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Re:YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including ch... by walterbell on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:46PM (#16652017)
Can you recommend a vendor who meets these criteria?
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Re:YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including ch... by CaptSpify on Thursday March 22, 2018 @04:24PM (#16652390)
There are a ton of them. Look at any open-source email/dav/webserver/etc projects.

As an example: Dovecot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecot_(software)) doesn't require me to connect to their servers for anything. They have no idea what I'm doing with my data, and they've designed their software so that they can't violate my privacy.

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Re:YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including ch... by Karunamon on Thursday March 22, 2018 @04:47PM (#16652561)
FOSS projects are not "vendors". Nobody sells a smartphone that meets the criteria described.
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Re:YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including ch... by CaptSpify on Thursday March 22, 2018 @05:34PM (#16652921)
Why not? I can buy FOSS products, so I don't see how that wouldn't apply. Would this work for you then?

https://www.pfsense.org/

I also don't see why it matters whether or not nobody else sells a smartphone like that. Just because everyone else is doing shady shit with their products doesn't mean Apple gets a free pass.

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Re:YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including ch... by detaro on Thursday March 22, 2018 @04:53PM (#16652604)
You can buy Android phones like the Fairphone where removing the Google services is officially supported, that comes pretty close.
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