Stop using Google products
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
Linux phones need to get good asap cause im ready to ditch android at a seconds notice.
Careful, the ArchPhone is closer than you think haha.
Hate that the overwhelming majority of phones don’t have the ability to just install an alternative OS. I know it’s because of hardware, but holy hell, the amount of hardware on PCs Linux supports is massive, and only a fraction of it is hardware that has released any real specifications to create a Free version of its driver. I don’t think we’ve really concentrated on creating such things for phones in the same way or we’d be able to throw a phone UI version of Linux on nearly any phone out there. As it is, each alternative is limited to half a dozen or a little more of generally the same phones, and they’re generally expensive as hell.
Where’s my btw I use Arch phone? Because I want my btw I use Arch phone.
Could just do a de-googled phone.
Ive had a pixel before with grapheneos but that comes with its own problems, it still uses google services just in a sandbox.
Its cool but I just ended up switching back to normal android because Id rather deal with google entirely or not at all. Not some half and half bs which is unfortunately what android is. Even at the most basic form AOSP is basically unusable without some random google service running in the background.
You don’t have to use Google services. They are fully optional, and not installed by default. AOSP/GrapheneOS without Google services is very usable, there are only very few things you can’t do without proprietary services. You still have the option to create a separate user profile (which are also improved by GrapheneOS btw) to install Google Play services, and keep it isolated from the rest of your apps and data.
One option is:
Powered by LibertOS, our proprietary privacy OS with custom precise controls, advanced encryption, a no-trace VPN, Messenger, and a robust antivirus.
proprietary privacy
Those are basically opposites right next to each other.
Linux phones might already be good, that’s not the issue.
The issue is apps like my bank app, I need to be able to access and manage my bank accounts from my phone. How is that going to work on a non android phone?
If there is a solution for things like that, I’ll drop Google in a heartbeat
They’re already good with Android.
Imagine driving to work thinking “ today’s the day we finally help those ads get through “
Nah, working at Google means sleeping at Google. There’s no driving to work /s
That’s not a new concept, look up “mining towns” or Detroit.
Thanks, babe, I’m perfectly aware it’s not new. I just find it ironic that a tech company would invest in dorms instead of remote work 😾
Kind of like Ready Player One then…
I didn’t think of that movie, but you’re right!
The book is better and way nerdier. If you want ultimate nerdiness, the audiobook is narrated by Wil Wheaton!
I don’t know how he wasn’t audibly smiling when he read the part about himself though.
Or EPCOT
That actually sounds kinda nice until you get fired. Lose your job and home in the same week.
The main problem with company towns is that the company leverages its monopoly and charges you a lot for everything.
I’m going to be honest. If that work was making me 6 figures, I would sleep like a baby.
6 figures isn’t all that much these days. They say everyone has a price, but you’re a bargain.
I switched to Firefox 6 months ago as a test experiment. I literally have NO REASON to ever open chrome again. Imported my passwords and the transition was smooth as butter. And I am a stubborn turd that hates change. Firefox plus Ublock origin and superagent fixed everything wrong with the internet for me.
What gets me about this change is that it hurts enterprise more than anybody. I don’t use chrome anymore for anything in my personal life, and haven’t in several years now. However, it’s the only browser I can use for work. 🤷🏻♂️
I’m similarly wondering about these changes getting ported to MS Edge. I have Ublock Origin on Edge on my work computer now, but if they move Edge to Manifest v3 then I guess Ublock won’t work, then my work browser will be less secure.
superagent
How’s that vs just enabling the built-in lists i uBO?
Does Ublock do cookie settings? I used superagent so I never see those cookie pop ups, it just declines all optional cookies.
Built-in:
AdGuard – Cookie Notices
EasyList – Cookie Notices
uBlock filters – Cookie Notices
and you can also add:
“I don’t care about cookies”
please use “I still don’t care about cookies”, the original one has been bought by Avast, who in turn belong to Gen Digital, owner of AVG, Norton and Avira - not the most trustworthy names anymore.
Not seeing a filter-list for uBO on their github:
and you can also add:
“I don’t care about cookies”
i referred to this part of your post - the addon does not add filter lists but skips GDPR Cookie dialogs by denying all. you can install it from addons.mozilla.org
Google is collapsing because we are not the customer they serve (anymore). We are the product.
They have spoiled all the good will their brand has which means they are vulnerable to competition.
Since when were we the customer? I never paid for Google anything.
I mean a few of us are still … Android, Chromecast (Android TV), Google One, Google Suite, Google Mesh, Nest (the few products that remain).
Does this apply to chromium browsers too?
Yes. In the article it links to a blog post made by chromium.
https://blog.chromium.org/2024/05/manifest-v2-phase-out-begins.html
Browsers based on chromium do not have to follow exactly what the main branch is doing. If they want to keep supporting MV2 or support different rules for MV3, they can. Albeit it’s a bit cumbersome.
Nope. Won’t happen to those having inbuillt ad-blocker, as those are not extension and thus aren’t affected by MV3.
Maybe. Who the fuck knows?
Does anyone know how this could affect Brave? I’ve suggested it for non-tech Google Chrome refugees who find Firefox difficult to use.
who find Firefox difficult to use
WTF? HOW? How is it difficult to use? It works like any other web browser?!
Why would Firefox be difficult to use?
Different shortcuts, ways of customizing the browser, etc. the browser may feel like second nature to you currently, but for others, there’s friction in changing the software you’ve use for over a decade, and I say this as a current Floorp user
I guess a more honest way to phrase it is “people who are unwilling to learn a new browser”, since there’s nothing specifically difficult about Firefox.
Let the blame rest with the user that won’t learn, and not with the software they refuse to learn.
I use Floorp and JUMPED to it from Firefox because I had a mediocre Firefox experience. I fancy myself a power user and was not a fan. The idea that the majority who try Firefox and have issues are in the wrong and the minority who enjoy the experience are right seems backwards…
I still don’t see how that makes Firefox difficult.
The transition might be difficult, but I rarely see casual people use the options you describe.
It’s as easy as opening the shortcut and start browsing, I see no difference with Chrome there
I’ll be honest; I bounce between several browsers - Firefox, Chromium, Chrome, and even sometimes Edge, and sometimes it takes a second for me to even remember which one I’m looking at. Firefox is great for very specific work flows I have, but for a lot of other things, most other browsers will do.
Maybe it’s because I tend to bounce around that I find it very interesting to hear that FF is difficult to use.
What shortcuts are different? Basically most of web browser shortcuts are universal, e.g. Ctrl/Cmd + L to focus on the URL bar, F5 or Ctrl + R to reload, Alt + Left/Right arrow to go back/forward, Ctrl + D to bookmark, Ctrl + T to open a new tab, Ctrl + W to close a tab, etc. I’ve been using these for decades across different browsers, god damn they even work in Apple’s Safari
Incognito mode and reopening closed tabs.
Reopening closed tabs should be the same, Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + T
There is absolutely nothing difficult to use in Firefox. If anything it’s easier, as most of the settings aren’t arbitrarily hidden to prevent you from changing them. There are also fewer bullshit settings because they aren’t harvesting your data.
MV3 won’t affect inbuilt ad-blockers such as Brave’s one (or Vivaldi’s, I guess), as those are not extensions. MV3 is exclusively about extensions.
I’m not a user of brave, but I did a quick Google and it looks like they’re ad blocking will be unaffected. As for other extensions, I think that at least some will be supported for a year, while others may break immediately but I didn’t take too deep TBH
