I am a victim of the network effect who wishes to degoogle. What do I do?
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    Do you actually trust Apple? Do you really not see it as a honeypot? Are you sure Apple don't track you and respect your privacy as a human being insted of seeing you as a profitable product? Are you out of your mind?

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    **[invidious redirect](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=VgXNUuvDQ5w) of the yt video** One thing is being aware of bad actors on the internet, in that case IOS could be an option, other thing is being aware of the mass surveillance and manipulation across the digital space, and that's the thing we're more worried about in communities like this, in such case, IOS is no better than shooting yourself (i understand the point of the difficulties of having a custom rom, but that's just a skill issue). You can't become privacy conscious without sacrificing something, some friend will go away calling you a paranoid, somo products you own will become garbage, that's just normal here.

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    I am a victim of the network effect who wishes to degoogle. What do I do?
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    One thing is being aware of bad actors on the internet, in that case IOS could be an option, other thing is being aware of the mass surveillance and manipulation across the digital space, and that's the thing we're more worried about in communities like this, in such case, IOS is no better than shooting yourself.

    You can't become privacy conscious without sacrificing something, some friend will go away calling you a paranoid, somo products you own will become garbage, that's just normal here.

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  • Google search alternatives?
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    I prefere to use metasearch engines that get results from other engines, i used to use SearXNG but currently im using 4get you can host your own instance or use a public one.

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  • I am a victim of the network effect who wishes to degoogle. What do I do?
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    If your using GrapheneOS you don't need 2 devices, you can setup diferent profiles/users in the settings that are containerized and don't interact with each other. Your main profile will be completely foss and degoogled and in the second one you can install the play services from the GrapheneOS app updater (if you already have them in main i recommended you to backup and factory reset to make a clean install). There you can have Google Maps and all the spyware you need, you can even set it up so you recive notification from the second profile in the main one.

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  • Me in the pic
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%
    • GrapheneOS
    • Newpipe
    • MPV
    • Signal
    • Librewolf
    • KeePassXC
    • Aurora Store
    • FreeTube
    • Fdroid
    • Linux
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  • Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service. - Matrix.org
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 89%

    I can already picture it

    "you don't want to open a government backdoor? No more tax money for you"

    "your foss project needs to be verified by the government to be selectable for founding, you don't want to? Well, no tax money for you"

    "For your foss project to be created we need to verify it now that by law all foss projects receive tax money, you don't want? Delete everything"

    And this is how you will own nothing and will be "happy". You can't escape the surveillance by using foss, go live in the woods before it's to late, and don't forget to carry your tin foil hat, be safe.

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  • What search engines do you use?
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    I used to use SearXNG until I discovered 4get

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  • Syncthing-friendly apps?
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    Obsidian is not FOSS, I still use it because I find it to be the most complete note taking app. You can download it from the Aurora Store and disable the network permission, same on linux downloading it from Flathub and disable the network permission using Flatseal

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  • ltorah | a command line Torah reader
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 85%

    Congratulations, you just summarized Gnosticism and you have religious beliefs.

    The thing is, everyone have one, you could be worshiping money, yourself, a person, science, a political party or whatever.

    Just stop believing that you are superior because others know what god they serve and you don't.

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearUN
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    Hey, we should all really stop using racist slang to refer to customozation
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 70%
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  • 👀👀spotify bad; spotube good
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    I've always preferred YT Music over Spotify, now I use InnerTune in Android and Monophony on Pc and it's all I need.

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  • cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/1813283 > This is the first time I do a rice (one with which I feel comfortable with xd) and that I also publish it somewhere. > > All the info is on the **dotfiles**: [Here](https://github.com/andrew1412/lain-catppuccin-dotfiles)

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    "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearUN
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    [Gnome] Catppuccin rice of Serial Experiments Lain
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    It's called Taco Taco. You can check it out on my dotfiles

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearUN
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    [Gnome] Catppuccin rice of Serial Experiments Lain
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    It's the gnome panel modifying the gnome-shell.css on the theme. You can check it out on my dotfiles

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearUN
    Unixporn andrew1412 Now 99%
    [Gnome] Catppuccin rice of Serial Experiments Lain

    This is the first time I do a rice (one with which I feel comfortable with xd) and that I also publish it somewhere. All the info is on the **dotfiles**: [Here](https://github.com/andrew1412/lain-catppuccin-dotfiles)

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    How to backup list of F-Droid apps
  • andrew1412 andrew1412 Now 100%

    I use Obtainium

    I'ts perfect to export your list of foss apps and let you install directly from github and other repository sources. I only use Obtanium + Aurora Store now

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    Andrew 1412

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