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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Anyone know of a good android fork to switch to? I'm sick of using the google bullshit

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

GrapheneOS. However it only installs on Google phones as only those have their bootloader unlocked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I've seen the word so much lately I read "bootloader" as "bootlicker" at first.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

LineageOS works as well and you can get it running on more phones than Graphene; however, GrapheneOS is superior in terms of security

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

I've switched to CalyxOS. It supports some more manufacturer and models than GrapheneOS. Got no idea how their user experience compares. It's a bit of tinkering to do, so it's not for the untechnically inclined. Also, make sure you got a way to log on to things without using an authenticator or make sure it won't get lost when the phone gets wiped.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 21 hours ago

You love to see it.

[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 day ago (15 children)

reminder: if you have anything saved with google, you should probably move it to somewhere that's not tied to the US govt. mark my words: it's just a matter of time before they weaponize Google.

[–] a9249 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I have a ton of pinned map points for both my work and travel all over the world from the last decade or so... does anyone know of a way to export these from google in a format that will easily plug into openmaps or some other app? There are thousands and manually doing this is not really an option...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know about being easy to plug in, but Google Takeout lets you request an order of all data they have tied to your account across all services, in compliance with EU rules.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I'm not sure what the google maps export looks like, but no matter how it's formatted I'm sure that a simple Python script will be able to transfer the map markers over to openmaps. I'll look into making this if it doesn't already exist on GitHub. I'd like to transfer my stuff over too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I've been putting off reflashing my custom rom without gapps... I have the necessary self hosted infrastructure in place where I wouldn't need Google. I just needed the extra push.

Thanks for the push.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Why dont you think its weaponized yet? Thats crazy

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

you're ahead of the class, my friend. sometimes one must remove the tinfoil hat before addressing the crowd.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Yes. Backup everything and move away.

I've started using Qwant as my search engine and it's not bad at all

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Ecosia for me. I still find myself asking Google for stock prices and such, but other than that it's ok. Berlin based apparently, plus I like that they plant trees for every search you do. I don't like that they have sponsored links at the top but I suppose that's how it goes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Don’t they also use Bing search in the background?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Not sure, I have to look into it more. When I switched last year, it was just because I liked the green initiative. It wasn't really that serious for me beyond that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

Bing and / or Google (you can choose).

But their working together with QWANT on their own search engine.

And from a privacy perspective I’d argue, that it’s still better to use Ecosia / QWANT.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This applies to Apple as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago

And Microsoft.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In an unprecedented move, the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against Google for violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall the company’s apps on their Android smartphones.

This is the first time that Japan has issued such an order against any of the major U.S. technology companies referred to collectively as GAFAM — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.

[–] engene 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

MAGAM sounds more appropriate - Meta Apple Google Amazon Microsoft 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Totally should suggest that to Japan time. Maybe also suggest l AMGAM or MAGMA, I like those too.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I guess this is the new one and FAANG is out??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

N for nvidea and no Microsoft?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

In Japan it should have been Meta, Apple, Netflix, Google/Alphabet: MANGA.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago

Damn Japan, good stuff.

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