Elias @eliasr@librem.one

@samuel

Tror jag har billigast möjliga, jag betalar 2400 kr om året, motsvarande 200 i månaden alltså.

@hehemrin @njalla

@kzimmermann

Many people are working on fixing this.

@mobian @postmarketOS @linmob @purism @PINE64 @ubports @plasmamobile

#linuxmobile #pinephone #librem5 #phosh #postmarketOS #gnulinux #smartphone #mobile #gnomeonmobile #PlasmaMobile #freesoftware #foss #floss

@samuel @hehemrin @njalla

När det gäller hosting, VPS mm, är ett tips Friprogramvarusyndikatet: https://www.friprogramvarusyndikatet.se/

Jag har en VPS där som funkat mycket bra hittills.

@annika I always thought "mortgage" is a really strange word. Why is it called that? It's a loan on your house, right?

@clacke Yes, a better voting system like STV could help!

Nobody even talks about that in Sweden, or if they do, I have missed it.

@clacke The ongoing downfall of democracy is to blame not on politicians, but on voters?

@ljswansonwrites #mosstodon

@Eringisle @kjellbastian

Se det från den "ljusa" sidan: tillståndet i Ungern är ändå vad vi är på väg mot, det är av allt att döma vad väljarna i Sverige vill ha. Se bara på vilken regering och politik de röstat fram. Gymnasiekidsen har kanske inte så värst fel, är lite före sin tid bara.

@tobiascroby@mastodon.se Se även https://crd.org/sv/dictatorofsweden/

@hehemrin Also, even if the company really was trustworthy at some point, it can always happen that there is a change in ownership of that company. There is also the possibility that some government agency will force the company to do things against you, like China forced Apple in that example that The Guardian wrote about. That can happen in other countries as well, and users of closed-source software (with silent auto-updates) will not be able to know what is done against them.

@hehemrin The Proton text mentions something about 2017 when Apple was less aggressive with advertising. But as I see it, the fundamental problem was the same then as it is now: the fact that Apple has power over people through the closed-source software that Apple controls.

Even if there is a company that you think seems trustworthy, it is still a bad idea to let that company "own" you through closed software. You never know what they will do with that power later on.

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@hehemrin That's interesting as an example of what they can do.

I think the most important thing, however, is not what they currently do but the fact that they *can* do things like that, and they can also do much worse.

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@hehemrin one way to handle all this is to have two phones, one with a free OS which you strive to use for everything you can and use more and more, and another one that is only for the few things that you think only work for Apple/Google. Turn that off most of the time and only pick it out when you really have to, and strive to use it as seldom as possible. Always ask for ways to use your free phone instead, so that you contribute to the growth and demand for free alternatives.

@hehemrin

> trust Apple far more than the alternative Google

I have no advice on that point, both are bad 🙂

Regarding Apple: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/apple-limits-iphone-filesharing-feature-used-by-protesters-in-china

Apple has power to do whatever they want. They did that to users in China, they can do bad things to you as well.

See also https://stallman.org/apple.html

If the apps you mention are truly mandatory, then there is no good option for you.

The whole situation we have is bad, if you want more freedom you will have to sacrifice some convenience.

@veronicapalm jag tycker det finns hopp i att Sverige fortfarande är en demokrati. Väljarna bestämmer här.

Väljarna kanske är lata, de kanske är lättlurade, men de kan bättre än de visat på sistone, de kommer att vakna och skärpa till sig och de allra flesta vill faktiskt inte alls samma sak som Mattias Karlsson.

@hehemrin I think the requirement of privacy is incompatible with iOS. Apple will track you anyway.

Also, FOSS becomes less meaningful because with iOS you cannot really know what you install, you cannot build and install from source and you cannot know if Apple have modified the app you install. The program you actually install may not correspond to the public source code, you will never know.

You need to move from iOS to a free (as in freedom) operating system! Then install a FOSS pod app 🙂

@justincroser@social.linux.pizza What kind of server, what will it be used for?

Whatever you answer to that, I will probably recommend #debian anyway 🙂