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• It has nothing to do with safety, just pure authoritarian bullshit to control the internet and all its users.

  on Tech companies under fire as Europe proposes social media ban for under-15s in c/europe@feddit.org · 17 Sep 2026

• No need to wait, get a secondhand pixel and enjoy GrapheneOS already.

  on Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026

• I rawdogged it. I learned almost everything [I might need] about it in the process.

  on Wait, there's books and classes on linux? in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026

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  on The AI boom and tariff uncertainty are pushing copper prices to record highs | CNN Business in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Sep 2026

• You believed Microslop once, that’s on them. You believed Microslop twice, that’s on you.

  on Microsoft announces Project Zenith, a clutter-free Windows experience meant to entice developers - Engadget in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026

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  on Microsoft executive vice president bemoans employees sending him "AI slop," saying "This is a doom loop." in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026

• It becomes less and less hybrid by the hour.

  on A Drone on a German Runway, and the Quiet War Europe Keeps Pretending Isn't Happening in c/europe@feddit.org · 1 Sep 2026

• the [...] ambassador in this case, but I like your thinking :)

  on Germany says Russia behind Leipzig airport drone attack in c/europe@feddit.org · 1 Sep 2026

• And all three of them (the original shitter, fake shitter aka bluesky, and the new shitter — this one) are loginwalled shitholes.

  on New Twitter launches, says Musk’s X gave up the name in c/technology@beehaw.org · 28 Aug 2026

• Age verification must be scrapped completely. Period.

  There’s no such thing as anonymous age verification.

  The very word “pseudoanonymous” is laughable.

  And any non-anonymous age verification is basicaly an authoritarian control feature.

  on Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification | European Citizens' Initiative in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 28 Aug 2026

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  on She looks so happy in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Every single fucking one of them does.

  on Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• Unfortunately, there’s no alternative to a GrapheneOS phone nowadays.

  • Linux phones: good privacy and good customization, but poor security, poor hardware support and poorish software support (e.g. android apps that require play verification)
  • iOS: good security, almost okayish privacy, but you basically don’t own your phone
  • Mainline Android: good compatibility, good hardware support, but poor to abysmal (depending on the make) security, poor to abysmal privacy, you almost don’t own your phone
  • Lineage OS / iodeOS / etc: goodish privacy, adequate support for a lot of hardware, control over your phone, but poorish security, poorish software support (e.g. android apps that require play verification), lack of hardware support (e.g. the very S21)
  • Fairphone & similar — they fall somewhere in the middle between mainline Android and LineageOS stuff — better privacy than mainline, more flexibility than mainline, but still dependency on Google whims, and poorish security.

  That said, IMO there are two directions:

  • Pixel phone (or Motorola in the future) + GrapheneOS — good software but new meh hardware —
  • Current phone, maximally decrapped (ideally, almost everything but very core services disabled, e.g. via universal debloater or manually via adb) — much more private than mainline Android, relatively stable and with at least some baseline security + critical security patches from the OEM

  Great OS comparison (Android-based only): https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

  on Phone and OS Recommendations in c/technology@beehaw.org · 20 Aug 2026

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  on The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• Who cares? I’m not even sure my NewPipe displays these numbers.

  on YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing in c/technology@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026