A reasonable desktop from that era should be about comparable to a Raspberry Pi 4, which can certainly be useful. Power consumption is probably the main argument against it.

Including Edge for Android, which puts it in a compelling position for certain use cases.

Getting uBlock Origin to work with Chrome requires a workaround, and that is not scheduled remain available long-term.

Depends on whether you want to convince people of your position, or you’re just explaining your own choice. The latter is fine, but the former won’t happen without better sources.

I’m not particularly horrified about the availability of AI features, but I’d rather see Mozilla focus most of its resources on core competencies. Firefox lags behind Chrome in web standards feature support, e.g. the browser scores on https://caniuse.com/. It’s also prone to making my laptop fan spin more than Chromium browser do, and people often complain about speed.

They should make the core browser better, and maybe task a couple developers to build some LLM support as an extension.

Without taking a position on the claim itself, this is a bad citation. It makes a variety of claims that either don’t hold up to basic scrutiny, or aren’t evidence that iOS has a security advantage. Here are some examples:

Open-source platform increases vulnerability surface area

This is perhaps one of the most thoroughly debunked pieces of FUD in the entire tech industry.

[Various claims about inconsistency between devices]

These are mostly true but largely irrelevant. You’re not buying an aggregate of all Android devices that exist, but a specific device with specific traits. The Android phone you should actually buy will have a security chip and many years of updates just like an iPhone.

The rigorous app review process and mandatory App Store distribution (except in EU) virtually eliminate malicious app threats for average users.

This might be a benefit when the user has no clue how to use a computer, but I expect people posting in this community are past that stage. It’s a big disadvantage for those who want to use something like Firefox (real Firefox, not a skin on Safari) with potential security and privacy upsides.

There is actually a current Chromium-based browser for Android with Manifest v2 extension support and uBlock Origin.

Waterfox is available for Android.

Yes, I prefer FOSS. The degree to which proprietary software actively works against the users’ interests has increased significantly over the past couple decades, as has the tendency for anything successful to get enshittified. I’m not a hardcore ideologue about it, but if a FOSS option does what I need, and it usually does, then that’s what I use.

Some important software on my laptop:

• Arch Linux
• KDE
• Firefox
• Darktable
• Emacs
• Betterbird
• Joplin
• Syncthing
• VLC
• Bitwarden

All FOSS. I play a few games that aren’t, and a lot of things I access through the browser aren’t. I have a Windows 11 install I used to boot somewhat frequently for games, but don’t since I discovered Lutris takes the fuss out of running most games on Linux.

And on my phone (italics indicate not FOSS):

• LineageOS
• Waterfox
• Thunderbird
• Signal
• WhatsApp
• AntennaPod
• Waze
• Google Maps
• Joplin
• KOReader
• Syncthing-fork
• VLC
• Connect for Lemmy
• Bitwarden

I have FOSS fallbacks for the things that aren’t aside from a couple group chats in WhatsApp. One of those is toying with moving to Signal, but collective action problems are hard.

I imagine you could wire your own mechanical switch to that steering wheel. Fuck them for doing that though.

What characteristics did I cite as reasons I like wired headphones? Was audio quality among them? Did I ever claim to be miserable or that anyone should feel sorry for me?

I have a phone with a headphone jack and I’m content with it. If I break that one, I know what I’ll replace it with, and that model also has a headphone jack.

Oh, I see. You’re trolling. Got it.

I’m not making myself miserable. I’m a happy wired headphone user. They’re quick to switch between devices and battery-free.

Unlockable bootloader.

Maybe that’s not underrated on Lemmy, but mainstream reviews never even mention it.

Proprietary drivers and the lack of a hardware abstraction layer seem to be the main problems. The big, popular desktop environments on Linux have also grown pretty heavy, but there are plenty of alternatives.

Who is she to decide who deserves to live? God?

Of course, I’d hesitate to accept such a judgment from a god who presumably made those people that way. That would be a dick move.

As for pronouncements about mental health, I will accept citations, or maybe credentials. With neither, hers have no value.

I have a five year old Pixel 4A running LineageOS. I limit battery charge with AccA to ensure it doesn’t wear out.

The phone reports its battery capacity at 93%. I have no plans to replace it unless I break it,

It didn’t have to be this way. I can run modern Linux on 20+ year old PCs.

It looks like Session has video calls in beta.

Note that most services requiring a phone number for registration don’t actually require that phone number to be connected to a SIM card in the device you’re using. That may be helpful depending on your use case.

It does not appear to require a phone number. It even looks like an email address is optional.