Hi 👋 just shared the site with one of my buddies and he told me he doesn’t care much about it because there’s no way you’ll be 100% privacy enforced since you’re using an iPhone and sharing your location, name, birthdate , personal files, photos.

I’ve to say this gets to me but on the other side I’m also respectful of everyone‘s opinion because after all, this is what makes us special

How are you handling these circumstances usually, do you say something?

  • _cryptagion [he/him]English
    2•5 months ago

    Android may be created by an advertising company but they also give you the ability to run whatever OS you want and strip it of Google’s proprietary software completely. These days you can install OS like Graphene by simply plugging in your phone and clicking buttons in your browser.

    This is patently untrue, and a total misrepresentation of the facts. You can install other OSes on a rather small list of Android phones. Furthermore, while the user might just be clicking a few buttons, behind the scenes those buttons put into play a rather complex series of actions that break the protections put into place by Google and phone manufacturers to stop you from doing exactly that.

    Saying that Google gives you the ability to install other OSes is like saying Sony gives you the ability to install other OSes on the Playstation. It isn’t true, Google never gave you that ability, the technical wizardry of white hat hackers did.

      • _cryptagion [he/him]English
        0•5 months ago

        No, it doesn’t. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

        Kid, you’ve no fucking idea what I know, so stop with this adolescent shit. Your whole post is nothing more than you saying “nuh uh” to everything I wrote. If you’re going to argue about stuff, at least take the time to actually be fucking informed about what you’re talking about. I’ve been jailbreaking iPhones and taking apart Android since before you were old enough to even know what XDA is.

        • @MasterBuilder@lemmy.oneEnglish
          -1•5 months ago

          Well, take a look at LineageOS and the associated microg edition. They work on dozens of devices. I’ve been flashing ROM’s since the first Android phone and I’m still using my Pixel 2XL, degoogled. I still have my Moto X 2013 {with custim, now unusable ROM} because it is like a river rock. It feels great to hold.

          Google phones have always been unlockable - primarily for the benefit of developers.

          Calyx also offers a degoogled Android, focused on privacy like Graphene.

          If one wants a phone and own it, Google is the only sure way right now.

          • _cryptagion [he/him]English
            2•5 months ago

            Google is the only sure way right now.

            You heard it right here on Privacy Guides, ladies and gents!

            • @MasterBuilder@lemmy.oneEnglish
              1•5 months ago

              Well, what unlockable options are there? I certainly accept that I might not be keyed into everything. Fairphone is the only one i recall.

              Please, don’t just snark. Enlighten me.