Polish version of this article doesn’t mention Steam at all, and the English one does. Instead, it says “(…) and two other video game platforms”. Weird phrasing.

ADB is your friend. Uninstall any app you don’t need/want.

I think that Gboard would still find a way to connect to the mothership.

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You can remove them. Tap the sticker icon on the right side of the text entry field (bottom of the screen). Scroll the bottom stickers’ bar to the right until you see the “+”. Tap it, et voila - you can remove them.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that would be exactly what they do.

I’ve read somewhere that once Gmail address is created, it is not reused - even when account is deleted.

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I think the reason is lemmy.world’s security problems that happened lately. I had the same behavior from both Liftoff and Jerboa.

Google “ADB Samsung debloat”. You’ll find a lot of tutorials. ADB is a part of android developer tools (it’s free).

Good to know. However, Brave image search forwards the user to either google or bing results.

Good to know. However, Brave image search forwards the user to either google or bing results.

One of the first things I do on a new phone is I uninstall the Google app (ADB) but I do it only for my user (me). So it is unavailable to me, and it doesn’t run in the background. I think I could uninstall it completely and nothing would break. Some things rely on it - the podcast app did (a while ago), google translate (when I try to translate a photo).

However, I am actively eliminating google from my life. No Drive, no Photos, Gmail is what I use when I want to subscribe to some crappy service (I moved to Tutanota, and I’m a paid user). I don’t use Google search (I do a mix of DuckSuckGo and Brave search - which both use Bing ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ; I’m thinking of moving to one of paid search providers).

Glad to help 🙂

There is a Samsung addon called Camera Assistant. It integrates with Samsung camera’s settings, and allows the photo button to make a photo “on press” (while the default is set to “on release”).

I mean, you can, but you choose not to…

I didn’t know Ruiner. Thanks, game purchased.

Hades, Cult of the lamb. They are memorable because I’m playing it a lot. I’ve purchased both soundtracks - Hades OST is on Bandcamp, Cult of the lamb OST is on Steam.