Signal is still great for cross-platform rich messaging, sending photos and videos with good quality (unlike with SMS), as well as voice and video calls. It also has fantastic desktop apps, similar to how you can use iMessage on your Mac, but Signal works on Linux and Windows as well. And you don’t need to be a criminal to care about your privacy.

May I ask why you don’t use it?

Ah that makes sense

I didn’t know you could get that from a couch?

And his couch.

+1 for Servo

Finding anything FOSS with Spotify integration will be basically impossible. Clock You is a great clock/alarm app in general, of course no Spotify integration though. But you can choose custom music you have downloaded on your device.

OSS Document Scanner is great. It’s also available in the IzzyOnDroid F-Droid repository: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.akylas.documentscanner

Seems like using a VPN is basically inevitable now

DoH, DoT, DoQ, DNSCrypt, or just use a VPN

Average lemmy.ml user

I wouldn’t compare a Pixel to an iPhone in that context. The Google Pixel has been designed to run Android, a fundamentally open platform, which for example allows for sideloading, something that iOS only added recently because of pressure from lawmakers. The Pixel also allows you to install any OS you like while preserving all security features, including Verified boot, whereas the iPhone has always been locked down and only supports a single operating system that’s entirely controlled by one corporation. Hardware-wise, the choice between a Pixel and an iPhone should be pretty clear. The Pixel is open and supports alternative operating systems, as well as custom verified boot signing keys. Software-wise, I’d take the iPhone over a Pixel with the Stock OS any time of the day, even though it’s not as open, simply because I don’t want any invasive Google bullshit running as a privileged system app on my device.

Hardware isn’t privacy invasive, it’s neutral. It’s Google’s proprietary software that collects all of your data, which is the reason I don’t use it. I don’t use any Google services, and completely blocked their servers on my network (both in my firewall and DNS). A Pixel with GrapheneOS is the best way to protect your privacy and security simultaneously, and it’s the only device that can compete with iPhone hardware security. I’ll happily buy Pixels from Google for their great features like the Titan M2 secure element, but I will never use their software and services.

Really? That’s your concern? People seeing you use a Google phone? Just put a case on it ffs, no one cares that much about the phone you use. With a case, basically all modern smartphones look the exact same.

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113049891764818911

Edit: That was the experimental release. There’s a stable release now https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113072219898252365

Has anyone tried loading arkenfox user.js on there? That’s the bare minimum for me to use a Firefox-based browser. I’m not using that without hardening.

That’s what I’ve been trying to tell my boss for the last 6 months…

Torvalds actually hates GitHub