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It's comic when reading but for sure this is tragic. I _have a feeling_ that bloat will continue increasing in the next years.

It makes me wonder why did large companies are investing so much in web and putting web devs to write disk utility desktop apps?

Show HN: Airgapped Android Setup with a Makefile

https://blog.thisago.com/announcement/20260104-phoneSetup1.html

Hello guys,I can't deny that I see the world of mobile devices as a threat to privacy, but at same time, smartphones are pretty convenient pocket computers. So I think there's a lot of room for improvement.I've been working the last weeks in a personal challenge to setup my Android phone without any external connection on it. Neither a hotspot.I really liked the process, and despite it's status...

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