I’m “glad” to see that this shit also opens some eyes. Probably not enough to change anything, but it’s something.

Wouldn’t call myself a fanboy but I really loved android when it came out. Mostly had custom Roms all the time, but it got harder and harder, and in the end I spent a day just to he able to install one. I was glad if there at least was a root. Needed for backup, I would never use a cloud. Especially not google.

And I am still on the p6p. Got it when it came out. Hated google already but it were - ironically - the only brand left that was “open”. It Broke 1 day before end of guarantee and got a brand new one. And this sucker refuses to die 😁 Graphene is nice and all, but I miss root. And because I basically don’t use any “regular” app anymore, I will switch to a Linux then.

Apple… It’s tech-products for people that want tech but have not the slightest clue. Its like “my first Sony” 😁

Oh Windows…I took too long to ditch it. As a hardcore gamer I never even thought about switching. I use mostly Linux for all my servers, but never used any GUI. But then I tried cachyos, super worried on a second nvme parallel to win. Nearly all games work, rarely any tweaking needed. And instead of having to write my own tool for months to move my windows where I want them and how, I use KDE win-rules. God I love KDE. Never ever booted win again. And I even made a VM out of it for “super emergencies”…never started it.

Now I just need the “downgrade” from nvidia to and…

Can’t say though which company’s shit made me snap and ditch all US-bigtech. Reddit helped a lot…

Totally… I also “solved” it best i could. One dedicated totally anonymous phone for android-auto and one for banking-apps (they ALL need their fucking apps even though i use HBCI with most). Main phone is an aging pixel with graphene. The moment it dies (i’m waiting for many years now) i’m going some linux-phone, no matter how lacking it might be.

Apple is a no-go. But yes, at least there’s “only” one that i have to bend over for. But I was there when they tried so hard with “pay less, get more!” and now it’s “get less, pay a lot more you dumb stupid consumer-trash-idiot”. I would be ashamed of myself for using one.

But yes. It sucks. And i was dumb enough to kinda believe google with “android will always remain free and open!”. Yeah sure. Go fuck yourself.

As if I would care about that. This is not reddit.

Makes me feel so much safer with google or Apple 😁 They could though. All the tech for it is there and already installed. And you wouldn’t even know if they did, because you don’t own your own phone.

Not that I wouldn’t worry about an added layer of spy-shit though. The difference between that malware and the big malware it’s installed on is just slim to me. I’m very security- and privacy-driven.

While I wasn’t 100% serious, I wasn’t just joking either.

Sure there is a difference. But not a big one. Do you know what each android process actually does? And both can install any shit they want at any time. You can’t even uninstall their store or apps.

To me personally, the difference is slim. And malware is malware, the difference often is just billions of dollars and doing it more or less on the open.

Android is google? You don’t say? 😉

And Apple is doing the same shit as google. At least they never tried to hide it

So…kinda like what apple and google are doing too 😁

Ha! I got smarter over the years. Instead of wasting thousands of moneyz each sale into zero playtime, I now maybe just buy one title. If even. Maybe even play it!

They made choices for me, sure. But never mutilated me for religious reasons. That is something not so easy to forgive.

If that doesn’t upset you, fine for you.

I’m not raging as I’m not living in such a horrible country that treats such things as normal. I just despise dangerous stupidity like that, even if it doesn’t directly concern me. Except for being part of this “civilized” human race.

And it’s really hard to wrap my head around how adults can come to such a conclusion about their oh-so-loved newborn. “Hey hon, why not let them snip a part of our son off? Marketing says it’s advisable!”.

Too late, don’t need anything anyway, but cool move OP!

Our left wing party just announced a policy for govt owned grocers like mamdani has implemented

Sounds like a great solution to being overrun by de-facto-monopolies. But I know nothing about Australia’s politics to make an educated comment.

Here it seems like a faint smell of diversity, but often 3 chains are owned by the same group. But at least there still is some competition.

Sure. “Everybody” does it, looks “normal”. But it’s not. I would be so super pissed at my parents for making such an uneducated (expressed friendly) decision about my body without my consent.

Well, your anecdotal knowledge sure changes everything. But I’m sorry your parents did that to you.

So, like everywhere else I guess. 1-3 chains taking over everything. When I was young we had a Mon&pop near our house. Now it’s like 3-5 supermarket brands, of which most are from the same group and only virtually competing.

Aye. Of course they are. I probably would too if my parents were such bumholes. It’s a truth you probably don’t want to realise.

The obvious? Religious nutjobs mutilating their kids, so they end up having to jerk off with lotion.

Yikes. Never ever heard anyone doing that. Except the murican stereotype-jerker. Lotion and a box of kleenex.

But well, in that case you’re obviously not the target demographic of my comment 😁

Who else needs lotion or anything to do it, other than cut dudes?

Grocieres…from Woolworth? Funny. Here (Germany) it’s just a horribly shitty dollar-store without any food.

Mutilating your kid’s genitals should be considered that. Unless medically indicated, which rarely is.

If you see no problem there, well…🤷🏻