Comment by kernal

Comment by kernal 11 hours ago

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The lengths people go to for a horrible Ui/UX and app experience is bewildering. I guess they justify it by not caving into Google or Apple. Of course, all of their privacy concerns and safeguards go away when the credit cards, utilities and services they use all circumvent their precious Linux phone. But hey, at least you’re running Linux on your phone, right?

rixed 10 hours ago

It is unclear to me what alternative you are proposing, apart from bending to Google and Apple?

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  • kernal 9 hours ago

    There is no alternative. Unless you pay by cash and have verified that all of the utilities and services you consume are not laundering your data then you’re just wasting your time by putting up with a horrible phone OS experience.

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    • seba_dos1 8 hours ago

      I don't use GNU/Linux on my phone for "privacy". It's an added benefit, but not the point.

      I use it because it's familiar, hackable and respectful to my attention. It works the way I want it to work and it's capable enough to fulfill all my needs. Switching to Android would be a downgrade on all these aspects. I'm aware that it would be an upgrade in some other aspects that I care about less.

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