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[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair 109 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

It is sad, but through the events of the last few years (Reddit, Twitter, politics) companies have realized they can do whatever they want. While they will lose a significant portion of users, the mass majority will stay. The ones that leave are the ones they can't abuse and they don't want them anyway. Profit is better taking advantage of the complacent and losing the activists than the other way around.

Anywho, I will move to Firefox just like I moved to lemmy. Although I'm not sure moving to Firefox actually fixes anything other than giving Google less money. Now I just need to figure out how to have a phone without apple or Google getting a peice.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

google pixel 5 bought used, unlock the bootloader and flash it with grapheneOS. download Firefox with AdBlock and use fdroid and aurora store (found on fdroid) for apps.

[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Does it run all the android apps? Like, the one off apps for like my fridge, security cameras etc..?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No offense, but wtf does someone need an app for their fridge?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's obviously to know what your groceries are doing, while you aren't looking.

[–] unsignedint 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like Night at the Museum but for a refrigerator. There’s a movie in there somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sausage party was that movie. And yes, it was as bad as it sounds.

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[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I was just using it as an example because I just figured it out on my fridge (it's useless). I was just trying to figure out if I would be going backwards 10 years if I switched, that was just the first thing that came to mind as an example.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You can get yourself sandboxed Google Play Services and everything should work fine. Personally, I have a separate profile for apps that need it.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What really has me paranoid is all the ones suddenly deciding to power trip and give out bans over nothing. We need to create a safe place on the web where the corporations can't get to us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

TikTok already did this in Indonesia.

They remove any videos that being critical towards TikTok. Especially, they're trying to flood Indonesian market with cheap Chinese goods via TikTok Shop.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Fairphone 4 from certain vendors comes preloaded with e/OS which is like a deGoogled Android. Might work for people looking to move away from Google. I'm considering it myself for my next phone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be better to just buy a Pinephone?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get an android phone that you can root with an OS.

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[–] BrownianMotion 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Youtube started to show me an overlay telling me to disable my adblocker and a countdown timer before I could play the video.

I used my adblocker to block the overlay... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Custoslibera 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I never liked Chrome. The way it made sponsored search results a really difficult to see shade of yellow made me realise where their priorities were long ago.

As such I have always used Firefox.

Yes, I am feeling pretty smug right about now given how correct I am/was about Google pulling some even more dickish move with Chrome.

[–] jungekatz 17 points 2 years ago (7 children)

So is adblock like totally dead on chrome ?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

it will be if Google goes forward with their plans.

[–] DefinitelyNotBirds 7 points 2 years ago

Wait until January 2024. Then it will be much less powerful

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

No. Ublock Origin Lite

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