter is that it is dangerous. IMO it's a good thing that they provide you with appropriate
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by NotPractical 2y ago
This comes up a lot but when did Google say their platform was "open"? Maybe a few times in the early days when Google was still considered "cool" in hacker circles, but probably not in consumer-facing advertising? Moreo
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by NotPractical 2y ago
That's not really a valid comparison because the Microsoft Store and the macOS App Store don't allow third party stores on them. You have to "sideload" any alternative stores/apps you want. To be clear I doubt the h
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by NotPractical 2y ago
I was trying to make a case that when you add up everything the EU has done recently with regards to digital policy, you get a net loss for EU citizens. Their attempt at chat control decrements the score by a significant amount. Amending th
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by NotPractical 2y ago
So the EU attempts to invade your privacy using smartphones [1] and forces duopoly-brand smartphones upon its citizens, yet it fails to compel Apple to allow true sideloading, so you're stuck choosing between "no freedom but some
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by NotPractical 2y ago
See also from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41754074
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by NotPractical 2y ago
GrapheneOS is attempting to pursue the "legal" way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41119047
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by NotPractical 2y ago
I think what these people are looking for, really, is an alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly that provides more control and less tracking, not necessarily Linux (yes, I know the title of the post is "we need GNU/Linux&quot
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by NotPractical 2y ago
Sure, that follows and I agree that most people probably won't find it to be a dealbreaker. But your OP said it wasn't a problem in general. I would advise against ignoring it and treating it as a non-issue because more and more a
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by NotPractical 2y ago
"I personally haven't been affected by this, so it's not a problem" is not a compelling argument.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
> you'll have to use Chrome That isn't sufficient. You'll also need to use an OS which provides "acceptable" hardware attestation capabilities (as defined by Google) required to verify that the copy of Chrome is
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by NotPractical 2y ago
> Your banking app is not going to work on Linux either. I think the idea is that no amount of forking Android is going to produce something different enough to entice developers to port their apps to it, but maybe if an entirely new Lin
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by NotPractical 2y ago
Cellebrite has a separate category for GrapheneOS and the most recent leaks indicated up-to-date GrapheneOS was invulnerable to all attacks, whereas the latest iPhones were vulnerable to AFU attacks. https://discuss.grapheneos.or
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by NotPractical 2y ago
Which apps weren't working for you? > GPS stuff breaks I haven't experienced things breaking, but it is slightly slower (very slow if indoors) to get a GPS lock, because by default even location requests through Google's A
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by NotPractical 2y ago
Google routinely adds privacy features to Android and many of the GrapheneOS privacy features are inherited from or expanded upon Android. It doesn't matter to Google because they can still grant themselves any permissions they want by
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by NotPractical 2y ago
A settlement does not imply guilt or create legal precedent (AFAIK IAMNAL LOL).
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by NotPractical 2y ago
There was some drama between the two communities unfortunately. I can't remember the exact details.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
Even so, there is no difference between games from the 80s and games released last week from the perspective of copyright law, which usually works in Nintendo's favor.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
Me too! I would've legitimately given iPhone a spin had Apple actually complied with the spirit of the law and not just the fine print.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
The first source you linked is run by GrapheneOS community members so it's slightly biased: https://privsec.dev/about/
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by NotPractical 2y ago
F-Droid already saved me from this: https://liliputing.com/android-app-maker-simple-mobile-tools... I trust F-Droid more than $RANDOM_GITHUB_ACCOUNT.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
> On iMessage, your keys are managed by Apple. You effectively fully trust them Not really? You can choose whether to upload your recovery key to iCloud or not. The software abstracts over the details of course, but Signal does that too.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
You probably should've switched to GrapheneOS instead.
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iMessage.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
It does lock you out of iOS apps, Apple Pay, and 4K streaming of DRM content [1]. But that's not so bad I suppose. [1] https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/RecordingIndicatorUtili...
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by NotPractical 2y ago
That's Gatekeeper, not System Integrity Protection. You can disable SIP with `csrutil` by rebooting into the macOS recovery environment.
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by NotPractical 2y ago
I agree, I think 4K should be enough of an investment to appease the Apple gods!
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by NotPractical 2y ago
What does "retina" mean exactly? From what I can tell it's a general Apple marketing term rather than something concrete. Are 4K monitors unsupported by macOS? I've been using one with my MacBook for a while and I haven&

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