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Any signs of that changing, not sure why Apple is limiting innovation in this space from the developers
It is kind of crazy begging Apple but Bitcoiners love playing the victim.
Ditch it!
The amount of presumedly intelligent devs working for this shit show is disturbing.
But Corndalorian said android is childish!
And yet the devs will continue to build for Apple instead of following their principles. Or maybe they are following their principles, which is growth at all cost, so want to be on Apple so they can maximize the number of people using their app.
I mean all kind of contradictions exist in our world. And I always find it hard how people can be freedom seeking, seek independence and opt for apple products.
In standard settings, thay offer better privacy and have easy userinterfaces, which help our freedom of expression as well.
But to me it feels a bit as someone who wants to build a freedom of the press NGO and moves to China or Russia (I know I exagarate a lot in this note).
Freedom-oriented individuals still using Apple phones are not serious
IDK y people in this space simp for apple. I think their UI sucks on top of the crazy control they implement.
It’s because their phones don’t brick themselves. Every android I’ve had is bricked except my pixel 6 pro.
My pixel buds are bricked. When they worked, they would randomly disconnect on one bud or just stop working entirely until I put them in the case.
Google are a bunch of lgbt Indian programmer dipshits who can’t properly support the modems in their devices. On stock firmware, my pixel 6 pro randomly disconnects from 5G without any indication, and the issue is only resolved by enabling airplane mode or restarting
If I ever get an android again, it won’t be from Google or Samsung. iPhones don’t have these kinds of problems. My iPhone 4 from 2012 still works. My iPhone 7 Plus from 2017 still works.
Are you running a bitcoin full node and a lightning node? Does your pc have Linux only?
I have zero issues with GrapheneOS.
It’s not childish but it is shit. We need a new Linux based mobile OS. Android is an absolute shit place to start.
What smart watch do you use? How do you do tap to pay? How long have you had the device you’re using?
I simply do not trust any Google device. Every single one I’ve bought has bricked itself after a couple years of use. I’m not buying another.
Yeah, but given open source options, walled gardens or things that don't exist yet, graphene forked android is the best option.
I've had it over a year. I don't tap to pay with the phone (I have a classic wallet, cash, cards. I have lightning wallets on the device when I'm somewhere that is accepted).
I occasionally use a Garmin watch for running and it pairs perfectly well with Garmin's companion app. If I'm feeling super paranoid about the companion app, I could throw it in a totally isolated "user profile" on GrapheneOS (but I haven't done that yet).
Makes me wonder if it's not the software doing the bricking... I regularly come across people using GrapheneOS on many-year-old Pixels.
Smart watch? Tap to pay? Gosh... use cash and fuck those spy watches.
Yes. And I still have my cucked SpyPhone for my KYC-life, but it's completely slave tech. Walled gardens have no future.
Graphene OS is the only way...
Graphene would be great if there was good hardware to put it on. I will not buy a Google device ever again. I’ve only had bad experiences. I’ve had two Nexus phones, two Pixels, and Pixel Buds. All of them had terrible QC issues.
I might try Graphene on my Pixel 6 Pro, but I’m going to daily drive my iPhone for the foreseeable future. If I need privacy, I have privacy. I do not need privacy all the time, so I won’t cut off my hands to chase it.
If Graphene supports devices not made by Google or Samsung, and they support tap to pay, I might switch. I will not buy from Google ever again. They are our enemy.
I use tap to pay almost exclusively. It’s very nice being able to pay from your watch.
I bet the Graphene devs could fix this. I was using Google pay on LineageOS ROOTED. That isn’t typically possible.
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Google _could just approve them_, but they won't. ..for obvious reasons.
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he's the only person I've ever heard with this problem.
Must be on a list somewhere
yeah that must be it
gotta use the iPhone, cant be helped
My Nexus 5X had a connection issue in the processor. Resolved with custom software that disabled the performance cores of the CPU. This seriously reduced performance even with LineageOS and overclocking.
My Pixel 4XL had a battery connector issue, so it won’t turn on unless you press very hard on a the back. Probably a relatively easy fix. This happened a month before the Pixel 6 Pro came out, so I just switched back to my Nexus 5X until then.
The Pixel 6 Pro overheats VERY easily and the modem will disconnect randomly. These issues were partially fixed by using LineageOS. I’ve heard the newer pixels fixed these problems, but I don’t care to find out. Supporting Google is retarded. I’ve never had one problem with my iPhones.
No. I can literally keep 100% BTC and spend it from my card on my watch.
What kind of retard uses cash? You like carrying around a bunch of pennies?
I can literally leave my phone and just only have my watch, and not be distracted by social media. A smart watch is like having a flip phone.
The reason I’m not willing to switch to Android is because I can’t have root access without things breaking. If I can’t have root, I’m not switching. Imagine if you didn’t have root on Linux, how fucking useless it would be
Google didn’t certify Lineage yet I was still using it. All Graphene needs to do is spoof the certificate.
It's a de facto regulated market and regulated by a single private entity
You’re ignorant.
I literally fixed my nexus 5X, and I have a rooted pixel 6 pro with Lineage. I don’t have to use the iPhone, I simply prefer to, faggot.
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Cash is the most private way to spend your money. Insane to call people retards who use cash. I pay in cash where it's possible and luckily I live in a country where it is possible to pay almost everywhere in cash. And sad to see how easily people give up cash money, especially people who call themselves "ancaps". Why do you think governments crack down on cash but love to see you paying with your watch? I bet you're using a kyc-service while you are" paying with your btc" (you are probably not paying with btc, there is probably an exchange / broker in the background which converts your btc to fiat and btw sees every transaction you make). I say it with love and peace... grab some cash money and buy your btc without kyc and pay everywhere in cash where it is possible if you value your privacy.
What do you need root access for?
What do you need root access for on Linux? It’s a stupid question.
It’s my device, I want to be able to do what I want with it. With root access, you can actually customize the software, you can disable trackers, disable hidden permissions, you can do all sorts of stuff.
Having root access all the time is dangerous and even on Linux you don't have root access all the time. You can customize your Android, get rid of trackers and take fine-grained control over what apps are allowed to do without root. You can disable your mic and camera, you can deny apps to have any internet access, you can use offline open-source keyboards, offline and opensource speech to text and reverse, you can verify and sideload your apps. What do you want more?
They have many more permissions than what the permissions list shows you. Many apps for example can read your device IDs or start at boot.
I know this specific case wouldn’t apply to a degoogled phone, but Google Speech Synthesis was getting mic access despite the permission being denied. I know because my permission killer would randomly tell me the app gained the permission and ask if I wanted to revoke it. The mic was turned off and the permission was denied in settings. The fact that that app could do it, made me suspicious of Android as a whole. If I can’t install apps like Bouncer, I would have no way of knowing I can trust Graphene.
And the way my Pixel handles root is the same as Linux. On Linux, I have to type my password whenever SU is needed. On my pixel, I have to do biometric authentication every time SU is requested. The only security flaw is that I leave the bootloader unlocked in case I brick it
Additionally, you can hide root access in magisk. Most apps on my Pixel have no idea they’re on a rooted device.
What other things don’t they know ?
Agreed! I’ve been thinking to switch to Graphene OS for months…
