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If I have to deal with digital media I prefer to do it on one where hardware configurations are open and operating system isn’t locked.

Digital media on a locked hardware platform that doesn’t let you load your OS of choice or even programs makes for a more restrictive digital media experience.

Still would be nice to have an option straight from Firefox available.

I don’t have a problem with Origin, since Firefox stripped of telemetry, ai, and sponsorships is something I’d be happy to pay a one time fee for even if I can disable it.

Having everything stripped from the installer by default from the official source is nice, and lot of projects don’t get funding from most users. So offering something like this seems fine with me.

Maybe snapmaker u1? I think their firmware is open source and if it goes the direction of bambu people are already able to run custom firmware, and printer functions fine completely offline.

I think boomers were more PC literate which is pretty sad, since they at least knew how to navigate a desktop, folders, and files to some degree.

I think phone or tablet OS is what most people after are used to, so if trying to navigate actual file systems mistakes like not recognizing exe files can happen.

Technology got to a point where it is so accessible the basics are forgotten.

This is so cool. I went to Brother printer long time ago and said goodbye to color printing, since got tired of all the stupid stuff around refills. So been doing black and white laser printing, but having color as an option again without the proprietary stuff would be nice.

I think it is better to give money because you don’t care or support it than trying to invent some loop holes to try to convince yourself it is fine even if your ideology is against it.

Its the more respectable approach, since the other feels like denial and lying to oneself.

If all someone is doing for instance on a mac is browsing the web and emails and some light program use they aren’t going to notice the difference going from a m1 mac to a m4 mac.

Same with phones. These days unless somone is using resource hungry applications only noticeable area is battery, and its usually battery life that pushes people to upgrade these days.

Phones aren’t exactly consoles either pointing to how amazing the graphics are compared to the past gen. People just use the same apps like tiktok or whatever on whatever phone they picked up and experience is pretty much the same. Phones aren’t that novel anymore.

I do less now with phones or at least expect less, since I don’t do gaming on them. Just basic messaging, emails, and basic apps.

Its one of the devices where specs have mattered less and less where before upgrades were desired because just running the OS felt sluggish.

Yeah price hurts but less than I thought.

I am glad they went with the lottery again, since I know trying to snipe it as it comes into stock would just leave me clicking refresh for hours and coming up empty handed like the first steam controller release day.

And I don’t want to be having to use bots or discord channels to get alerts to try and get something that will go out of stock in seconds.

Just use gmail through the browser instead of installing stuff like the gmail app on your phone, and you can have it forward it to your email so you don’t need to open gmail to get school mail. You’ll probably just need to login for replies.

And when it comes to work in the future hopefully you’ll be a provided with a work device. I wouldn’t use a work device for personal use even if it were running Linux, and wouldn’t install work related programs on personal devices. I just consider work devices and programs to be spying on me as default.

Cryptomator being used to upload is an option to consider if cloud service providers like Google, Microsoft, or Apple are used. Then those companies will just get gibberish files as opposed to training data.

I just use a Garmin and gadget bridge. I don’t bother connecting it to the internet or using it to look at text messages.

It lost its meaning long ago when early access did not have buyer protection after a length of time that gave the option for refunds, so more people treated them as games to be viewed as regular releases you buy if you are happy with its current state.

Governments around the world collectively going insane.

Yeah, GrapheneOS is worth switching to by getting a compatible phone if you can afford it with how it is probably our most used and carried around electronic used for communication.

Browser would be simplest. Even though I prefer Linux and do run it, Windows might be better in your case with it having the DRM support and apps to run those services at higher resolution and HDR that sticking with browser might not allow.

For my case I picked up a cheap MiniPC and install Fedora on it to use instead of the TV interface.

People do pick up Pixel phones to install GrapheneOS on. How many people pick up Apple phones/tablets and are able to install another OS on it and have it as functional as GrapheneOS?

Same with smartwatches which from the Android side can be used offline with apps like Gadgetbridge to retrieve data without giving your watch internet access and not using the official apps.

Apple is very account and OS centric wanting to funnel everything through them. Exception has been MacOS devices which has had better luck with stuff like Asahi Linux.

My living room set up has been TV not connected to internet and hooking up a minipc running Fedora. Could run Windows if DRM content from streaming services is important to you.

Preaching caution is FUD? Like telling people to not trust Windows, moving to custom roms like GrapheneOS on phones, or taking steps tp cease online connection of smart devices?

All corporations are data harvesting these days, so not trusting them and taking steps to reduce exposure seems to be good advice these days.

You give off the vibe of just trust them unless proven otherwise.