i sometimes wonder if i lucked out getting addicted to laptops instead of phones.

the second hand market still supports google by driving up the value of the pixel and, personally, i’ve NEVER had any luck buying a used phone.

how did you prove that the package was yours?

i’ve been thinking of doing this because i think life gave me a warning sign in the form of a facebook account. lol

i forgot i had created it sometime in the mid aughts and hadn’t used it since then; but upon a recent login, i got an reminder about an event i planned on attending.

i purchased those tickets using my proton email address and the venmo credit card (which was also registered to my proton account) and facebook knew that i was going to that event even though i hadn’t used facebook in (literally) decades and i didn’t know proton was a thing when i last used the facebook account.

i envy you, you jumped in while i’m still on the shore fearing getting wet again. lol

let’s use brood; saying that you joined the “graphene brood” sounds much better. lol

lineage already works on those

you have to look at it from a class perspective: it doesn’t matter whether or not tim cook or andy yen likes trump, it only matters that they align with trump to protect their profits above all else.

apply this to your threat model: if you’re a high enough profile target, how are you going to get the word out when proton caves to trump’s successor to block your access; or your equipment is seized; and/or if you’re sanctioned like huseyin dogru was, making you unable to pay anyone to get the word out on your behalf and your allies subject to similarly targeted and sanctioned for trying to help you.

Amen! I was using a note 13pro until all the carriers in the United States blocked it the month that Trump took office.

it wish that there was a privacy possum like app that pretended to be you to sign up for things that you never touch, look at or visit.

i started de-googling w proton w the intention of paying them like i did with my data w google for the last 25 years until the ceo voiced trump support.

google lured me in with “don’t be evil” at the onset of my walled garden imprisonment and any pro-trump message is several magnitudes worse for a new start.

i’m disappointed to learn that tuta isn’t ready, but i not aware of any alternatives.

just learned that i can’t since mine isn’t supported so i’ll have to try it the next time i need to get another vacuum.

Tuta’s catching up but they’re still years behind.

behind how? in service offerings?

Is this just the inevitable tradeoff of federation? If anyone knows of a less regulated piefed instance, I’m all ears.

it’s a tradeoff you’re choosing to accept by using piefed; it literally had other fediverse instances blocking hard coded in its source.

i hate letting anyone decide who i can and can’t talk to so i chose instances with minimal blocking set by default and you might want to consider it if letting others decide for you is causing you this sort of consternation.

neat!

i didn’t know valetudo exists and i’m going to try it since i’m not longer able to seperate my vaccuum from the rest of the network.

did you buy it with graphene preinstalled? i’m thinking of doing it this way through murena because i also need a new phone, but hesitating on network coverage in the united states.

that helps explain mastodon’s push to id verification.

does this instance have this reputation?

because vacuum makers lock away advanced capabilities on the app making a home network the only way you can access them.

of course, when you’re shopping, it’ll use those advanced features as advertisements; but there’s no way to know that ahead of time unless you’re buying the most expensive models available.

are the servo creators as red pilled as ladybird’s creators?