WhyJiffie

it did not seem so. we will never do away with AI by being friendly to the tech and even helping it grow

Unfortunately I don't have one, other than a long term plan of eating the rich. But the issue is there and we shouldn't ignore it.

if you haven't noticed yet, we want these "smart" vehicles to be abolished, along with their non-stop automatic surveillance and data mining they do

apparently it's a feature

apparently it's a feature

only if it would be so easy. think about your data that's taken about you and you can't refuse. healthcare, home ownership, if you're still learning then a bunch of data about your progress, and maybe even your handwriting

there's oversec on f-droid that can almost automate this

but does running the program locally allow you to better control the information that it trains on?

in a sense: if you don't let it connect to the internet, it won't be able to take your data to the creators

maybe their client does not use the github flavored markdown. originally to render a line break you have to end the line with double space. because of that, their client might not understand that the - signs are supposed to be list items

Android has a API that F-droid uses for updates and Android 15

~~that's a cool thing~~ it always should have worked this way.

at the same time many people don't have phones that have such a new OS available. people shouldn't buy a new phone just for this.

and Android 15 introduces charging control

on what level? my rom too has a built-in setting to stop charging at 90%, but thats it, it's a static thing. with root I can set a more suitable upper limit, the level at which charging should start again, charging speed limit, and idle mode that does not charge the battery but switches the power source from battery to charger. and all of this can be set by a schedule, so that it's fine to have it slowly charge at night from any starting level, but at the day it just idle charges.

can you do any of this on 15?

the funniest part is that this has been a feature of phones for a decade or more, they just didn't let the user configure it.

In all fairness you have more control with root but it also introduces a major security risk

that's true, if you are being used to impulse accepting any permission prompt

With root an app can completely bypass all security controls

apps that you have approved

If malware gets root you are basically hosed

that's just how normal computers work. There's a tradeoff, sure, just like you can fall and die if you leave the house.

e.g. for better charging control, to allow f-droid to update apps automatically

that's a different layer, it's not transport but a network protocol. it "competes" with IP