Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by idle_zealot on Monday August 05, 2024 @06:24PM
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Compromise on your computing freedom, compromise on your attention and privacy, when both providers are out to fuck you it doesn't really feel like you have a meaningful choice to make. Asking for an environment where fucking your customers isn't allowed feels like the only option.
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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by immibis on Monday August 05, 2024 @06:57PM
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Many Android devices can be de-Googled. Also, let's not pretend Apple isn't spying on your iCloud account to protect the children.
Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by idle_zealot on Monday August 05, 2024 @08:17PM
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I have a Pixel with Graphene on it. It's not de-Googled though, because Google successfully entrenched their services as a dependency of the majority of apps on the platform. Graphene makes yet another compromise by installing Play Services in a sandbox, which still lets it spy on you (but less) in exchange for enabling most (not all) Android apps to run. You can't really escape the compromises if you want a capable pocket computer. Compromises borne not of technical requirements or limitations, but of decisions that some of the largest companies in human history have made to fuck you.
Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by jlkuester7 on Monday August 05, 2024 @08:46PM
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Big fan of Graphene! The balance I personally prefer is to use Shelter to create a "work profile" and install Play Services in there along with any apps that must have Play Services. Then, I only enable the work profile when I need to use those apps.
Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by callalex on Monday August 05, 2024 @07:06PM
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Which store can I buy these de-google’d phones at with support? Also your second statement is just factually incorrect.
Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by mmh0000 on Monday August 05, 2024 @08:25PM
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I don't know about "factually incorrect" I believe this[1] is what the OP was vaguely referring to.
Apple says they're not doing CSAM scanning anymore, but there's no way to verify they're being truthful. And given everything known about corporate America, it would be foolish to believe them.
[1] https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/Expanded_Protections_...
Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by immibis on Monday August 05, 2024 @09:55PM
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I can think of one way to test if Apple is scanning for CSAM, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by fsflover on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @03:49AM
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> your second statement is just factually incorrect
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074959
https://sneak.berlin/20231005/apple-operating-system-surveil...
Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search
by bshacklett on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @07:16AM
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Unfortunately, you lose a significant amount of functionality by degoogling. Any app which relies on Google services, which is a large number, will be broken.