It’s nonsense. These people expect you to say “installing apps from outside the first-party app store” every time you refer to sideloading and suggest that somehow the word has a negative connotation and was made up by corpos to keep you in their silos, even though the word predates the concept altogether.
I quit Spotify and started using internet radio. Once a month, instead of giving $20 to a corporate overlord, I donate it to my favorite indy radio station playing fresh songs. Not the same pop BS over and over. Unique music from talented local artists around the world.
It does take a bit more time and experimentation to find some great stations.
Honestly I’d be surprised if it’s not low end.
A computer is an appliance. In the strictest sense of the word.
I’ve heard the phrase “I saw an ad on Instagram for…” way too many fucking times.
XMPP is federated
Newsom running for Pres?
LOL sure
sigh you don’t.
That’s not what you said. But since you did, it’s very easy to install and use. No hobby required.
GrapheneOS is ~10x more private and secure than iOS.
The $10 shovel doesn’t clear the driveway for you…
I watched a review of this thing and the guy had to hide in some bushes to film it because it would shut off every time he got near it. That being said, it required a lot of configuration and didn’t work too well.
The police gained access to the IP address because Swiss authorities chose to cooperate with the French government
We’ve seen this several times now. Proton is subject to Swiss law, just like every company in their respective countries. You choose Proton because Switzerland has the most privacy protections of any country on the planet (for now).
If you want private communications, don’t use email. In fact, if we could all stop using email entirely, that’d be wonderful. There are hundreds of truly-private alternatives, many with no company involved at all.
Let me introduce you to alternativeto.net
I’ve discovered lots of cool software this way.
Thank you, we should probably have a community for this.