Johnny101

Use Freetube or NewPipe or Invidious. All of which let you watch YouTube videos ad free, and they’re FREE. Have some commen sense PLEASE

TikTok sucks. I knew it from the start. Now im struggling because I cant get any of my friends to leave it behind.

One or two companies are going to influence governments so much they’re practically gonna write laws themselves. Probably Apple or Meta. Luckily, this will likely only affect the US because our government likes to spy on us too much and will bow down to these companies.

You just changed my entire perspective about school and useless subjects. Though that also counts as common sense, don’t make absurd assumptions about things you don’t understand.

Sorry sir, I think that laptops illegal now

I am opposed to the way its being used but also opposed to banning it. I think schools should teach how to use it responsibly, not lock people into the Google environment.

I want someone who shares my hatred of apple and companies in general. A fediverse user who is smart and has common sense. On top of that I would also like someone who doesn’t mind that im socially awkward and terrible at one on one conversations.

Which is why Plasma is better

Its because the recommended is literally ads. Microsoft is putting ads on the start menu. If that cant get someone to switch to Linux, nothing can

Dolphin is the best file manager of all time. Both linux and windows.

Like other people have suggested, maybe get a second phone (one of those really cheap ones with play Services) and use that for that stuff, and keep your main personal phone google-free.

I think Linux phones will gain some real traction within five years. Last I heard, KDE is putting great effort into making apps for Plasma Mobile

Yes, banking apps, streaming apps, even some shopping apps. This has been a problem for a long time. Sometimes its for “security” reasons and sometimes its simply because the app uses Play Service APIs. Another issue on de-googled systems is push notifications, though that is often fixed through alternates like Unified Push

True…. I heard GrapheneOS is having trouble porting to the Pixel 10

Google’s developer verification will only run on mainstream Android with play services. It’s not supposed won’t be running in standard AOSP so the easiest solution would be to switch to a custom ROM like GrapheneOS.