Ah, I see. But in that case, won’t the server have access to my messages in plain text?
In that case, won’t the server have access to my credentials?
We are trying, but the bootloader seems to be unlockabe, and that’s pushing us back.
But what do you do when services and institutions in general require you to use whatsapp? That’s what is mostly keeping me from deleting that app.
I have been looking at this possibility, but running a bridge means that I will need to self host a service, which adds one more point of failure, while not really removing whatsapp from my life, so I’m not convinced it’s a good alternative.
Sometimes they do, but then they will take much more time to give you a response.
Sometimes, they simply don’t have n alternative, like my city’s local service for reporting broken streetlights.
And no, I can’t simply stop using or ask friends to move to an alternative. I’m from Brazil and that thing is so popular and mainstream, that even stores or public services use it.
Just this week, I had to report an animal abuse case to the authorities, and the official communication channel I had to use was through whatsapp.
It’s sad to see how dependent of a single proprietary service for something so important we allowed ourselves to become…
One trick is to have anold android phone. I created a couple of accounts last year without giving any personal data by using a device with android kitkat.
Congrats!
Enjoy the freedom and don’t be afraid to ask for help. In time, you will see yourself helping others and contributing to the community.
I see now. You made some good points. Indeed, the targeted userbase doesn’t care about how the system works, so they may have a conflict in there,
Well… I’m using pidgin right now.
Thank you for explaining this concept. I still don’t see how it can be considered planned obsolescence, though. It looks more like a matter of optimizing the output and doing a tradeoff for more performance.
I see planned obsolescence as artificially limiting the longevity or repairability of a product, without any benefit at all, but with the intention of making it less durable. A good example could be locked smartphones without updates.
But perhaps, the definition of planned obsolescence is broader than i think.
but to actually provide a compromise leading to an overall better product.
Could you elaborate a bit more on that?
Whoa, I didn’t know tiktok was so popular. it’s like 1/8 of the entire world population, and considering that only about 70% of the world has internet access, it’s like 18% of all internet users.
Or are lots of these bot accounts, like other social media, and the real numbers are lower?
I was thinking it was something like what pidgin does on desktop, adapted for mobile, and was highly enthusiastic, but realized it works using matrix bridges and doesn’t process locally…
Well, at least it can be self hosted.
Foldable phone will always be either more expensive, less durable, or both, so it’s a no go for me, as much as I like the idea.
I used to think like that, but now I think about it in a different way.
These small distros often come with new approaches the big distros aren’t willing to risk yet, or provide an alternative to their dependence. Most of them will fail, but they’re important for bringing innovation to the linux-based OSes space.
Small distros come and go, but sometimes, even if they fail, their proposed idea gets integrated into the main ones, and that’s a bonus.
That particular one might not be so innovative, because there are already big distros pushing the immutable system concept, but, is doing the same while maintained by community effort, uses debian as a base, and focus on ease of usage. I think it still adds some value to the community
App lounge looks really interesting.
When I first heard about /e/ os, it looked a bit too weird, and I was too skeptical, but they’re growing so nice and creating interesting tools. I think I will give the project a shot.
Some software developers prefer to host their own repos and have more control over the release process and/or don’t want to fill all the criteria for being included on f-droid, so they create their own repos. Some of these apps can still be found on vanilla fdroid, but often aren’t updated so frequently.
Izzyondroid, on the other hand, is a different project, aimed at hosting different apps that are usually from smaller devs and can’t be included on fdroid yet, for different reasons.
The greatest thing about fdroid is that it allows anyone to create their own repos and you aren’t forced to depend on anyone.