If you are running Android 8 or higher, a virus has been installed on your device and is silently awaiting remote activation. Over the past few months, devic...
The hacker news discussion is surprisingly not bad. Very few Google stans coming in to shill for their corporate masters, and they're getting soundly ignored and downvoted.
Man, I just moved here from reddit and it's so refreshing to have actual intelligent discussion instead of being shouted down by bootlickers about how no one cares for your pro privacy opinion.
It's not a bad thing to have a higher barrier to entry for the Fediverse
What? You don't normally call capitalists "Tankie". That would be a weird insult for one, to say the least. Usually that term is reserved for a certain kind of pro-authoritarian "communist" (in quotes of course because I don't believe it's actual communism).
Anyway, not sure what any of this has to do with the post. What a weird comment thread...
I'm currently using /e/os as there are no official custom Roms for my phone and they offer a GSI version (works on a wide variety of devices). For me it runs flawlessly, but I don't use any apps dependent on Google Play Services, so YMMV.
I think their default apps are very usable and having MicroG on board for location services is pretty handy. Their contacts/calendar/note syncing via Murena also make the user experience quite seemless.
I'd recommend it.
Edit: If you have any questions about the OS, feel free to ask away
I think installing the apps via Aurora Store and running them should definitely work. There might be issues with syncing them to your Google account though. You can add the account via MicroG (preinstalled) but since I have no experience with running GApps on /e/os I can't attest to how well this will work, if at all.
You can install Lineage OS and add GApps though, if you're looking for a custom ROM but need extensive support for Google apps.
Might I ask what's your incentive to switch to /e/os? Installing Google apps kind of counteracts the privacy aspect.
kbal
in reply to kbal • • •Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as Protection | Hacker News
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in reply to kbal • • •Man, I just moved here from reddit and it's so refreshing to have actual intelligent discussion instead of being shouted down by bootlickers about how no one cares for your pro privacy opinion.
It's not a bad thing to have a higher barrier to entry for the Fediverse
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in reply to SocialistVibes01 • • •What? You don't normally call capitalists "Tankie". That would be a weird insult for one, to say the least. Usually that term is reserved for a certain kind of pro-authoritarian "communist" (in quotes of course because I don't believe it's actual communism).
Anyway, not sure what any of this has to do with the post. What a weird comment thread...
NightFantom
in reply to TehPers • • •For clarity, they're trying to say that tankie is a word used by capitalists, not for capitalists.
And looking at their instance, they're the tankie lol
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in reply to SocialistVibes01 • • •Which is why you came here, to beehaw, to engage in the discussion that was already in progress without your permission? Honestly, how dare we!
I wouldn't dream of coming to your home instance and telling you what topics you can/cannot have there...
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in reply to SocialistVibes01 • • •verstra
in reply to kbal • • •Which mobile OS are you guys using? How well do they work? How do they compare to stock android?
I'm thinking about flashing /e/OS over Android.
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in reply to verstra • • •I'm currently using /e/os as there are no official custom Roms for my phone and they offer a GSI version (works on a wide variety of devices). For me it runs flawlessly, but I don't use any apps dependent on Google Play Services, so YMMV.
I think their default apps are very usable and having MicroG on board for location services is pretty handy. Their contacts/calendar/note syncing via Murena also make the user experience quite seemless.
I'd recommend it.
Edit: If you have any questions about the OS, feel free to ask away
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verstra
in reply to foreverknew • • •foreverknew
in reply to verstra • • •I think installing the apps via Aurora Store and running them should definitely work. There might be issues with syncing them to your Google account though. You can add the account via MicroG (preinstalled) but since I have no experience with running GApps on /e/os I can't attest to how well this will work, if at all.
You can install Lineage OS and add GApps though, if you're looking for a custom ROM but need extensive support for Google apps.
Might I ask what's your incentive to switch to /e/os? Installing Google apps kind of counteracts the privacy aspect.
yessikg
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in reply to kbal • • •This isn't new.
How many windows app promised security, more ram, cleaning windows, etc...
Only to be malware?