The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.
And it's still owned by Google for over a decade. Large companies have offices all over the place
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Doesn’t change the fact that my original statement is still accurate.
Actually it does. When a company gets bought. It's no longer in existence. Trust me, I know I work for startups and it sucks sometimes but the exit money that would be part of the one point. Whatever billion that you get paid is pretty awesome
GrapheneOS is a good alternative to iOS/Android, although still Android-based
Are there lots of reports with security applications not liking Graphene OS?
I'd like to migrate, but i need to make sure my banks and job authenticator can work on it.
I'd love to get a secondary phone for these, but then it still yas to be on an up-to-date phone so I can't simply use my old one.
All apps I need for banking, 2 factor authenticator, etc work in my GrapheneOS phone, with the exception of one particular app used for ID authentication in the country I reside. The reason is bc this app uses Google's Play Integrity API to check the phone's OS, and since it does not match with Google's Android OS, it stops working since it does not pass integrity checks. As far as I know, there are few apps that do this, and as time passes more apps are moving towards hardware-attestation tests, as GrapheneOS facilitates, instead of relying Google's Play Integrity. For me this is not an issue, because the government provides other means for ID authentication, but some other countries only relies on apps, and that might be a show stopper.
My bank app works. Westjet app for flights is very intrusive and needed the special per app compatibility mode turned on to allow app to work. It reduces GrapheneOS exploit prevention for that app, but for some reason Westjet needed more device identity confirmation than my bank app.
Check if your banks work ok in a web browser, that's kinda my method for most things that really don't need an app
Grapheneos requires a google phone, which is american.
Iodeos is French
It supports a few non Pixel phones, pixel had the high security capabilities thus the focus on Pixels
It doesn't. You're probably thinking of calyxos.
I just checked their list, it is different now than when I moved to Graphene, they had support for my Essentials PH1 before. Their support list does have emulated and generic targets, beside pixel targets, but they no longer list the other devices
For fuckin years the foss community has told us to stop using these products. It only took them all turning into literally fascist for people to finally stop giving them power
It only took them turning facist? We‘re not even remotely close to not giving them power in the corporate world. :/
Very few people are giving up this corporate tech as it is.
FOSS is so much better!
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What are you replacing google maps with? I've been getting more and more annoyed with it for a while.
It keeps wanting me to do U turns on ultra busy roads when I could just make a left turn at a light.
The recommendations are:
Organic Maps: walking/hiking/cycling.
Magic Earth: driving.
Osmand: advanced search.
OSMand~ I prefer how the maps look. And directions have been good. Initial address search is not as slick as GMaps, but it is OpenSourceMaps so :)
Here Wego: owned by Mercedes Benz and BMW, the maps that power their in-car navigation available as a free app.
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To the point of replacing Visa/Mastercard: it would be great if the EU could continue in line of SEPA and create an EU payment processor. Now, I want to be very clear, it should be owned by the member states' governments, and profit (if any) should go into the EU budget. No neoliberal bullshit of "oh we're going to put out a contract/give out loans for anyone to set up a payment processor and the market will decide". It should be a state owned payment processor, to finally stop the likes of Mastercard, Visa, etc. from leeching off every single consumer transaction in the economy.
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U.S. citizen here. Don’t even blame you. Just to be clear, we hate this too. Maybe Canada can save us.
You guys should be out on the streets protesting en masse. Being complacent is the same as showing you're okay with all of these.
Meanwhile actual americans are being pulled into unmarked vans for looking latino.
Believe me, we are. They just don’t show it on the news. Plus boycotting mainstream vendors like Walmart, target, etc.
Also going to rallies and down ballot candidates. Some important local elections coming up and watch Florida for their special election.
It sucks. But, we have to fight our way out of it.
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Hey, Sunshine, if you're interested, I highly recommend contributing to OpenStreetMap if/where you can. The built-in iD editor for desktop web is phenomenal and very easy but powerful, and the third-party Vespucci app for Android on F-Droid works very well. OpenStreetMap is still missing data in relatively large cities (let alone probably out in rural areas), and that especially includes sidewalks, residential buildings, addresses, and contact information. Even just making sure the information is complete and up-to-date the next time you visit a business, park, etc. (and marking the 'Last Checked Date') is profoundly useful. I'd be free to answer any questions you might have!
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How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
Consider switching to [email protected]
Also, make an account on OpenStreetMap (OSM), which is what Organic Maps uses for data. OSM is the Wikipedia of maps. You can use Organic Maps or any other OSM editor to add anything that's missing and correct anything that's wrong or out of date, then see your changes in the next map update.
That's the way. Everybody takes care of the place they live in and it's the best mapping project ever.
And if you use StreetComplete, you can fill out missing info about places that you visit
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How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
It's still possible to buy an all-in-one navigation device to keep in a vehicle. They're often much nicer than phone apps, now.
OSMand~ app
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I can’t give them up for work tho 💀
It can be hard to convince others to switch over to foss alternatives in that setting but as long you’re doing the right thing yourself that’s all that counts.
Keep supporting the developers building better software and the businesses will eventually take heed to their work.
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