Because they’re smart and they want to establish free, open-source software as the norm.

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And it also doesn’t make sense.

This is so good.

1990s TNG had a good heart.

Yeah? I’ll do this if I’m forced to use Outlook for work again.

I’m interested in knowing this too as I’d like to migrate everything I do to a non-invasive platform.

Also making giant rebar craps all over

Right there with you.

Yeah, I have an older Motorola phone that I’ve used to try and get Android alternatives, and none of those three systems will work on my phone. It doesn’t look like any of them will work on my new phone either, but that might just mean I have to try it.

Google/Android also seems to make it as difficult as possible to install any alternative system. The easiest I saw was /e/OS because it was all automated, but after about 10 minutes it informed me that my Motorola phone just wasn’t supported.

There’s such a long ways to go with this sort of thing, but I think it’s pretty clear that the world desperately needs a user-friendly, non-corporate alternative to Android/iOS.

It’s really a bummer that we’re all carrying around powerful little computers with us but the corporate operating systems for them use much of that processing power for their own data collection/profits/purposes and tries to prevent us, those of us who own the phones, from using that power for our own purposes.

There’s a lot of good stuff on F-Droid, and it’s nice to see a university doing a project like this.

I’m still waiting on a solid, consistent alternative to Android. It seems we might be getting there with tiny steps.

Under the Far Right government in Finland, homelessness increased.

Now, maybe Finland can get back to having real public options available for housing without asking if anyone ‘deserves’ to have a roof over their heads.

The Far Right, no matter the country, always succeed in turning everything good about civilization into shit exclusively for themselves. If we ever have another national election in the United States, I don’t think the Far Right fascists will be able to win anything.

(and that, admittedly, is an incredibly hopeful view)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?!

COP KILLER!

Thank you Germany.

This fucking orange fascist needs to get got.

Fuck no.

Fuck all these motherfuckers.

Fuck, looks like it’s time to start looking at more alternatives to Android phones.

Already got an old one rooted. We need a solid Linux alternative or potentially a European company to start development.

If any of y’all know of a good, usable platform, I’d love to know about it.

oh no Linux don’t say it again

The internet is a public resource. It was paid for by tax dollars and developed by individuals donating their time and their skills to bring it into existence.

But now, it has been effectively privatized by a handful of multi-billionaires.

You should read this for exactly what it is–this is a hostile act against all of us by a very small number of people with unlimited wealth.

They are attacking us. They are harming us. They are the fucking enemy.

Yes, I love that movie. Great science fiction and somehow always seems to remain relevant.

This episode is beautiful: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Darmok_(episode)

It is about communication.

What a weird article.