Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C’mon, juuuust a little… 'till you no longer notice.

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      I’d recommend CalyxOS as a replacement os.

      No google code at all to get full functionality of your hardware (excluding Google pay, but graphene doesn’t have that either.)

      Anything you need, e.g. swipe typing or advanced camera features, you can install Google’s versions and block their ability to talk to the internet via the built-in firewall.

      calyxos.org

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    Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.

    • We have drone strikes.
    • Personalised face ads.
    • worldwide conflicts
    • a fight for rare earth minerals

    But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS

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    I have a galaxy. I disabled the Galaxy AI. I disabled the Google AI on my phone, and I blocked Google search AI. I disabled Microsoft AI. I think ATT has one that listens in on calls to warn you of a call being a scam, but I haven’t figured out how to disable that. Many of my calls are privileged under atty/client privilege, so have someone or something else in on that risks waving that. I want to disable it, but I don’t know how. I tried to disable Yahoo’s email AI. But, now there is yet more AI for me to disable?

    Dear tech companies, please stop shoving AI down my throat. I really don’t want it.

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    Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.

    Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? …okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.

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    This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.

    Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.

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        It used to be that phone technology improved relatively quickly, and a 2 year old phone was significantly worse than the latest and greatest. Now, not so much. I use a Pixel 6 Pro running Graphene OS, and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on the latest tech. The camera is great, certainly more than good enough for me, and the phone is responsive and does everything I need it to do, and it’s 3+ generations old. I see no need to spend $1000+ on a new phone.

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        And that’s their choice to. But some people are sick of planned obsolescence and wish to use their phones for as long as the hardware doesn’t give.

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      You could just use a phone not made by a major manufacturer.

      I have one from Orbic and it’s great.

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    Don’t they know how ugly the common people are. I’m not gonna buy something with an ugly guy in the ad. We ain’t all plastic surgery Korean like Samsung home base.

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    Are techbros so bland that they really can’t think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn’t just ‘ads’?

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        That’s just the money their making itself. When it comes down to what are we subscribing for, it keeps being ads again. They keep deciding that subscriptions make money by removing ads.

        Like, why not subscriptions that actually add something gainful? Subscribe to stream your games to any TV, subscribe to get dog food delivered to your house monthly, subscribe to Socks of the Month Club. Those things exist in other industries, but tech?? Nope, it’s just ads, or subscribe to less ads.

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        The other option is creating a reliable, high quality product that people want and creates value for the user. This was how most businesses operated before Jack Fucking Welch.

        But it’s easier to force slop, ads, and slop-made ads on people.