• ikantolol@kbin.social
    10·
    2 years ago

    I kinda sorta getting used to kbin, lemmy, mastodon and such, but peertube is a different beast altogether. I still have no idea how to find videos

  • dontcarebear @lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    Tried getting a Librem phone, ended up getting partially hoaxed (it is an “investment” and you’re a “backer”. You’re not a customer.)

    Thought of getting a pinephone instead but ended up getting a pixel and I can feel Google’s tentacles all over… But I accept them unti I can do better.

    • Eris@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      I am surprised you didn’t install graphene on it? Seems to be the only reason to buy a pixel imo

      • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        As someone who has been using Pixels (and Motos and Nexuses) for a while, I was getting them largely because they were pretty hassle free to crack the bootloader and sideload a ROM that lets me actually modify the interface (and other root-access shenanigans). That said, I recently learned about graphene and I intend to give it a try when I have the time to mess with things.

    • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      Consider looking into graphene-os. I haven’t used it yet, but it purports to force google’s apps back into the sandbox, and replace most of their methods with reverse engineered ones that don’t phone home.

    • feitingen@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I got an openmoko back in the day. I know the feeling.

      I eventually did have fun with it but it never became a phone for me.

    • meh@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Since you have a Pixel you can install GrapheneOS on it which excludes all of the Google from Android.

      • dontcarebear @lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        Maybe down the line… Last time I fiddled with a Xiaomi Redmi note it ended up without IMEI , forcing me to get a new phone so I am weary.

        • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 years ago

          GrapheneOS is basically stock Android for Pixel phones, but more privacy features baked in. If anything was to go wrong, you aren’t touching the recovery partition, so you can revert to stock easily.