Oh, yeah, and holding the right mouse and dragging to resize the window.

Came here to say this. Basically, the same way it’s used in Windows. I hit the key, type a few characters and I launch the app I seek.

Couldn’t handle the blowback, eh? I doubt this will convince the townsfolk to put down the pitchforks. Might need more walk back.

Paperweight? Oh, wait - too small and light.

Well, that’s rather cruel and self a destructive. Millions die immediately and billions die of starvation, leaving only the wealthiest, least compassionate people alive.

That graphic might be underestimating the damage. The last documentary I saw said a major global extinction was caused by the last one and areas similar to the ones here were scortched, not ash covered. But again, it was a while ago, and memory tends to make things bigger.

I’m not average. I’ve had system level adblock on my phones for at least 10 years. I see zero adverts on my phones. I use linux for my computers and of course ublock on the browsers and vpn 100% of the time on phones and computers. Zero adverts for years.

The one place I have to deal with them is streaming and air broadcast on TV because I haven’t carved out time to set up the *arr suite, so I get it on amazon prime (bastards broke the contract that got me to join) and any other streaming service. No adverts on YouTube due to an app I installed on the Chromecast, and the TV has no network access.

So… I see maybe .1 per day?

Somebody explain to me how this affects something like lineage OS? It’s based on aosp, it has nothing to do with Google.

Then if you add something like microG on it, how is that impacted by this decision?

I suppose they could detect and reject anything from microg. In which case, Google has just eliminated a customer base. Of course, we the enlightened who even care about security and privacy are few and far between and maybe they’ve made that calculation.

Personally, I’m in a tough spot since I’ve been using Google Voice for literally a decade and a half.

Now, I can use lineage OS for microG successfully with Google Voice. However if they decide to block that I will be left with basically two options. 1. Give in and just do whatever Google wants, or 2. ditch Google entirely and use lineage and only side loaded applications like those on F-Droid.

However, I saw an announcement that this move by Google effectively kills F-Droid. If their change does end up killing AOSP, then it really isn’t open source and uncontrolled by Google, is it?

You might be able to get AI to generate mermaid if you can get it to scan your topology.

That’s Wyoming - Yellowstone. Though given it’s size, I suppose it could also be there.

GAPPS is short for the google app suite. Most ROMS in recent years neither offer a version without them installed nor include a way to use microg.

I understand where you are coming from, but in my experience, the people I talk with, most just don’t care about privacy. When the situation is explained in plai terms, it’s like talking to a wall. When a simple means to reclaim some privacy is presented or offered, there is no interest.

I happen to currently fit into the discription you offered above, and I do find it challenging to improve my privacy. I’ve been putting off ditching google android on my main phone because I expect it to take hours. I even have a working prototype in my old pixel 2xl with LineageOS + microg. Maybe today I will take the plunge.

People who don’t care about their and their friends and family’s privacy until they are directly impacted are being willfully stupid. At least have the balls to see reality, even if one cannot entirely fix it.

So… The answer us (willfull) stupidity. Those same people say “because I have nothing to hide” with reference to their devices.

So, can you do a GAAPless install and use microg? I am planning to move my P6 to either LineageOS or calyx (if they restarted builds).

Well, I suppose you xan make the argument, but think about it - every provider is then equally evil. Nobody is going to go into the minutiae of the definition of e2e encryption in a short form marketing piece. The audience of people who even care by definitionshould know what it is and how it works.

Proton is very clear that e2e is only between Proton accounts. They do have a way to encrypt when going outside the ecosystem, but I haven’t explored it because nobody I know would do it, nor cares about privacy. Even now.

This more often happen in companies owned by private equity. They don’t have to report anything to anybody or worry about shareholder revolts.

I find I can rarely get a word in on discussions because other people jump in the instant I open my mouth. After a while, I just walk away, and probably they think I am a jerk, ironically.

As a person with ADHD, who does this frequently, I can attest that it is more of a processing delay coupled with an autonomous communication thread than psychopathy.

By the time my cortex processed the input, the verbal center already responded thinking there was incomplete input. I figure the problem is mostly due to ADHD.

When they decide to get rid of you, no amount of output will satisfy them. Everything you do will be micromanaged and if it looks like you will still meet the unreasonable deadlines, they tell you that you have to do it differently and also throw some other work at you.

Then they will criticize your inability to get the work done, and fire you.