Thinking about something.
I wonder what the percentage of women running adblock is.
I'll bet you it's close to 0%
I wonder what the percentage of women running adblock is.
I'll bet you it's close to 0%
@RustyCrab Who is letting their women on a computer in the first place?!
@0 thinking about all this ad injection stuff with youtube and the reason normies put up with it. One reason being is that if you have a family/gf whatever, they are generally not indignant about stuff like that. If you are, or go out of your way to block them, it "gives them the ick" so localized social pressure ends up making you just accept it.
That got me thinking, I don't think I've ever seen a woman running adblocker period, even though doing so is incredibly easy.
That got me thinking, I don't think I've ever seen a woman running adblocker period, even though doing so is incredibly easy.
I just want to carry the latest iPhone, except trash iOS and use something else.
I now enjoy subtle autism experience.
People will simply notice no ads and I just say "Yea I can afford to pay for it."
I now enjoy subtle autism experience.
People will simply notice no ads and I just say "Yea I can afford to pay for it."
I had to settle for the PIxel 8 and install GrapheneOS.
It's the most normie tier decoy compatible with my niche needs.
It's the most normie tier decoy compatible with my niche needs.
How is GrapheneOS? How neutered is your phone without the jewgle tentacles?
It's actually less neutered. The only thing that sucks is if you need a ZOGware compliant app (something that requires Google Play or an account). People are moving away from releasing apps on GPlay though. Since people have been sideloading a new ROM onto their phone, there has been a demand for independent app stores.
Fortunately there are not many of those I care to run.
All of the apps I use or care to keep serve some kind of purpose.
Fortunately there are not many of those I care to run.
All of the apps I use or care to keep serve some kind of purpose.
@pyrate @RustyCrab @0 @The_Almighty_Kek "Sideloading" as a term has the same implications as "wrongspeak", implying that there should be a single approved way of getting code to run on your computing device.
@mint @RustyCrab @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @pyrate
I sort of agree, but you probably do need some term to describe getting apps from unofficial sources.
I sort of agree, but you probably do need some term to describe getting apps from unofficial sources.
@childrapist1488 @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @pyrate @mint I've never had a particular issue with the term side loading, since it's effectively describing a workaround that you're doing to get around Google's bullshit.
I DO have an issue with the term "alt tech". Jared Taylor put it best with "being healthy is not an alternative to being sick"
I DO have an issue with the term "alt tech". Jared Taylor put it best with "being healthy is not an alternative to being sick"
Indeed, I loved the term jail breaking for the time it was still relevant.
In a way it is kind of what I have to deal with. Even though vendors are now legally required to hand over the unlock codes for their products when prompted.
In a way it is kind of what I have to deal with. Even though vendors are now legally required to hand over the unlock codes for their products when prompted.
Yes, if you bought the device in full from the manufacturer, they have to provide the OEM unlocking codes.
It voids certain warranties and puts a stain on your baseband modem. Meaning if you're going to do this, hook your phone up to a carrier before unlocking it. This way your access to that carrier isn't blocked when you do the unlocking. Otherwise they can just not accept your phone, and you're left with a wifi-only burner phone.
It voids certain warranties and puts a stain on your baseband modem. Meaning if you're going to do this, hook your phone up to a carrier before unlocking it. This way your access to that carrier isn't blocked when you do the unlocking. Otherwise they can just not accept your phone, and you're left with a wifi-only burner phone.
Also, any phone you purchase through a carrier can't be unlocked because now they are certified models. Meaning that if you try to go to the prompt and enter the token it will fire back "Your device is not elligible" or something to this effect.
Because it was resold by the carrier or worse, rolled into a "lease to own" ToS with your service plan.
Because it was resold by the carrier or worse, rolled into a "lease to own" ToS with your service plan.
@pyrate @RustyCrab @childrapist1488 @0 @The_Almighty_Kek Carrier locks never caught up here, lately majority of phones are even sold exclusively in dual-SIM variant. Some can be unlocked, some (mostly chinkshit like Oppo and Honor) can't.
@mint @RustyCrab @childrapist1488 @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @pyrate America is the only country with massive carrier locks and also lol bootloaders are perma locked on everything but a few meme phones and the pixel
@mint @0 @RustyCrab @The_Almighty_Kek @childrapist1488 @pyrate There's one other fun problem with phones in the USA and it's this.
There's only 3 serious phone providers (I'm not counting Dish, which is a half-hearted attempt that's bleeding money solely to please the FCC regulators and makes it a pain for Boost customers to use their network even): AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (who bought Sprint out).
AT&T and Verizon killed their legacy networks (and Verizon's was CDMA, not even GSM), and T-Mobile is running their 2G network in a low capacity mode with signal being dodgy. While T-Mobile says they're shutting down 2g, they seem to have the schedule of a furry artist and keep pushing it back.
To actually use your phone in the USA, it has to support VoLTE, and properly. I've used phones that were carrier unlocked with Mom's Mint sim and she would keep having calls fall back to 2g, on a Verizon, Boost, and AT&T branded phone. All 3 work with VoLTE on their own networks, but not T-Mobile (which Mint uses). Furthermore, an unlocked phone that is kinda slow costs $$$, and even better AT&T whitelists every single phone seemingly. While a nice Android flagship from the wrong carrier or country isn't on the list, wanna know what is? Yep, the Pixels and iPhones.
Oh and did I mention lineage tends to break VoLTE, especially on Samshit phones? It's a whole lot of gambling to make sure your phone makes calls, even if you never use a banking app in your life (which you will because the banks all close at 5PM on the dot, and also the ATM eats checks).
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1atld61/samsung_doesnt_support_volte_or_vowifi_on_lineage/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/zb86u3/is_volte_under_lineageos_fully_supported_on_all/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/sr9pz5/lineage_users_in_the_usa_if_you_have_working/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/14h4wns/is_there_a_way_to_verify_volte_is_functional/
My point is, in a long enough timeline in the USA, you too will use an iPhone. You'll want the damn thing to just work, and gee, iPhones just so happen to work with every carrier and their schizophrenic bullshit. Sure, you can't root it, but the other option is you hear the BEEP when you make a call as it disconnects.
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There's only 3 serious phone providers (I'm not counting Dish, which is a half-hearted attempt that's bleeding money solely to please the FCC regulators and makes it a pain for Boost customers to use their network even): AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (who bought Sprint out).
AT&T and Verizon killed their legacy networks (and Verizon's was CDMA, not even GSM), and T-Mobile is running their 2G network in a low capacity mode with signal being dodgy. While T-Mobile says they're shutting down 2g, they seem to have the schedule of a furry artist and keep pushing it back.
To actually use your phone in the USA, it has to support VoLTE, and properly. I've used phones that were carrier unlocked with Mom's Mint sim and she would keep having calls fall back to 2g, on a Verizon, Boost, and AT&T branded phone. All 3 work with VoLTE on their own networks, but not T-Mobile (which Mint uses). Furthermore, an unlocked phone that is kinda slow costs $$$, and even better AT&T whitelists every single phone seemingly. While a nice Android flagship from the wrong carrier or country isn't on the list, wanna know what is? Yep, the Pixels and iPhones.
Oh and did I mention lineage tends to break VoLTE, especially on Samshit phones? It's a whole lot of gambling to make sure your phone makes calls, even if you never use a banking app in your life (which you will because the banks all close at 5PM on the dot, and also the ATM eats checks).
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1atld61/samsung_doesnt_support_volte_or_vowifi_on_lineage/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/zb86u3/is_volte_under_lineageos_fully_supported_on_all/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/sr9pz5/lineage_users_in_the_usa_if_you_have_working/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/14h4wns/is_there_a_way_to_verify_volte_is_functional/
My point is, in a long enough timeline in the USA, you too will use an iPhone. You'll want the damn thing to just work, and gee, iPhones just so happen to work with every carrier and their schizophrenic bullshit. Sure, you can't root it, but the other option is you hear the BEEP when you make a call as it disconnects.
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Yup, that seems to be the case.
As I've encountered with carrier compatibility so I ultimately had to settle for the pixel. It's fucking stupid how they downgraded their networks, but then again I observe all of the people I've interacted with who work at the lower rungs of their company and it's so incredibly brown.
Dey own duh sailphones, guys.
As I've encountered with carrier compatibility so I ultimately had to settle for the pixel. It's fucking stupid how they downgraded their networks, but then again I observe all of the people I've interacted with who work at the lower rungs of their company and it's so incredibly brown.
Dey own duh sailphones, guys.
@pyrate @Pawlicker @RustyCrab @childrapist1488 @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @mint
Can't you just use Skype or some SIP provider over data-only mobile connection and rent a US phone number to use with it β if people still want to contact you using "normal" phone number, and avoid dealing with all that shit entirely? π€
@m0xee @pyrate @RustyCrab @childrapist1488 @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @mint so much shit flags VoIP numbers and insists you have a real raw phone number.
@Pawlicker @RustyCrab @childrapist1488 @0 @pyrate @The_Almighty_Kek @mint
When I was reading about LibreSIM I thought that it made zero sense β who would even want that? But looks like US is so fucked up in this regard that it might π
Yea, a lot of requiring real raw phone numbers is a bunch of KYC legalese. They do it to prevent abuse, or so they claim.
It's really just another pressure for one to obtain and use a phone.
It's really just another pressure for one to obtain and use a phone.
idk why so many of /ourguys/ want to use it
session is really the better alternative.
session is really the better alternative.
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@pyrate @Pawlicker @RustyCrab @childrapist1488 @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @mint
If I was a US resident, I'd probably be using Telegram too β or some Chinese shit even, something US government is less likely to have a hand in. Cryptography is cool and all β but there are always other factors π
@pyrate @m0xee @Pawlicker @RustyCrab @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @mint I mean if you want to get fancy you can just run your own mumble or even just an ircd on a dollar store grade host somewhere.
dollar store c2
@pyrate @Pawlicker @RustyCrab @0 @The_Almighty_Kek @mint @m0xee could even be something like an arm sbc with dynDNS, both of those protocols play just fine with NAT.
@DemonSixOne @Pawlicker @RustyCrab @The_Almighty_Kek @pyrate @mint @m0xee
I am so fucking fancy rn. (retarded niggers)
I am so fucking fancy rn. (retarded niggers)
> Will the warrant or sub peona go to a compliant entity?
> Is E2E encryption available - what strength?