Because if google kills side loading on all non custom os devices, that removes the incentive for open source developers to make software if there is no way to distribute it. So even custom OS’s will feel this unfortunately. We might still have viable options, but nothing like we see today.

My gf has an xppen tablet and loves it. But it runs android. I haven’t looked into if I can easily install an alternative os.

I’m not sure about your first question. For the second one you can click the triple dot menu and click off AI select

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!

Its supposed to be e2e encrypted messages but I’m skeptical about that too

Some of us do and were ashamed at how hateful and destructive our fellow Americans can be. And it sucks that they continuously refuse to listen to reason despite the facts laid before them. Most of the supporters I know of have their head firmly in the sand with no idea what’s coming.

Perhaps if it was in a vacuum but musk has openly shared Nazi propaganda on his social media site that he bought. The ADL is an organization I don’t trust

Hello me. Be kind to yourself

I’ve used mullvad before and it was a great experience. As far as anonymity goes, I don’t think you can do any better than mullvad where you even have privacy friendly payment options. That said, I haven’t used proton VPN so I’m not sure how they compare feature-wise

Infinite growth within a finite system is literally cancer.

Just ask Barbara Streisand

How are you using lemmy? I use Connect on android and it has a setting for word filters that filter posts you dont want. This drastically improved my exerience once i started using it to filter trump posts.

It’s a setting. I believe it’s under security and privacy. Mines been off since forever, but I’m not sure if I turned it off right away or if it came like that.