helpImTrappedOnline

Thanks.

i know you said no pixel, however ... Pixel + GrapheneOS works great and easy to install.

GrapheneOS takes the google spyware out of pixel. However, it does add a slightly steeper learning curve to Android. Not too bad, just a few more options to poke at.

It doesn't cut you off from the google play store, instead sandboxing it preventing from accessing data outside its own service. This is important if you need specific apps for work, bank, etc.

For open-source apps F-Droid app store is your friend.

Unfortunately, GrapheneOS only works for pixel. There are other options you could look into such as LinageOS, but those goes beyond my personal knowlage. Specifically you want a phone that allows you unlock the bootloader.

Avoid Samsung like the plague.

Any version of Android that comes pre-installed is going to have Google Spyware and bloat. Manufactures, especially Samsung, spin up their own version of Android so then you have both Googles bloat and Samsung bloat.

21F...someone grew up near the equator

And tax payers who have to replace perfectly good systems in schools and government offices.

...we already are in one?

Yes, the "best purchase" questions are a bit frequent. However, where else can you go these days? Facebook? Amazon Reviews? AI article #28462? Paid YT influencers?

Forms like Lemmy are one the last places you can ask and get reasonable honest human answers for purchase advice. Reviews and troubleshooting are last 2 reasons I go to reddit, and even then reviews over there can be iffy on mainstream stuff.

The man didn't even make it to the mainland. He landed in Cuba, thought it was India, murdered a bunch of natives, and stole their stuff.

So not too different from the British Empire, except they knew when they were in India.

No this can still work, hear me out. He just has to call the cops first.

When they show up, they will instinctively assume its one of those "donut on a string" eating contest and gobble em up.

"Wow this diary was signed by Jonny Appleseed!"

That's the one episode your mother tunes into and you loose all TV privileges.

66 new toilets, 66 plumbers, 66 city bans

I use K-9 mail (its on F-droid too).

Its soon to be the Thunderbird mobile client.

"You can't download more ram if you don't see the ad"